By Brandon HENSLEY, Jackie HOUCHIN, Maddy PUMILIA and Charly SHELTON Several foothill neighborhoods either hosted or attended Tuesday night’s National Night Out – NNO – festivities. The event started in 1984 and has grown to 37 million people participating in 15,110 communities across the United States. It’s a way to fight crime while getting to […]
By Ted AYALA When the Present family, owners of Crescenta Valley Towing Company, stepped into the Glendale City Council chamber on July 26, they thought that an injustice done to them was finally going to be righted. “We thought the city would do the right thing,” said Hal Present, who founded the company 50 years […]
These hot days of August give no indication that school is going to be starting up before we know it. Just when we’ve gotten into the rhythm of enjoying fewer cars on neighborhood streets between the hours of 7:15 a.m. and 8 a.m., at the end of the month traffic will back up again as […]
“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” – Mahatma Gandhi By Sue KILPATRICK Summer evenings make up for the discomfort of a hot summer day. Humans and canines alike will attest to this fact. The sun goes down, temperatures cool, it’s light until […]
Stay Up Late and Go Dancing With the Stars On Saturday, Aug. 13 from 9 p.m. until midnight the City of Glendale Community Services and Parks Dept. is hosting a night of dancing under the stars at Deukmejian Wilderness Park. The Perseid Meteor Shower will be in progress, but it may be difficult to view […]
Dennis Morgan film kicks off month of movies. By Maddy PUMILIA The Crescenta Valley Town Council, County of L.A. Parks and Recreation and the Historical Society of Crescenta Valley are presenting a Dennis Morgan film this Saturday at Two Strike Park, 5107 Rosemont Ave. in La Crescenta. The film being shown is the 1942 movie […]
By Agnes CONSTANTE From personal profiles and games to event listings and business pages, Facebook serves a number of diverse purposes for more than 750 million users. For Sparr Heights, a neighborhood located in northern Glendale, Facebook Groups has emerged as a popular function of the networking site. A group called “Sparr Heights Neighborhood – […]
National commercial puts Montrose on the map – again. By Brandon HENSLEY “This is the Montrose Pet Hospital, in Montrose, Calif.” On a normal workday, pets and their owners walk in as receptionist Cheryl Litchfield greets them. They have a seat next to a table with various magazines and can admire pictures on the wall […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Two years ago, before the Station Fire, members of the newly formed Crescenta Valley Fire Safe Council warned residents of what would happen if the dry vegetation surrounding the community would catch fire. Then the hillsides did catch fire and, although the Station Fire cleaned the mountains of most of the dried […]
By Jason KUROSU and Charly SHELTON Between 2007 and 2009, 10 fatalities and 195 injuries involving motorcyclists occurred on the Angeles Crest Highway before it was closed due to the destruction of the Station Fire. Since being reopened on June 3, there have already been four fatalities, three by car and one motorcyclist. In response, […]