Nearly every year, an airshow that spotlights the rotary-only industry is held at Hansen Dam Sports Complex. The helicopter air show is designed to familiarize the public with the pilots and crew who fly for fire departments, medical services, search and rescue teams and electronic news gathering industries for organizations such as ABC Channel […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale Water and Power (GWP) has been reaching out to the community to let it know about an upcoming proposed rate hike. Mark Young, GWP general manager, has been spearheading efforts to get information out to the community. On Feb. 8, 2022, Young said GWP came to Glendale City Council and […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Thursday morning, Oct. 19, CVW was invited to an active shooter training involving Glendale fire and police departments. Officer Andres Rico, a member of GPD’s Training Bureau, and Battalion Chief Todd Tucker, Emergency Medical Services Bureau, led the officers in the training. “We haven’t done this since before the pandemic,” Tucker […]
Say It Enough Times I’ve been watching with interest the drama surrounding public meetings of the Glendale City Council and Glendale Unified School District. I find it interesting – and disconcerting – that it seems all it takes for misinformation to be interpreted as “fact” is to keep repeating it. While I try to keep […]
Teahupo’o By Mary O’KEEFE The 2024 Olympics will be held in France from July 26 to Aug. 11, 2024. Although the ancient Games were born in Greece it was actually a Frenchman, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, who got the modern day Olympics started in 1894. So it is a little odd that it is […]
CVCA to Meet The Crescenta Valley Community Association will have its monthly meeting tonight, Thursday, Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. via Zoom. The meeting will include discussion on local issues including project updates on 2413 Foothill Blvd. (at Briggs), CVTC Land-Use Committee meeting on Oct 2, Twelve Oaks, 3411-3437 Foothill and 2817 Montrose Ave. There will […]
By Mikaela STONE The spooky season is here and on Tuesday, Halloween night, David Krohn’s haunted house at 413 Whiting Woods Dr. will be ready for visitors. Krohn’s creations are Crescenta Valley staples and highly anticipated by celebrants of Halloween. This year, visitors will check into the haunted house’s hotel theming only to realize that […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Thursday a candidates’ forum was held at the monthly meeting of the Crescenta Valley Town Council (CVTC). Although there are only four candidates to fill the six open seats, three regular seats and three alternates, the purpose of the forum was to hear how the candidates view their role on the […]
Oct. 21 Raymond Avenue and Foothill Boulevard in La Crescenta, an employee working a street taco stand reported that while he was on a dinner break about five feet away from the taco stand two unknown individuals exited a white Nissan Versa and walked toward the employee/victim. Suspect No. 1 stopped and stood directly in […]
By Mikaela STONE This Halloween, the sounds of screams and ghostly children’s laughter will rise from the Crescenta Valley High School theater. Members of the ETLP classes (Entertainment, Technology and Live Production) are hard at work building a haunted maze that will be set up on the theater’s stage. This year’s theme is “Abandoned Toy […]