By Brandon HENSLEY Negotiations between the Glendale Teachers Association and the Glendale Unified School District have intensified recently, and the main roadblock is a problem that is being felt nationwide. Because the state continues to pull funding for education, the district has proposed a new health care plan to save money for the long term. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE It has been a wild and wet week for Crescenta Valley residents. Whether above or below Foothill Boulevard the result is the same – we are wet. The rain is expected to continue today, heavy at times. Mandatory evacuations are still in force in the areas affected by the Station Fire and […]
By Mary O’Keefe About 60% to 70% of residents who were under mandatory evacuation orders in La Crescenta and La Cañada will be allowed to return home beginning this morning, according to Chief Neal Tyler from Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. In this morning’s press conference at Camp Two in La Cañada officials said the […]
By Mary O’Keefe & Robin Goldsworthy A press conference was held at 5:40 p.m. Thursday night in La Cañada to provide an update of how recent weather has impacted the area. With Schwarzenegger out of state, on his behalf acting governor Jerry Brown today signed the executive order of the declaration of state of emergency […]
At a press conference Thursday morning, Supervisor Michael Antonovich said he will ask the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday to approve his request that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proclaim the county area affected by the Station Fire and subsequently the flood/mudflow a State of Emergency. By Mary O’Keefe If signed, the request will: […]
The County of Los Angeles announced on Tuesday evening that 223 La Crescenta addresses will be under mandatory evacuation as of 9 a.m. tomorrow morning, Wednesday, Jan. 20 in preparation for the worst wave of storms yet expected to hit the foothills area. Below is a list of La Crescenta addresses; for a complete list […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A flash flood watch continues to be in affect until 3 a.m. Tuesday morning as a series of storms move through Crescenta Valley. “You will be seeing rain pretty much through Sunday. The chance of rain will drop to 20% on Sunday,” said Bill Hoffer, spokesman for the National Weather Service in […]
According to a CV sheriffs spokesperson, mandatory evacuations north of 5524 Ocean View Boulevard began shortly after 2 p.m. on Monday afternoon. This is the Paradise Valley area of Ocean View Boulevard. Roger Young of the Fire Safe Council said that Starfall residents have reported that the small Starfall basin is almost full. Starfall residents […]
By Mary O’Keefe Three major rain systems, each increasing in intensity are heading toward Southern California. The first storm is expected to hit Crescenta Valley late Sunday evening into Monday morning dropping an estimated eight to 16 inches of rain. “Sixteen inches is the high range of what is [expected] in the foothills and mountain […]
By Mary O’Keefe The driver of an SUV that struck and killed Joo Lee, 49, of Montrose has not been found almost two weeks after the tragedy. On Tuesday Supervisor Michael Antonovich announced that the Board of Supervisors has approved his motion to offer a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction […]