Leadership camp – designed by high school students – helps kids make positive changes now and for the future. By Jason KUROSU At the Fire House, the youth center located on the property of St. Luke’s of the Mountains Episcopal Church, high school students gathered in the parking lot Tuesday night. The students were engaged […]
By Jason KUROSU Gov. Edmund G. Brown, Jr. continued his line of austerity budgeting with his latest budget plan, released Jan. 5. The governor has already enacted steep cuts to various state programs in order to combat budgetary deficits and the newest plan may call for more cuts from education. While the deficit has improved […]
By Jason KUROSU The Montrose Shopping Park Association welcomed two new members to their fold in the last month, Joselito’s owner Corey Grijalva and Copy Network owner Andre Ordubegian. The two were officially voted onto the board of directors during the MSPA’s December meeting replacing departing Alyce Russell of Andersen’s Pet Shop and Maureen […]
By Jason KUROSU At the Tuesday night meeting of the Crescenta Valley Water District, the board of directors discussed replacing the generators at the Arroyo and Berkshire Pump Stations, an issue arising out of concern of losing power, which many Southern Californians experienced during the recent windstorms. In the case of an unexpected emergency, the […]
By Jason KUROSU The Glendale Unified School District continues to assess whether or not to close Crescenta Valley High School’s campus during the lunch periods, a matter which has generated months of discussion and deliberation. Incidents of student misbehavior, including drug arrests and car accidents, prompted the argument for rescinding Crescenta Valley High’s open lunch […]
By Jason KUROSU The city of Glendale recently drafted a new Bicycle Transportation Plan, which intends to integrate bicycling further into the city’s transportation system. The latest draft of the plan, which can be read on www.BikeGlendale.org, outlines various plans for improving bicycle transportation, including creating new bike lanes where they do not currently exist, […]
By Jason KUROSU In August of 1999, a shooting at the North Valley Jewish Community Center and subsequent murder of a postal worker prompted the creation of the D.I.S.A.R.M. program (Developing Increased Safety through Arms Reduction Management) in February 2000. Initiated by Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich, D.I.S.A.R.M. intends to remove weapons from […]
By Jason KUROSU The GUSD school board continued to mull over their options regarding Measure S funded projects during the latest school board meeting. The district’s legal counsel, Phil Henderson, presented two different options for selecting builders and contractors to the school board, lease-leaseback or the California Uniform Construction Cost Accounting Act (CUPCCAA). The board […]
By Jason KUROSU For years, Crescenta Valley High School has been the only high school in the district with an open lunch policy, a distinction which may not exist come January when the district school board will decide whether or not to move towards closing the campus at lunch. Increases in off-campus drug arrests and […]
Foothill residents and businesses are still coping with the aftermath of one of the most powerful windstorms in memory. By Jason KUROSU The coming of winter approaches Southern California not in the form of snow or sleet, but occasionally rain and, in the present case, a windstorm which battered SoCal residents last week, leading to […]