Keeping Healthy During Cold and Flu Season

Keeping Healthy During Cold and Flu Season

By Mary O’KEEFE Anyone who has a child in school or has contact with students knows there is a cold and flu going around. Although Glendale Unified School District health services coordinator Michelle Green said there doesn’t seem to be an abnormally high number of absences due to cold and flu, the LA County Public […]

Bringing Suicide Awareness to the Community

By Mary O’KEEFE About 75 parents and students attended a frank discussion about suicide on Tuesday night at the Crescenta Valley High School MacDonald Auditorium. Sponsored by the school’s PTSA, the goal of the panel discussion was to help end the stigma of mental illness and demonstrate that there is no shame in asking for […]

Glendale Homeless Count Finds Fewer Unsheltered

By Mary O’KEEFE The Homeless Count 2020 was conducted last week throughout California. In Glendale the count took place on Jan. 22 from 7 p.m. to midnight. The purpose of the homeless count is to give cities and counties an idea of how many people are experiencing homelessness, at least on that one night. Counts […]

Evacuation Drill Held for Briggs Terrace/Paradise Valley

By Mary O’KEEFE Last Saturday the residents of Briggs Terrace in La Crescenta and Paradise Valley in La Cañada Flintridge were able to experience what would happen if there was an evacuation in their neighborhoods due to fire. Both of these residential areas have one way in and one way out, making evacuation a challenge […]

Pantry Offers Food For Thought

Pantry Offers Food For Thought

By Mary O’KEEFE Most know that college is a big step for many students and their families. It is a bridge between school and true adulthood. It is a time for students to work on their future as they prepare for the next step in life – a working career. There is a change for […]

GUSD Issues that Board Candidates Face

» ELECTIONS 2020   By Mary O’KEEFE For the first time in the election history of Glendale Unified School District and Glendale Community College board of trustees there will be district elections. In the past, voting was at large, meaning that voters in the specific city/area could vote for any elected seat. Election by-district means […]

It’s Time to Swing Dance the Night Away

It’s Time to Swing Dance the Night Away

For all those hepcats out there, it’s time to dust off those dancing shoes, for men to put on their coolest suspenders, for women to wear dresses that twirl just right and head to CV High School to do the Lindy Hop. By Mary O’KEEFE For the 10th year, the Crescenta Valley High School award […]

Important Evacuation Drill Planned for Briggs Terrace

Important Evacuation Drill Planned for Briggs Terrace

By Mary O’KEEFE Wildfire is a way of life in California and because of it a kinship has been forged with others in the world who are suffering the same fiery concerns. For members of the non-profit Crescenta Valley Fire Safe Council (CVFSC), watching and learning from wildfires is part of the job. One of […]

Meet the Candidates: Glendale Community College Board of Trustees

By Mary O’KEEFE For the first time in the election history of the Glendale Unified School District and Glendale Community College Board of Trustees, there will be district elections. In the past the election was “at large,” meaning that voters in a specific city/area could vote for any elected seat. Election “by-district” means a large […]

New Scam Targets Grandparents

By Mary O’KEEFE In recent weeks Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. – Crescenta Valley Station has received reports of a scam that targets mostly the elderly and their love for family. The scam is not isolated to the La Cañada Flintridge – Crescenta Valley areas, not even to California, but has affected people throughout the […]