In Brief

Two lots approved on Willowhaven The L.A. Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved a lot split to create two residential parcels at 2716 Willowhaven Drive in La Crescenta. The board previously rejected a proposal to create three lots on the property, a former single family site on three-quarters of an acre. Neighbors complained the three lots would […]

Halloween transitions

I’ve written in the past about the transitions that we parents go through as our children grow and leave the nest. Sometimes these experiences are expected: being done with diapers and bottles, sending our children off to school, changing the household routine as our kids get jobs or their driver’s license and are rarely home anymore. Steve […]

It’s so easy being green

It’s so easy being green

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 […]

Transit plan has local impact

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 […]

Letters to the Editor

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 […]

Smoke in the air, again

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 […]

CRIME BLOTTER

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 […]

Crime, traffic reported at CVTC meeting

Crime, traffic reported  at CVTC meeting

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 […]

Crowd turns out for annual sale

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 […]

Police offer reorganization plan

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 – […]