By Ted AYALA After competing in one of the most highly polarizing and negative municipal elections in recent memory, the members of the Glendale City Council returned to business last Tuesday where the work of civic governance awaited them impatiently. Though a week since it had occurred, the tension of the April 5 municipal election […]
By Ted Ayala MTA and CalTrans have been taking their 710 Freeway extension act on the road for the past couple of months, bringing it to a close in areas where opposition to the project is fiercest. After the scoping meeting of April 5 at La Cañada High School, where Crescenta Valley and La Cañada […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A 17-year-old crashed the vehicle he was driving into a utility pole in the 4400 block of Ramsdell Avenue in front of Crescenta Valley High School’s MacDonald Auditorium Tuesday afternoon at the end of the lunch period. About 1:10 p.m. the male driver was bringing a friend back from lunch. He was […]
By Jackie HOUCHIN Ollie Blanning, senior deputy to Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich and a 42-year resident of Tujunga Canyon, assumed the office of president of the L.A. County Arts Commission early in April. Antonovich appointed Blanning to the Commission in 2001 and for the last four years she has been serving in various positions on […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A little over a week after the city of Glendale polls closed the results is still too close to call a clear winner in the race for two Glendale City Council seats. Today at 9 a.m. city staff will begin the final tally of the votes. Voters from 50 precincts cast their […]
By Jason KUROSU This Saturday, the sixth annual Hometown Country Fair is coming to La Crescenta. From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Crescenta Valley Park will be the site of numerous attractions, including carnival rides, a classic car show, a dog parade (anyone’s dog is welcome), arts and crafts booths and exhibits, a silent auction, […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Dominique Evans-Bye’s hard work as teacher is literally paying off. The Clark Magnet High School science teacher is on a bit of a roll as of late, capped off this month by her and five of her students winning $70,000 and the top prize in the fourth annual Lexus Eco Challenge. The […]
By Ted AYALA With just seven days since the end of last week’s municipal election in Glendale, volunteers rolled up their sleeves at the city’s election center to count the very last 3,150 mail-in ballots that may hold the balance for the election. With a razor-thin margin separating the top three candidates for city council […]
Members of the newly formed Korean American Federation of North Los Angeles joined CV Town Council and Chamber of Commerce members and school board candidates in the monthly cleanup of the La Crescenta Avenue offramp.
By Mary O’KEEFE The Glendale election is over but some of the results are still a little too close to call. This election season in Glendale was anything but dull. There were accusations thrown about and questions of the integrity of candidates, the city staff and media. But in the end it all came down […]