By Mary O’KEEFE Capt. David Silversparre took the opportunity of National Night Out on Tuesday to announce the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s new phone notification system called “nixle.” “This system provides information directly from the sheriff’s [specific] geographic area,” Silversparre said. The system will disperse information either to an individual’s email account or to a […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Glendale Unified School District and Glendale Teachers Union remain in a holding pattern as they await the results from the fact finding report expected by Aug. 15. At the July 27 GUSD school board meeting Assistant Superintendent John Garcia ran through a Power Point presentation to help clarify the time line […]
Washington, DC – Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) released the following statement: “This afternoon, I was informed by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack that the Forest Service had taped calls either to or from the Forest Service dispatch center over a lengthy period of time, which included the Station Fire. The Secretary had just been made aware […]
August 2 4800 block of Hill Street in La Cañada two motorcycles were stolen from a locked garage between 10 a.m. and 4:25 p.m. 3500 block of Foothill Boulevard in Glendale, a 31-year-old La Crescenta man was arrested on suspicion of possession of a narcotic after officers stopped him driving on Foothill Boulevard. Officers allegedly […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Aug. 3 front porch lights will be turned on, residents will walk out into the street and one of the oldest deterrents to crime – neighbor talking to neighbor – will be practiced. This is the foundation of National Night Out. Law enforcement within the foothills area will join other across […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Station Fire aftermath is not just about the mudslides and coyotes and bears roaming the streets looking for food. Another part of the aftermath is analyzing what worked and perhaps more importantly what did not work while fighting the fire. Of particular interest to both officials and community members are those […]
By Brandon HENSLEY This upcoming school year at Monte Vista Elementary School, it won’t be where the sidewalk ends, but rather where it finally begins. Construction on a new sidewalk started this week just northwest of the school located at 2620 Orange Ave., at El Adobe. Previously, children walking eastbound on the north side of […]
By Sue KILPATRICK “The Summer night is like a perfection of thought.” — Wallace Stevens The best time of day during the summer is the evening. A lingering presence of a sunset in the western sky blends into a darker indigo sky. The heat of the day subsides giving us a few perfect hours to […]
LIBRARY HOURS TO REMAIN La Crescenta County Library has survived a round of cuts in hours instituted to meet county budget shortfalls. This week hours were reduced at 45 of the county’s 89 libraries, with many being closed on Mondays. The service hour reductions amount to about a $3 million cuts. Hours at La Crescenta […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The James R. Brown Award was presented to Linda Evans at Tuesday’s board meeting of the GUSD. Evans, who retired this year as the principal of Crescenta Valley High School, told the board she was accepting the award on behalf of the staff and students at her former school. The award’s namesake, […]