President visits Glendale

Photo by Leonard COUTIN During his quick Los Angeles trip on Friday, President Barack Obama fulfilled a 2009 promise he made and granted an interview to Eddie “Piolîn” Sotelo, a Latino radio personality. Listeners heard the president’s interview on Monday morning on the radio program “Piolîn por la Mañana.” The show is taped at the […]

Police turn out for gun call

Photo by Leonard COUTIN Glendale Police arrived in force at a home in the 3600 block of Emanuel Drive  in Glendale on Sunday, Oct. 17 when a report was made of a man with a gun. The Glendale Fire Department was in the area; it had received a call of a possible fire. When firefighters […]

The Fire House: open for business

By Mary O’KEEFE It took a lot of work, volunteers, community support and paint to get to the grand opening Tuesday night of The Fire House, a place for kids to come to meet, do their homework, play some games, mingle and hopefully get a break from the “There’s nothing to do here” blues. “This […]

Pancakes sales a flipping success

Mary O’KEEFE If the long lines and happy pancake faces were any indication the Crescenta Valley Town Council Annual Pancake Breakfast was very successful. “We served well over 800 breakfasts,” said councilmember and pancake chair Dennis Van Bremen. Tickets were only $5 for pancakes, eggs, sausage, orange juice and coffee.  Tickets were sold by councilmembers […]

Town Council forum provides insight on candidates

By Brandon HENSLEY The Nov. 6 Crescenta Valley Town Council elections are drawing nearer, and last Thursday the council held a candidates’ forum during its meeting, as the public heard each candidates’ position on topics ranging from mansionization to the expansion of the 710 Freeway. Held inside the La Crescenta Library community room, eight of […]

Connecting with those who help

By Jason KUROSU The fourth annual Passageways Homeless Connect Day was held on Oct. 19 at the Salvation Army facility in Pasadena and each year the turnout increases. Pacific Clinics, the event planners for Homeless Connect Day, notes on its website that 2009’s event offered 2,900 free services to 405 individuals. Of those numerous services, […]

Blaze damages home on Hopeton

By Mary O’KEEFE A birthday party for a local homeowner turned tragic on Saturday night when her home caught fire. The Moradkhanian family had invited a few guests to their house in the 2900 block of Hopeton Avenue for homeowner Adrienne Moradkhanian’s birthday celebration. A couple of hours into the party, the house lights began […]

Rosemont student struck by vehicle

By Mary O’KEEFE A vehicle struck a seventh grade Rosemont student Wednesday morning as she crossed Rosemont Avenue to get to the middle school. “The [girl] was not in a crosswalk,” said Officer Christian Cracraft, California Highway Patrol. The girl’s mother was driving north on Rosemont Avenue when she stopped to drop her daughter off. […]

Meeting addresses kids, finances

By Jason KUROSU Crescenta Valley High School hosted a meeting last Thursday night to educate parents on two issues that are of particular interest: school funding and adolescent wellbeing. Measure K, a bond measure that was approved in 1997 to increase funds for GUSD school facilities, has been a key issue for parents who would […]

Burglary Suspect Nabbed

B y Mary O’KEEFE A string of local burglaries may have come to an end with the arrest on Sunday of a La Crescenta resident. On Sunday at about 4:40 p.m. Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station received a call from a witness who had recognized a man, later identified as Anders Goodman, 24, of La Crescenta, […]