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La Caņada Unified School District takes on Governor Brown plan
As California's June 30 budget deadline draws near, La Caņada Unified School District officials are partnering with Democratic state legislators and other districts to oppose Gov. Jerry Brown's plan for distributing state money and $6 billion in...Tags: Government, Students, Jerry Brown, Regional Authority, Teaching and Learning
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La Caņada community thanks Silversparre
City staff, friends and community members thanked Capt. Dave Silversparre Monday night for his five years of service leading the Crescenta Valley Sheriff's Station. Silversparre, a La Crescenta resident, announced last month that he was being...
Tags: Adam B. Schiff, Google Inc., Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
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La Caņada History: Oak Grove PTA staged its Family Fun and Mardi Gras
Ten Years Ago La Caņada resident Michael R. Peevey was confirmed by the state Senate as president of the Public Utilities Commission. Peevey, the husband of current state Sen. Carol Liu, was appointed to the commission by former Gov. Gray Davis in 2002...
Tags: Mardi Gras, Memorial Day, PTA, Ocean View
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Caltrans identifies homes for possible sale on controversial 710 route
Caltrans, slammed by a state audit for mismanaging the 500-plus properties it owns in Pasadena, South Pasadena and Los Angeles, has identified 17 homes that could be sold. The state transportation agency bought the properties up to six decades earlier...
Tags: Rental Service, Jerry Brown, Rentals, California Department of Transportation, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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Year in Review: JPL reaches Mars, Leko let go, a new market sprouts up
“We're safe on Mars.” La Caņada Flintridge's connection to the heavens made for a sensational story in 2012, as Jet Propulsion Laboratory safely landed the NASA rover Curiosity on the Red Planet. JPL engineer Al Chen made the announcement...
Tags: Wildlife, Finance, Hospitals and Clinics, Charles F. Bolden, Jr., Space Programs
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Portantino's future in question
Anthony Portantino, who for the past six years has represented La Caņada Flintridge in the state Assembly, enters this holiday season with a new task: Figure out what to do next. Portantino’s job ended officially on Dec. 1, when the new legislative...
Tags: Government, Mike Gatto, National Government, Google Inc., Politics
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Horse show regains its place
The Flintridge Riding Club celebrated its 90th birthday last weekend with its Flintridge Autumn Classic show, drawing more than 1,000 participants and 500 spectators to the grounds adjacent to Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The big winners of the weekend...
Tags: Anthony J. Portantino
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Liu vows to push sale of Caltrans homes
Conditions in the 710 gap are slow and go, as Gov. Jerry Brown last week vetoed a bill that would have forced the California Department of Transportation to quickly sell some of the nearly 500 properties it owns in Los Angeles, South Pasadena and...
Tags: Government, Jerry Brown, Regional Authority, Rentals, California Department of Transportation
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LCUSD, parents lobbied to kill bill
La Caņada Unified School District board of education members are crediting the community for helping spike a state Assembly proposal that would have eliminated student test results as a measure of teacher performance. Backed by several large teachers...Tags: Felipe Fuentes, Crime, Law and Justice, Republican Party, Los Angeles Unified School District, Lobbying
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Election results show La Caņada voters lean right
La Caņada Flintridge residents leaned Republican in Tuesday's general election, supporting GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romey and Republicans running for the U.S. Senate and State Assembly. Of La Caņada’s 14,360 registered voters, 8,408 cast...
Tags: Republican Party, Voting, Adam Schiff, U.S. Senate, Gary Johnson
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Liu cruises to Senate victory
Carol Liu has represented La Caņada Flintridge for 20 years, first as a City Council member, then in the state Assembly and now as a state senator. On Tuesday night Liu won the race to represent the city — and a Senate district stretching along the...
Tags: Mike Gatto, Politics, Highway Transportation, Elections
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State's assets need to be restructured
La Caņada Flintridge families annually contribute $2 million for La Caņada Unified School District schools, and fund the La Caņada Flintridge Educational Foundation’s endowment fund of $4 million. The families’ contributions are compensation...Tags: Finance, Jerry Brown, Pension and Welfare, Interior Policy, Economy, Business and Finance
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