IN Brief

Neighborhood Watch Meeting The Glendale Neighborhood Watch quarterly meeting will be held tonight from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Sparr Heights Community Center, 1613 Glencoe Ave. This is an opportunity to find out the recent activity happening in the area and to ask any questions about crime, neighborhood watch and other issues. American […]

Getting to Know the Candidates: The City Clerk Race

By Ted AYALA Amidst the furor in the races for the GUSD school board and city council, the race for the city clerk’s office might be overlooked by some voters. In the aforementioned races, the purpose of the positions up for grabs is clear to voters. The duties of the city clerk’s office, on the […]

Grand Jury Report Prompts Lively Discussion

By Mary O’KEEFE The Glendale City Council meeting on Tuesday had not committed to the agenda a civil grand jury discussion, but that did not stop the conversation. The topic of the often-animated discussion was the recently released County of Los Angeles Civil Grand Jury Interim Report on the city of Glendale and Propositions 218 […]

La Crescenta Man Arrested for Assault, Kidnapping

By Mary O’KEEFE A La Crescenta man has been charged with six felony counts that include kidnapping, assault and battery. The Los Angeles Police Dept., North Hollywood Division, and Robbery Homicide arrested Jason Kies, 37, from La Crescenta on Friday after linking the suspect to two attempted kidnappings of female victims in the North Hollywood […]

Council Approves ‘Cap Park’ for 134 Freeway

By Ted AYALA Residents of South Glendale have long complained over the area’s lack of open public spaces. Glendale City Council on Tuesday took a step to rectifying this problem, approving a proposal for a 28-acre park that would cover sections of the 134 Freeway. According to a city report on the project, dubbed “Space […]

from the desk of the publisher

A Grateful Outlook this Easter Warning: The following article is faith-laden. It is with a full heart that I approach this Easter. At Christmas, it is with a spirit of anticipation that I embrace the season, while at Easter I am more aware of the sacrifice made on my behalf. I cannot tell a lie: […]

The Candidates Respond

To better acquaint our readers with those running for office in the April 2 election, Crescenta Valley Weekly has asked questions of all the Glendale City Council and Glendale Unified School District board of education candidates. First below is the response by GUSD candidate Greg Krikorian. (The other responding GUSD candidates’ answers were printed in […]

Antonovich Hosts Job Expo

The 12th Annual Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich Community Job Fair and Resource Expo is tomorrow, Wednesday, from 9 a.m. to noon at Robinson Park, 1081 N. Fair Oaks Ave. in Pasadena.   The Expo benefits about 200 foster youth and local youth from group homes, foster family homes and public schools in the Pasadena and […]