Four first-time candidates are running for the 59th Assembly Distinct, which remains one of the oddest in the state in terms of layout. The district, which is being vacated by Anthony Adams, stretches from Hesperia to La Crescenta and has a Republican majority among voters. The GOP candidate is Tim Donnelly who says he is […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Tuesday Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael Antonovich requested the board of supervisors to direct the director of Regional Planning and the director of Public Works to investigate permitting issues at two separate locations: One in the unincorporated area of Montrose and the other in La Crescenta. The most recent issue occurred […]
By Mary O’KEEFE At a recent Glendale Unified School District board meeting Assistant Superintendent Katherine Fundukian Thorossian presented the board with information on how the district is increasing its Advanced Placement class participation. “This allows our students to be college ready,” Thorossian said. Advance Placement classes are college level courses where students have a choice […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Wednesday, the Government of Accountability Office accepted a request for a full investigation of the Station Fire from its beginning on Aug. 26, 2009 to its containment Oct. 16, 2009. Congressmen Adam Schiff, David Dreier and “Buck” McKeon “lead several of their California colleagues, including Senators Barbara Boxer and Diane Feinstein, […]
By Erna TAYLOR-STARK No – this is not a science fiction forest – it is a natural experimental area which began in the late 1940s by the L.A. County Fire Department. High in the Verdugo Mountains, it is an area that is the destination point of many hikers and bikers, who, upon arriving at the […]
Debris basins tour coming up On Saturday, Sept. 18 at 9:00 a.m. Los Angeles County Public Works will be offering the community a tour of the Pickens Debris Basin, which is being enlarged and improved, the Dunsmore Debris Basin, which performed admirably in last winter’s floods, and the sediment placement site at Deukmejian Park, a […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Earl Cox knows the mindset, because he’s been there. He knows what it’s like to drive a classic American muscle car, or the big SUVs, with engines that rev-up with such ferocity as if it’s warning others that the true king-of-the-road has arrived. But these days, Cox isn’t buying it; either the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Wednesday, Sept. 15, the Glendale Police Department and the Crescenta Valley Drug and Alcohol Prevention Coalition will be hosting a town hall meeting. The meeting will educate parents on drugs and other issues that their children could be facing and provide resource information. To better serve their communities, the Glendale police […]
By Charly SHELTON Yesterday, two asteroids passed within Lunar distance of Earth. Lunar distance, being the distance from the Earth to the Moon, is roughly 238,854 miles. The two asteroids that passed by Earth were even closer than that. Near-Earth asteroid 2010 RX30 is estimated to be 32 to 65 feet (10 to 20 meters) […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Although not exactly an ocean-side town, many Crescenta Valley residents go “sale-ing” on the weekends. That is yard sale-ing to be exact and this Saturday is the king of all yard sales: The Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station Volunteers Rummage Sale. Over the past 11 years the rummage sale has become well known […]