By Mary O’KEEFE Like everything else in the world, bullying has gone high-tech. Instead of one boy facing another boy and pushing him around or one girl starting a rumor about another, the method of bullying in many cases has gone cyber. Of course the old fashioned way of intimidation still occurs but with so […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Crescenta Valley Town Council meeting is tonight in the La Crescenta Library Community Room. Normally the general meeting is held on the third Thursday of each month however it was changed so not to interfere with high school graduations scheduled for June 16. A Land Use Meeting will begin at 6 […]
June 7 3100 block of Santa Carlotta Avenue in La Crescenta, two bicycles were stolen from the side of a home overnight. June 6 4200 block of Florencita Avenue in Montrose, a 41-year-old North Hollywood man was arrested for burglary after a witness reported seeing him exit a vacant house with a small box. After […]
By Jason KUROSU The Vahan & Anoush Chamlian Armenian School’s proposal for a new gymnasium was approved by the Glendale City Council last week, bringing a conclusion to what continues to be a divisive issue between the school and local residents. The proposal was initially denied by the Glendale City Planning Commission in January, but […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A 13-year-old La Crescenta girl was the victim of a hit-and-run accident on Ramsdell Avenue just north of Foothill Boulevard on June 1 at 8:45 p.m. The young girl was crossing east to west on Ramsdell Avenue about 400 feet north of Foothill Boulevard when a dark colored SUV driving southbound hit […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Former Glendale City Councilmember John Drayman has received a letter from the city to comply with an inspection of his recently remodeled condominium. Drayman’s condo had suffered water damage when a pipe inside a wall busted. Part of the repairs was the responsibility of the homeowner’s association and part by Drayman. Since […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The announcement that motorcycle riders, bicyclists and motorists have been waiting for – for about a year and a half – was announced on Friday morning: The Angeles Crest Highway is now open. The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) opened a seven-mile stretch of Angeles Crest Highway (SR2) between La Cañada Flintridge […]
By Mary O’KEEFE and Jason KUROSU For just a few minutes on Monday, time stopped in Crescenta Valley. Flags waved in the wind, soldiers saluted and taps played. For a just a few minutes people on both sides of the political aisle took time to remember those who served and died in service of their […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Representatives of the Montrose Shopping Park Association executive board have confirmed that they are the organization that contacted Glendale Police Department with suspicions of embezzlement concerning proceeds from the Harvest Market. “Yes, we went to the Glendale police,” said MSPA President Alyce Russell. The association decided to go public with the fact […]
By Ted AYALA A source of contention between local residents and a private school was finally resolved last Tuesday night by the Glendale City Council. The issue that divided the community was a proposal by the Chamlian Armenian School at 4444 Lowell Ave. in La Crescenta to build a gymnasium on its property. Residents neighboring […]