By Jackie HOUCHIN Ollie Blanning, senior deputy to Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich and a 42-year resident of Tujunga Canyon, assumed the office of president of the L.A. County Arts Commission early in April. Antonovich appointed Blanning to the Commission in 2001 and for the last four years she has been serving in various positions on […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A little over a week after the city of Glendale polls closed the results is still too close to call a clear winner in the race for two Glendale City Council seats. Today at 9 a.m. city staff will begin the final tally of the votes. Voters from 50 precincts cast their […]
By Jason KUROSU This Saturday, the sixth annual Hometown Country Fair is coming to La Crescenta. From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Crescenta Valley Park will be the site of numerous attractions, including carnival rides, a classic car show, a dog parade (anyone’s dog is welcome), arts and crafts booths and exhibits, a silent auction, […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Dominique Evans-Bye’s hard work as teacher is literally paying off. The Clark Magnet High School science teacher is on a bit of a roll as of late, capped off this month by her and five of her students winning $70,000 and the top prize in the fourth annual Lexus Eco Challenge. The […]
By Ted AYALA With just seven days since the end of last week’s municipal election in Glendale, volunteers rolled up their sleeves at the city’s election center to count the very last 3,150 mail-in ballots that may hold the balance for the election. With a razor-thin margin separating the top three candidates for city council […]
Members of the newly formed Korean American Federation of North Los Angeles joined CV Town Council and Chamber of Commerce members and school board candidates in the monthly cleanup of the La Crescenta Avenue offramp.
By Mary O’KEEFE The Glendale election is over but some of the results are still a little too close to call. This election season in Glendale was anything but dull. There were accusations thrown about and questions of the integrity of candidates, the city staff and media. But in the end it all came down […]
By Ted AYALA With the attention of Glendale citizens diverted to election night and its expectant results, the Glendale City Council called together a very brief meeting on Tuesday. Important issues that would excite much attention and opinionating from the public were moved over to the next meeting. In his comments, Councilmember Dave Weaver encouraged […]
By Ted Ayala La Cañada High School’s auditorium played host to residents from as far out as El Sereno and Highland Park in a 710 Freeway scoping meeting organized by the Metropolitan Transit Agency (MTA). The scoping meeting, which began at 6 p.m. on Tuesday evening, offered no discussion with CalTrans and MTA representatives. Instead, […]
By Sue KILPATRICK “In the spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours.” – Mark Twain Mark Twain was a great American writer, known for his wit, humor and social commentary of life in late 19th century America. His experiences and travels were vast, thus giving him plenty to say […]