CRIME BLOTTER

Dec. 4 700 block of Hillcrest Avenue in La Cañada Flintridge, about $10,000 worth of jewelry was stolen and pry marks were found on the rear sliding glass door at a residence between 6 p.m. and 7:25 p.m. 900 block of Flintridge Avenue in La Cañada, four televisions were stolen and a home was ransacked. […]

Daniel Chaney: A Tenor’s Path from Montana to Los Angeles

By Ted AYALA If you conducted a survey of people from out of state on why they moved to Los Angeles, among the top five answers you’re likely to hear is the lure of the region’s weather. Southern California has long been an attractive destination for people from colder regions eager to enjoy the area’s […]

GUSD Site Stakeholders Meeting

Glendale Unified School District is holding a School Site Stakeholders meeting for school facility users, to seek input by outside groups who utilize GUSD facilities. The meeting will be held on Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Glendale High School Lecture Hall, 180.

UPDATE: Montrose Christmas Parade and Wind Information

The Montrose Christmas Parade volunteers are busily working to get everything ready for tonight. Coordinators are monitoring the winds, however as of 1:15 p.m. the parade was a go. “You might be in a for a little luck,” said Stuart Seto, weather specialist at the National Weather Service in Oxnard. The winds appear to be dying […]

UPDATE DEC. 3: SCE Assisting Customers in Most Impacted Outage Areas

 Southern California Edison (SCE) will open distribution centers today for customers impacted by the widespread outages to pick up basic supplies, including flashlights, water and ice. Outages are expected to last through Sunday.  SCE employees will also be going door-to-door to provide safety information in the Santa Anita area near its emergency staging center at […]

Free Tree Debris Drop Off Events

Free Tree Debris Drop Off Events Local waste haulers in the unincorporated communities of La Crescenta, Altadena and Kinneloa Mesa, East Pasadena/East San Gabriel, Citrus, and East Charter Oak have coordinated with the Los Angeles County Public Works Department and the Department of Parks & Recreation to offer a free disposal service to residents of […]

All GUSD Schools Open

“All Glendale Unified School District schools are open.” That from a phone message early this morning from Steven Frasher, GUSD spokesman. As of 6:30 a.m. this morning Rosemont Middle School and Monte Vista Elementary  were the only schools in GUSD Crescenta Valley area that were still without power. Yesterday several schools in the area conducted […]

Bracing for more Wind

By Mary O’KEEFE The foothills are cleaning up from the windstorm last night, just in time for tonight’s blast. Those who drive down Foothill Boulevard today have seen the damage inflicted by the high winds that occurred overnight. Several trees were uprooted and limbs torn from the trunks of large trees. Traffic signals along Foothill […]

Grand Marshals Bring Their Own Wheels

By Mary O’KEEFE The 35th Annual Christmas Parade will roll down Honolulu Avenue on Dec. 3 at 6:10 p.m. This year’s grand marshals are Jack and Helen Nethercutt who will be riding in their red 1934 Packard LeBaron Sport Phaeton “Hussy” car. Jack is the great-nephew of  cosmetic founder Merle Norman and the son of […]

Fire House Hosts Campus Discussion

After a string of incidents during the lunch periods, including car accidents and drug-related incidents that have led to student expulsions, there has been growing discussion about potentially ending Crescenta Valley High’s open lunch policy. After Hoover High adopted a closed lunch policy in 1992 and Glendale High did the same in 1994, CV stands […]