Clark Magnet’s Kelp Huggers Win Big in Eco Challenge

Clark Magnet’s Kelp Huggers Win Big in Eco Challenge

By Isiah REYES tudents in Dominique Evans-Bye’s environmental geographic information science class at Clark Magnet High School have won first place in the final challenge of the Lexus Eco Challenge. The team includes seniors Virginia Aviles, Henry Bagumyan, Laura Dandachi, Xochil Garcia, Kamran Jahadi, Trevor Norman, Biura Markarian, Maya Ramamurthy and Mary Rshtouni. The Lexus […]

FSHA Partners with Salvation Army in Prom Dress Collection Campaign

For the seventh year, Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy partnered with the Pasadena Salvation Army to collect prom dresses for the annual “Cherished Memories” campaign, which provides prom dresses to local disadvantaged high school girls. During the week of March 9-13, students at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy collected 163 dresses for the campaign. “As a school […]

The ‘Bright’ Way to Mix Work and Play

The ‘Bright’ Way to Mix Work and Play

  By Samantha SLAYBACK When imagining what an 11-year-old boy might do in his spare time, few would picture him gambling in a retirement home. However, that’s just what sixth grader Jack Bright looks forward to each week. Jack began visiting Mountview retirement home in Montrose last August and fell in love. He initially started […]

NEWS FROM the CVTC » Robbyn Battles

Some things you may not know about the Crescenta Valley Town Council. Did you know the CVTC has a Land Use Committee? An even better question, do you know what they do? Did you know the CVTC is working with the County to have the signage code enforced so the illegal signage and banners along […]

Treasures of the Valley » Mike Lawler

Flood Stories – “They Reported Us Dead!” It’s another beautiful spring day, so let’s recount another story of cold, wet terror from our famous midnight flood of New Year’s 1934. After a sudden colossal downpour, 20-foot high walls of rocks, mud and debris tore down out of the mountains, and in the inky blackness, plowed […]

News from CV Alliance

Hi, CV! Scheduling updates kick off this column. We will hold our final two Parent Sessions of this school year on April 14, “A Positive Community,” with Pastor Bill Flanders, our board president and April 21, “Drugs and Teens: A Parent’s Perspective,” with Anonymous. Our final Teen Trials & Tribulations presentation for parents and teens […]

IN Brief

Online Property Portal Tool The City of Glendale’s Community Development Department now offers an Online Property Portal Tool to assist individuals in finding important information about Glendale properties. This tool is a valuable resource for anyone conducting research about a property. Someone looking to purchase a new home, for example, would be able to gather […]

Low Voter Turn Out at the Polls

By Jason KUROSU Voter turn out was low – again – for Tuesday’s local election. “It was a little disappointing,” said Glendale City Clerk Ardashes “Ardy” Kassakhian. Around 20% of Glendale’s registered voters have participated in city elections over the past decade, a number that holds fairly steady when considering just the La Crescenta/Montrose/North Glendale […]

New Faces on Glendale City Council and School Board

New Faces on Glendale City Council and School Board

By Jason KUROSU and Mary O’KEEFE Glendale’s 2015 municipal election results show a number of incumbents reelected to their positions across the board, as Tuesday’s voters kept many of their representatives in place, as well as retaining the current at-large election process. These are preliminary results: Paula Devine has retained her seat on the Glendale […]

City of Glendale Prevails in Lawsuit Against State of California

The City of Glendale has prevailed in a lawsuit filed against the State of California for the loss of more than $30 million in interest from loans made decades ago to the now-defunct Redevelopment Agency. The March 16 final ruling was in line with the court’s Feb. 13 tentative ruling but provided additional beneficial clarity […]