Rescue, accident due to motorcycles

On Friday night, Sept. 3, about 7:30 p.m. a man in his late 30s fell over the edge of Angeles Crest Highway after he lost control of his motorcycle. The man fell about 80 feet over the side at mile marker 50, said Deputy Jeff Martin. Members of Montrose Search and Rescue repelled over the […]

City looks into The Mix permit

By Mary O’KEEFE The revocation of the condition use permit for The Mix at 2612 Honolulu Ave. was the topic on Wednesday during a hearing of the city of Glendale planning department. The bar, which allows public dancing and billiards, was closed on Feb. 25, 2010 after it received a license suspension by the State […]

Water rate increase proposed

By Mary O’KEEFE Customers of Crescenta Valley Water District will be receiving notices of a public meeting regarding a proposed increase in water rate and charges. The increase results from companies that supply water to CVWD and increased water rates the district is being charged. The public meeting will be held on Oct. 19 at […]

Four run for assembly seat

Four first-time candidates are running for the 59th Assembly Distinct, which remains one of the oddest in the state in terms of layout. The district, which is being vacated by Anthony Adams, stretches from Hesperia to La Crescenta and has a Republican majority among voters. The GOP candidate is Tim Donnelly who says he is […]

Antonovich asks for study on permitting process

By Mary O’KEEFE On Tuesday Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael Antonovich requested the board of supervisors to direct the director of Regional Planning and the director of Public Works to investigate permitting issues at two separate locations: One in the unincorporated area of Montrose and the other in La Crescenta. The most recent issue occurred […]

Crescenta Valley High School leads the AP way

By Mary O’KEEFE At a recent Glendale Unified School District board meeting Assistant Superintendent Katherine Fundukian Thorossian presented the board with information on how the district is increasing its Advanced Placement class participation. “This allows our students to be college ready,” Thorossian said. Advance Placement classes are college level courses where students have a choice […]

GAO agrees to investigate Station Fire

By Mary O’KEEFE On Wednesday, the Government of Accountability Office accepted a request for a full investigation of the Station Fire from its beginning on Aug. 26, 2009 to its containment Oct. 16, 2009. Congressmen Adam Schiff, David Dreier and “Buck” McKeon “lead several of their California colleagues, including Senators Barbara Boxer and Diane Feinstein, […]

Tree watering at experimental forest

By Erna TAYLOR-STARK No – this is not a science fiction forest – it is a natural experimental area which began in the late 1940s by the L.A. County Fire Department. High in the Verdugo Mountains, it is an area that is the destination point of many hikers and bikers, who, upon arriving at the […]

In Brief

Debris basins tour coming up On Saturday, Sept. 18 at 9:00 a.m. Los Angeles County Public Works will be offering the community a tour of the Pickens Debris Basin, which is being enlarged and improved, the Dunsmore Debris Basin, which performed admirably in last winter’s floods, and the sediment placement site at Deukmejian Park, a […]

The electric car that goes zoom

By Brandon HENSLEY Earl Cox knows the mindset, because he’s been there. He knows what it’s like to drive a classic American muscle car, or the big SUVs, with engines that rev-up with such ferocity as if it’s warning others that the true king-of-the-road has arrived. But these days, Cox isn’t buying it; either the […]