By Maddy PUMILIA People – and dogs – of all ages gathered in Montrose for a full weekend of artsy products, jazz music and an international selection of food at the 28th Annual Arts and Crafts Festival. The usually busy Montrose Shopping Park was closed off to cars to better accommodate the more than 300 […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Once again this weekend the roar of motorcycle engines could be heard echoing through Angeles National Forest as the sight of colorful cyclists trail up and down the winding highway. The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) opened the seven-mile stretch of Angeles Crest Highway (SR2) from La Cañada Flintridge to Wrightwood and […]
By Ted AYALA Residents of the city of Glendale may have to allow themselves extra time for their commutes through Glendale along Verdugo Road beginning this summer. At Tuesday’s Glendale City Council meeting, a project was approved to refurbish Verdugo Road from Colorado Boulevard to Glendale Avenue. The project, which will cost the city over […]
The decision last week by the Glendale City Council to allow the construction of a 9,000 plus square foot gym at the Chamlian Armenian School in the 4400 block of Lowell Avenue has resulted in a great big “thank you” from school officials and anything but from nearby residents. Living up here as long as […]
By- Sue KILPATRICK “Thunder is good, thunder is impressive, but it is lightening that does the work.” – Mark Twain, said to his friend Nikola Tesla, scientist and inventor in electricity Not much thunder to the storm system that slowly made its way across the Foothills. Although very impressive for June, we only received a […]
Town Council Meeting Tonight The Crescenta Valley Town Council meeting has been moved due to graduations on June 16. This month’s meeting is tonight, Thursday, June 9 at 7 p.m. The regular meeting, which will include a discussion on the CVWD budget and updates on the proposed dog park, will be preceded by an oak […]
By Jackie HOUCHIN On June 6, 215 jubilant “at risk” students from the San Gabriel District Options For Youth Public Charter School received high school diplomas – some graduating with honors – in an exuberant, emotion-packed ceremony at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. Thirty of those graduates were from La Crescenta Options For Youth, one of […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Like everything else in the world, bullying has gone high-tech. Instead of one boy facing another boy and pushing him around or one girl starting a rumor about another, the method of bullying in many cases has gone cyber. Of course the old fashioned way of intimidation still occurs but with so […]
June 7 3100 block of Santa Carlotta Avenue in La Crescenta, two bicycles were stolen from the side of a home overnight. June 6 4200 block of Florencita Avenue in Montrose, a 41-year-old North Hollywood man was arrested for burglary after a witness reported seeing him exit a vacant house with a small box. After […]
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 […]