JPL Projects Award $100,000 Each for Researc

By Mary O’KEEFE Four Jet Propulsion Laboratory proposals have been awarded with NASA $100,000 grants. NASA officials announced today that 30 innovative projects will be awarded $100,000 each for one year of research as part of the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC). This is a small portion of the administration budget, but is an appropriate […]

CV Fire Safe Council Helping Neighbors

The Crescenta Valley Fire Safe Council sponsored Clean Up day was in full swing early this morning. Members of the council began arriving at about 6 a.m., community member and neighbor volunteers were there an hour later and the clean up began. Volunteers with hats, gloves and clippers helped local residents clear dry vegetation from […]

Accident at Ocean View and 210

By Mary O’KEEFE A collision tied up traffic at Ocean View Boulevard and Foothill (210) freeway this evening from about 6 p.m. to 6:40 p.m. A vehicle was traveling on the eastbound exit of the Foothill (210) freeway at Ocean View Boulevard and was turning northbound when it collided with another vehicle traveling southbound on […]

Collision at Melody Nail Salon

By Maddy PUMILIA A  red pick up truck reportedly cut off a white car causing the truck to lose control,  cross the median and strike the Melody Nail Salon in the 900 block of Foothill Boulevard, said Deputy Michelle Magàna of the Los Angeles Sheriff Department, Crescenta Valley Station. The driver and passenger of the […]

Say It Isn’t So – Time to Get Ready for Back to School

By Mary O’KEEFE The summer is not quite over. There are still a few more weeks to hit the beach but soon – very soon – it will be time for school to begin again. Throughout Crescenta Valley moms and dads will spout early morning wisdom like, “I told you to go to bed earlier,” […]

Community Takes Part in National Night Out

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 […]

Concern and Confusion over City Ruling

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 […]

Celebrating Back to School

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 […]

Weather in the Foothills

“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 […]

IN BRIEF

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 […]