City WRAP

Council approves Rockhaven well The City Council Tuesday approved drilling an exploratory well at the northwest corner of the Rockhaven property in the 2700 block of Honolulu Avenue. Testing has indicated the water flow from the well could be significant in meeting city needs. At 9.5 gallons per minute, the well could produce more than […]

Keep informed by Sheriff’s Station

Keep informed by Sheriff’s Station

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 […]

GUSD and GTA on hold

GUSD and GTA on hold

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 […]

Schiff offers statement on new information surrounding Station Fire response

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 […]

Crime blotter

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 […]

Big events planned locally for National Night Out

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 […]

Station Fire panel open to public

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 […]

Paving the way for students

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 […]

Weather in the foothills

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 […]

In BRIEF

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 […]