Councilman Offers Cautious Hope in VHGC Retention

By Jason KUROSU Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Krekorian visited with the citizens of Sunland and Tujunga on Monday, informing them of the latest developments in the retention of the Verdugo Hills Golf Course. The course is currently threatened by a proposed development of 229 condominium units. Krekorian believes he can retain the course using […]

California Reels from Massive Cuts

By Jason KUROSU State legislators passed a new budget bill last week, with Gov. Jerry Brown signing just before the start of the new fiscal year. The bill was signed amid an atmosphere of financial crisis, with democrats and republicans coming together despite disagreeing over issues such as tax revenues and spending for months. Many […]

Visitors Get “Bugged” at Expo

By Jason KUROSU Crescenta Valley Park, usually a draw for families on Saturday afternoons, drew a congregation of a different breed this past Saturday. For the majority of this afternoon, the park’s recreation center was the gathering place for insect enthusiasts and any other curious parties for the Xtreme Inverts Bug Expo. Insects were on […]

CV Girls’ Softball Team Finished Strong

By Jason KUROSU The perennially successful Crescenta Valley Girls’ Softball team finished off another strong season last month, finishing with a 21-4 record overall and tied for first place with Burroughs in the Pacific League with a 13-1 league record. The team will lose 10 players to graduation, including star player Erin Ashby, who finished […]

Looking Back at CVHS Baseball

By Jason KUROSU The Crescenta Valley Boys’ Varsity Baseball Team had won the Pacific League Championship for seven straight seasons before being unseated by the Arcadia Apaches, who were the back to back champions entering the 2011 season. This season provided the closest chance that the Falcons have had in the past three seasons to […]

New Districts: Goal to Create “Communities of Interest”

By Jason KUROSU In 2008, Proposition 11 took redistricting for state senate and state assembly districts out of the hands of legislators and into those of the newly created California Citizens Redistricting Commission, a 14 member organization made up of five Democrats, five Republicans and four members from neither party. In 2010, Proposition 20 gave […]

Residents Very Concerned Over Variance

Residents Very Concerned Over Variance

By Jason KUROSU The Vahan & Anoush Chamlian Armenian School’s proposal for a new gymnasium was approved by the Glendale City Council last week, bringing a conclusion to what continues to be a divisive issue between the school and local residents. The proposal was initially denied by the Glendale City Planning Commission in January, but […]

We Should Never Forget

By Mary O’KEEFE and Jason KUROSU For just a few minutes on Monday, time stopped in Crescenta Valley. Flags waved in the wind, soldiers saluted and taps played. For a just a few minutes people on both sides of the political aisle took time to remember those who served and died in service of their […]

CVCA Meeting Explores Possible Changes to Landscape

By Jason KUROSU The recent CVCA meeting covered issues that may quite literally change the landscape of La Crescenta and La Cañada- Flintridge. The first topic discussed was the clean out of the Devil’s Gate Dam in Pasadena. Grace Yu, an engineer with Los Angeles County Public Works, made a presentation on the county’s plans […]