From the City of Glendale: With the heat wave extending through next week, the City of Glendale Community Services & Parks Dept. will continue to operate its four community centers as cooling centers from Friday, July 21 through Friday, July 28. For the latest information regarding cooling centers, please visit GlendaleCA.gov/BeatTheHeat. The City of Glendale […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Since 1970 National Night Out events have given safety personnel and residents a chance to interact in a relaxed, social manner. In 2019 the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) asked crime victims whether they reported their crime to police. They found that 40.9% of violent crimes and 32.5% of household property crimes […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Crescenta Valley High School (CVHS) will be going through some changes to the campus that will affect parents, students and community members. Many people use the track at CVHS after school hours to exercise but the track and field will soon be closed as construction begins on new stadium seating. “It will […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Glendale City Council meeting was canceled this week but last week’s marathon meeting, lasting more than seven hours, provided enough information for residents to digest. The issue of moving from citywide elections to district elections of councilmembers was discussed at the July 11 meeting. At present there are five members of […]
By Mary O’KEEFE There are very few times the majority of the world’s population can agree on anything and lately that point of agreement is “It is hot.” In our area we are looking at highs that are about 10 degrees over normal for this time of year. “In Burbank [one of the NOAA weather […]
The Sound of Music Like many others in the valley, I’m looking forward to seeing “The Sound of Music” at Highlands Church (formerly La Crescenta Baptist Church) at 4441 La Crescenta Ave. from Aug. 4-12. (For more information see the ad in this week’s paper or visit www.highlandsla.com.) However, on Monday Steve and I headed […]
America’s Birth Certificate The United States of America was born on the Fourth of July 1776 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her name was used for the first time on the Declaration of Independence. Signed by 56 Founding Fathers, the Declaration of Independence severed all her political ties with Great Britian and staked her claim as a […]
By Lynn SHER “They changed the business model and left us behind!” – SAG-AFTRA Members of the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) went on strike after talks with the studios stalled. In the blazing afternoon heat of a typical Los Angeles summer, the streets surrounding Netflix headquarters in […]
Disaster Preparedness Event Planned Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station will be hosting a disaster preparedness event today, Thursday, July 20 at La Cañada High School from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The goal is to educate the public on how to prepare for a large-scale disaster. From 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., there will be displays […]
July 16 900 block of Town Center Drive in La Cañada Flintridge, the interior was ransacked and items were stolen from a vehicle at 5:26 p.m. July 15 900 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge, a woman reported when she went to pay for items she wanted to purchase at the store […]