By Misty DUPLESSIS On Aug. 20, GUSD students are expected to return to school where many students will find district-wide changes in effect. During the July 17 school board meeting, position appointments were approved for the 2012 school year. While some staff members have transitioned out of the district, other dedicated professionals will find themselves […]
Ceremony pays tribute to the late Irene Esparza Portillo who headed Project Amiga for the past 20 years. Assemblymember Anthony Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge) was honored on Sunday by the San Gabriel Valley vocational education and training organization, Project Amiga. At the ceremony, Portantino’s longstanding commitment to Project Amiga’s mission of helping young men and […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale Water & Power will be switching from chlorine to chloramines to disinfect the water in the area of Northern Glendale above Oakmont Golf Course in the Verdugo Canyon, including Montrose and La Crescenta, starting Aug. 8. This conversion will be done to comply with new federal drinking water regulations and will […]
By Maddy PUMILIA SoCal Recycling held an e-waste collection drive at the Crescenta-Cañada YMCA on Sunday with 35% of the proceeds benefiting the facility. A variety of electronics were brought in to be recycled including CPUs, monitors, laptops, cables, wires, printers, faxes, scanners, routers, computer motherboards, cellphones, regular photos, television screens and answering machines. The […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Glendale Unified School District continued its community outreach meetings concerning solar construction at local Crescenta Valley campuses. On Tuesday two meetings were held, the first at Rosemont Middle School and the second an hour later at Clark Magnet High School. Deputy Superintendent John Garcia, Chief Business/Financial Officer Eva Lueck, Public Information […]
By Mary O’KEEFE At about 4 p.m. on Sunday two vehicles collided in front of Fayes at Honolulu Avenue and Ocean View Boulevard. Witnesses reported to police that a Mazda traveling southbound on Ocean View Boulevard had turned left in front of a BMW traveling northbound on Ocean View. The vehicles did not hit the […]
It is almost time for the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity to make its landing on Mars. Here are some ways the public can follow the spacecraft’s approach and landing. Two live feeds during key landing activities of Curiosity from mission control at JPL will be carried on NASA TV and on the web from 8:30 […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Los Angeles Police Department homicide detectives are still investigating two deaths that occurred in the area, both with bodies burned. On March 31, the body of Jacob Burns, 21, of San Gabriel Valley was found burned in his 1992 white Honda on Sister Elsie Drive in Tujunga. “We still haven’t made any […]
By Ted AYALA Without redevelopment monies to help vitalize districts, the city is turning to creative options that allow business and communities to prosper, without hurting the city budget. Downtown Glendale, one of the city’s most powerful revenue generators, received a boost in this way from Glendale City Council in March. Ushered in were “benefit […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Burbank police have identified the body discovered near the Verdugo Mountains area as FBI Special Agent Stephen Ivens. On Monday evening, two hikers walking in the foothills above Burbank smelled a suspicious odor in the 3600 block of Scott Road. The hikers checked the area and discovered what appeared to be human […]