A new building at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory has received the LEED [Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design] Gold Certification. By Mary O’KEEFE At a Monday morning ribbon cutting ceremony at JPL the doors to NASA’s greenest building to date were officially opened. JPL officials and dignitaries were there to help the lab celebrate the six-story, 193,491 square-foot […]
By Charles COOPER Glendale Councilman Ara Najarian reported Tuesday to his colleagues that a long-range transit plan for Southern California includes some important elements serving local riders. Najarian just returned from his first lobbying trip to Washington as chair of the Metropolitan Transit Agency, a post he took over after several years of service on […]
Questions Edison’s ethics Back in late April my family was happy to have our PV solar panels go online. Our electric consumption went down to about zero or even less sometimes. When our next Edison bill arrived I discovered that they still wanted about $1.90/month from us to keep connected to the grid. I thought […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A Los Angeles County fire fighter was transported to the hospital with a back injury he sustained during a Pasadena residential fire on Wednesday. Crescenta Valley and La Cañada residents may have noticed a dark plume of smoke rising in the north east about noon on Wednesday. Although it may have looked […]
Oct. 18 2100 block of Montrose Avenue in Montrose, the convertible top was cut and compact discs were stolen from a vehicle parked in a gated parking lot overnight. 5200 block of Gould Avenue in La Cañada, cash was stolen from an unlocked vehicle overnight. Oct. 17 2100 block of Montrose Avenue in Montrose, the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE At the Oct. 15 Crescenta Valley Town Council monthly meeting Capt. Dave Silversparre of the CV Sheriff’s Station presented up-to-date crime statistics for the unincorporated area of La Crescenta. The numbers support what sheriffs have been stating: crime comes in waves. Larceny-theft peeked in July with 25 reports, in August it fell […]
By Celia Burstein CV Weekly intern As the gates of the CV Sheriff’s Station swung open at 7 a.m. last Saturday, Oct. 17, the large line that had accumulated scattered itself into the different corners of the station’s parking lot. The occasion was the ninth annual rummage sale benefiting the CV Sheriff’s volunteers. While adults […]
By Charles COOPER A new system will place local Glendale residents in a new North Area Command intended to increase community-based policing, interim chief Ron DePompa said recently. The new police structure is intended to be in place quickly and will reorganize the department’s field services division. Initially, there will be four command areas – […]
The city of Glendale may be able to begin work on the seismic upgrade of the visitor’s center at Deukmejian Park long before repairs are underway on the fire ravaged hills, according to parks general manager George Chapjian. The 12-acre park center apparently escaped damage from the Station Fire, while the 700 acres of hillside […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A man suspected of being responsible for a string of wallet thefts in La Crescenta and La Cañada was arrested in Hollywood by Ventura County Sheriff detectives. Adan Romero, 60, from Mexico was arrested on Oct. 14 after detectives executed a search warrant at his Hollywood home. In recent weeks several wallets […]