By Mary O’KEEFE The Supreme Court of the United States has denied the St. Luke’s Anglican Church petition for writ of certiorari that was filed in December 2009. This ends a long battle that began in 2006 when a majority of the St. Luke’s Episcopal congregation voted to align itself with the Anglican Province of […]
Foothill Municipal Water District announced that it is considering a real property assessment to raise money to pay for capital improvements to the district’s water system. The district’s board on Feb. 16 approved exempting and excluding certain properties from the real property assessment should the district proceed with the assessment. To be excluded from the […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Crescenta Valley Water District customers can expect their rates to increase over the coming years, explained former CVWD board member Richard Atwater in Tuesday’s meeting. Atwater, who resigned from his position last month, was an audience member this time, and presented a slide show on the Metropolitan Water District’s 2010-11 budget and […]
By Geghard ARAKELIAN With the recent addition of bike lanes along densely populated Foothill Boulevard, local officials advise motorists to drive cautiously while encouraging cyclists to use the new bike lanes in La Crescenta. “There’s no special rule. There’s just the rules that cyclists would normally use when driving on the street,” said Robert Thomas […]
Chamber director introduced Ted Ayala, new executive director of the Montrose Verdugo City Chamber of Commerce, was introduced Tuesday, Feb. 23 to the Glendale City Council. Ayala said he was not a local resident but was familiar with the community. “My mother worked at Vons Market,” he said. Montrose, the city’s official old town, celebrated […]
Crescenta Valley Drug and Alcohol Prevention Coalition takes on open campus lunch policy, and discusses possible drug testing of students. By Mary O’KEEFE Closing the Crescenta Valley High School campus for lunch was once again a topic of discussion during the Feb. 26 meeting of the Crescenta Valley Drug and Alcohol Prevention Coalition. Parents at […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale police Reserve Officer Ari Simonyan was presented with his second Medal of Valor award at a ceremony at the Glendale police station. In 2008 the Glendale Police Department honored Simonyan with the Medal of Valor, one of the highest awards that can be bestowed on a Glendale officer. On Feb. 3 […]
By Chris BLUME The Glendale Unified School District held a meeting this week at Crescenta Valley High School to discuss the budget crisis that will affect the education of children in the district. In the state of California, 40% of the state’s budget is spent on education. Due to an anemic economy the governor and […]
There was a sea of red at the Glendale Unified School District board meeting on Tuesday. In a show of solidarity, teachers attending Tuesday’s board of education meeting wore red shirts and carried signs protesting a then-proposed decision by the district to lay off teachers and eliminate class size reduction while negotiations with the teachers […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Mandatory evacuation orders are still in affect as storm systems work their way across Southern California. “We had one incident where a pick-up truck got stuck in deep mud,” said Stephanie English, spokeswoman for Los Angeles County Fire Department. “The incident was in the Vista Del Val Road area. Our L.A. County […]