Flower Shop Burglary

By Mary O’KEEFE A local flower shop was burglarized sometime overnight between Friday and Saturday. Glendale police responded to the 3400 block of Ocean View Boulevard after receiving a report of damage to the front door of the Glendale Flower and Gift Shop. When the officers arrived they found the front glass door had been […]

Welcoming Students During Back to School Week

Welcoming Students During Back to School Week

By Mary O’KEEFE Students in the Glendale Unified School District headed back to school on Monday. At elementary schools across Crescenta Valley, kindergartners all had one thing in common: excited, nervous and sometimes tearful parents. “At our kindergarten tea, I asked who was having a harder time [with the first days of school] – the […]

Getting a SMAP Mission Update

Getting a SMAP Mission Update

NASA administrator Charles Bolden toured JPL clean room in anticipation of the year of Earth science. By Mary O’KEEFE and Molly SHELTON On Monday, NASA administrator Charles Bolden visited Jet Propulsion Laboratory to see the progress of the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission that will be launched in 2014. “It’s the year of Earth […]

Divided Council Approves Steep GWP Rate Hikes

By Ted AYALA After a bitterly contentious meeting last week, the Glendale City Council voted on Tuesday 3-2 to approve steep electricity rate hikes for Glendale Water & Power (GWP) customers that supporters urged were necessary to maintain the agency’s infrastructure and quality of service. The two dissenting votes from Councilmembers Frank Quintero and Zareh […]

from the desk of the publisher

from the desk of the publisher

Bursting with Pride Parents, you know how you swell with pride when your kids do something really cool? When they surprise you either with their enthusiasm or an ability that you were unaware they had? Well, I had that experience on Saturday night and it was shared with over 50 people! On Saturday, Prom Plus […]

Weather in the Foothills

“The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco” ~ often credited to Mark Twain Saturday afternoon found us in Humboldt County, northern California dropping our son off for his senior (and final!) year at Humboldt State University. While mixing the business of back-to-school with pleasure, we discovered Fern Canyon located up […]

Trucks Ready to Feed the Hungry

Trucks Ready to Feed the Hungry

By Michael J. ARVIZU It’s an invasion of the yummy kind in Sunland-Tujunga. Every Wednesday since 2012, Food Truck Night in this neighborhood west of La Crescenta has hosted gourmet food trucks from all over southern California. The licensed trucks set up shop along Foothill Boulevard in Sunland between Oro Vista and McVine avenues, offering […]

IN Brief

History of Paramount Studios Topic of Meeting The next meeting of the Historical Society of the Crescenta Valley is on Monday, Aug. 19 and will explore the history of Paramount Pictures. For over 100 years, Paramount Pictures has been captivating movie and television audiences worldwide with its alluring imagery and compelling stories. Arising from the […]

CRIME BLOTTER

Aug. 1 5500 block of Vista Cañada Place in La Cañada Flintridge, a woman reported she had found an electronic tracking device dangling from a piece of loose tape under the carriage of her vehicle. She reportedly told deputies she suspected her husband had attached the device. The couple is currently going through a divorce. […]

Study Approved by CVWD Board

By Jason KUROSU The Tuesday meeting of the Crescenta Valley Water District touched upon a few new projects to CVWD facilities, including a study to increase the local water supply and adding a retaining wall between a CVWD reservoir and a residential area. The project, known as the Verdugo Basin Stormwater Recharge Facility Study, is […]