GUSD and the Crescenta Valley Drug and Alcohol Prevention Coalition (CVDAPC) are sponsoring a confidential support resource to all parents of Rosemont, CV and Clark students during the entire school year. Please join Pam Erdman, licensed marriage, family, and child (teens included)therapist for presentations and discussions on parenting teens. These are one-hour meetings every Tuesday […]
Cheryl Ida Ruffo Jones Born 12-31-1948 Passed 8-1-2010 Longtime Burbank and Glendale renaissance lady Cheryl Jones loved music and was dancing it seems as soon as she was born. She loved all types of music that she played constantly and became a competitive disco dancer in the 1970s. She was a social butterfly whose smile […]
Nine people of Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station received the department’s Life-Saving Award from Sheriff Leroy Baca on Aug. 3 for two separate incidents. The first incident occurred on Feb. 7. Sergeant Tracy Stewart and Deputies Walls, Lucas Tapia, Chad Pluimmer, Juan Martinez, Joel Broumley and Al Barreras were dispatched to the debris basin behind the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE DRB gives approval to addition The Glendale Design Review Board was highly complimentary of a proposed addition to 3308 Mill Ave., and approved with some minor proposed changes at its most recent meeting. The project was designed by South Pasadena architect Anthony George, a new member of that city’s planning commission. The […]
LIBRARY HOSTING CHILI COOK OFF On Aug. 14 at 1:00 p.m. the La Crescenta Library is hosting its inaugural chili cook-off. All are invited to bring their best recipe and compete with others in the community to be crowned the Chili King of La Crescenta Library. The winner will receive a crown and a $25 […]
By Odalis A. SUAREZ The Crescenta-Cañada Lions Club will be taking part in Kases for Kids, an effort that collects backpacks and luggage for kids entering foster care. “When kids enter the foster care system, they currently were given plastic or paper bags. The concept is to give a suitcase to take with [them], something […]
By Sue KILPATRICK “As marvelous as the stars is the mind of the person who studies them” — Martin Luther King, Jr. Weather this week in Crescenta Valley may seem rather boring – not too hot and not too cold. Considering the extreme weather world wide, including 100 degree temperatures and unhealthy air in Russia […]
Robin Goldsworthy from the desk of the publisher On Sunday I attended service at a local church. After the band played, the congregation was shown a video of some of the church members who had traveled to the Tenderloin district of San Francisco. The district is similar to Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles, populated […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The last 48 teachers affected by RIF [Reduction In Force] in the Glendale school district were notified on Monday morning they would be rehired for the new school year. “Welcome home,” said Mary Boger, member of the Glendale Unified School board. The teachers had been officially notified in March they were not […]
New principals take the reins at Crescenta Valley High, Rosemont Middle and Fremont Elementary schools, but to many of the students, they’re old friends. By Brandon HENSLEY Spring and summer are usually reserved for big name free agents in basketball and football to make headlines by moving from one team to another. This year, however, […]