Weather in the Foothills

“The shortest day has passed, and whatever nastiness of weather we may look forward to in January and February, at least we notice that the days are getting longer. Minute by minute they lengthen out. It takes some weeks before we become aware of the change. It is imperceptible even as the growth of a […]

Glendale Welcomes New City Manager Scott Ochoa

By Ted AYALA It’s tough enough to be the new guy in the office. Doubly so when the entity you work for – in this case the City of Glendale – is in the middle of a woefully prolonged economic downturn, which brings with it dwindling sources of revenue. Add to that a bitter battle […]

In Brief

Next CVWD Meeting Scheduled The next scheduled meeting of the board of directors for Crescenta Valley Water District is on Tuesday, Jan. 24 at 7 p.m. at the main office, 2700 Foothill Blvd., La Crescenta. For more district information, visit the website www.cvwd.com. SCE at CVTC Meeting Southern California Edison representatives will be at this […]

Change of Plans for Portantino

By Mary O’KEEFE Assemblymember Anthony Portantino has announced via email late Wednesday evening that he will not be running for office in 2012. He stated that his decision was made due to family obligations.     Portantino has represented the 44th Assembly District since 2006. He is a democrat that has often been at odds with […]

Campus Decision Made

By Brandon HENSLEY Finally, a resolution. It took months of talks and years going back to when the board began to think about making changes, but Tuesday night’s GUSD school board meeting gave parents and students of CV High an answer at last regarding the open campus policy during lunch. You can leave, with written […]

CVDAPC Welcomes New Director

Suzy Jacobs brings years of experience and a desire to further build community relations. By Brandon HENSLEY On Jan. 3, the CV Drug and Alcohol Prevention Coalition announced its newest executive director. Suzy Jacobs was present at the coalition’s first meeting of the year on Monday night at the La Crescenta Library. Jacobs succeeds David […]

Schiff Shines a Light on Utility Outages

By Mary O’KEEFE The utility companies were on the hot seat Jan. 12 during a panel discussion held in Pasadena at the request of Congressman Adam Schiff. The purpose was to discuss the response from the utility companies during the devastating windstorm that occurred the night of Nov. 30 to Dec. 1. The power outages […]

Budget Reaction Iffy

By Jason KUROSU Gov. Edmund G. Brown, Jr. continued his line of austerity budgeting with his latest budget plan, released Jan. 5. The governor has already enacted steep cuts to various state programs in order to combat budgetary deficits and the newest plan may call for more cuts from education. While the deficit has improved […]

Former Huntington Hospital Exec Sentenced

The former director of construction for Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena was sentenced to three years in federal prison and ordered to pay $4.8 million in restitution for orchestrating a kickback scheme in which companies were paid for work that was never done at the Pasadena hospital. David Hamedany, 55, of Glendale was sentenced by […]

GTA and GUSD Agreement

The Glendale Teachers Association and the Glendale Unified School District are pleased to announce that a tentative agreement has been reached regarding 2011-2012 furlough days. There will be no furlough days for the 2011-2012 school year. Therefore, students will be at school on March 16 and April 24, 2012. Additionally, teachers will be on duty […]