USC VHH Nurses Take to the Community With Concerns

By Mary O’KEEFE At Sunday’s Harvest Market, several nurses from USC Verdugo Hills Hospital set up a booth and reached out to the community to share their concerns about the hospital and the working/patient conditions. They were asking the public to sign a petition they plan on presenting to the hospital administration in the near […]

Caucus Causes Concerns

By Mary O’KEEFE The California Democratic Party recently held caucuses to fill delegate slots for the Democratic convention. One of the busiest caucuses was held at Glendale Community College on Jan. 11 to elect delegates from the 43rd State Assembly District. “The Democratic Party State Convention delegates actually number about 3,300 people,” explained Convener Thomas […]

New Year, New Business in the Crescenta Valley

From food to sporting goods, there are changes in who is doing business in the foothills. By Jason KUROSU The past year has seen a number of businesses in the area emerge, disappear, change ownership and change location. Montrose Shopping Park Association President Andre Ordubegian said that the MSPA has worked to get a “good […]

Burbank Officers Travel to Honor Fallen

Burbank Officers Travel to Honor Fallen

By Mary O’KEEFE Two Burbank police officers traveled to New York to join thousands of mourners, many of them officers from all over the country, in paying their last respects to fallen brothers. Officers Chris Canales and Adam Chang were at the funeral of New York City Officer Wenjian Liu on Jan. 4. On the […]

Standing Room Only at HSR Meeting

Standing Room Only at HSR Meeting

By Mary O’KEEFE On Tuesday night an estimated 2,000 people gathered at the All Nations Church in Lake View Terrace to discuss the three proposed high-speed rail routes from Palmdale to Burbank though the Angeles National Forest. Construction of the high-speed rail train actually began on Jan. 2 this year in Fresno with officials, including […]

Bridging Their Fears

By Mary O’KEEFE Crescenta Valley High School students who are members of the Bridges program spent Saturday conquering their fears and building their confidence by rappelling off the Devil’s Gate Dam bridge in Pasadena. Bridges is a mentoring program that educates CVHS boys on options for their future. They take field trips to businesses and […]

Retirement Party for Bryan Jones

  By Mary O’KEEFE The congregation of St. Luke’s of the Mountains Episcopal Church held a retirement party for Bryan Jones, vicar of the church for about the last five years. Jones was the man chosen by The Right Reverend J. Jon Bruno, Bishop Diocesan of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles, to lead the […]

Champion Falcons Honored by Supervisors

  By Brandon HENSLEY The train kept on rolling for Crescenta Valley football this week as the Falcons varsity team was recognized at Supervisor Mike Antonovich’s office on Tuesday at the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors meeting. The players each were given a certificate from the County of Los Angeles with the Falcons logo […]

Glendale Memorial Hosts Blessing of the Water Ceremony

Glendale Memorial Hosts Blessing of the Water Ceremony

By Mary O’KEEFE In celebration of Armenian Christmas, His Eminence Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian, prelate of the Western Untied States, conducted the Blessing of the Water ceremony at Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center. The ceremony was held in the lobby of the hospital on Monday and was attended by many city and state officials, hospital […]

MSR: Year End, Year Beginning

By Mary O’KEEFE As the New Year begins, Montrose Search and Rescue continues responding to calls for assistance, whether they come from local families or other search and rescue teams. Several members of MSR are assisting in the search in Big Bear for a missing Irvine woman. According to reports, the 35-year-old woman was last […]