By Maddy PUMILIA It was announced that Wendy Sinnette would become the new La Cañada Unified School District superintendent after current superintendent Jim Stratton retires after six years at the job. “I was very pleased and honored,” Sinnette said about being named superintendent. “Jim Stratton has done an outstanding job as superintendent. He set the […]
By Agnes CONSTANTE After lying on a bed inside a 27-foot vehicle, La Crescenta resident Jane Neff Rollins weighs one pint less than she did 10 minutes ago. A few moments later, she steps outside the automobile with a red bandage wrapped around her left arm. She takes a seat on a plastic chair underneath […]
June 21 2500 block of Piedmont Avenue in Montrose, the driver’s side window was smashed and the vehicle was ransacked. Nothing was reported stolen between 2:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. June 20 4900 block of Rosemont Avenue in La Crescenta, someone stole two passports from an unlocked vehicle sometime between June 1 and June 17, […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A small brush fire occurred near Newcomb’s Ranch in the Angeles National Forest on Sunday afternoon. “It was a small one acre fire,” said Nathan Judy, U.S. Forest Service fire information officer. A helicopter that was flying to assist a victim of a vehicle accident on Angeles Crest Highway noticed the smoke […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office has released the name of a man who died after he lost control of his motorcycle on the Angeles Crest Highway. On Sunday at 1:05 p.m. Everett Justin Howell, 35, from Fontana was riding his 2007 Honda motorcycle on the Angeles Crest Highway west of Cloudburst […]
By Brandon HENSLEY A cheer rose up from Crescenta Valley residents at the CV Town Council meeting June 9 when the timetable for the construction of the CV dog park was announced. Inside the La Crescenta Library community room, Susan Pearson from the L.A. County Parks and Recreation Dept. of Planning was there to give […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Two young children became near drowning victims within an hour of each other on Wednesday afternoon. At about 3:30 p.m. the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s deputies and Los Angeles County Fire Department responded to a call concerning the possible drowning of a 7-year-old boy in La Crescenta. “The call came in as CPR […]
By Ted AYALA In the face of revelations made earlier this week when the U.S. government admitted that over $9 billion destined for repairing Iraq’s infrastructure has gone unaccounted for and possibly stolen, there has been a growing wave of outrage from American citizens. Resolutions signed by cities asking the federal government to reign in […]
Today is an exciting day in the Goldsworthy family – our youngest son is graduating from Crescenta Valley High School. After four years of playing basketball, worrying over test results and finishing homework late into the night, he is more than ready to throw his cap into the air tonight on Stengel Field signifying his […]
By Sue KILPATRICK “Dad! … You’re Paul McCartney, aren’t you?” “Yes darling, but I’m Daddy really.” – Paul Mc Cartney, recalling raising his children in the 70s, as said to him by his little girl Stella Mc Cartney as they rode their ponies in Scotland. Those years go by quickly, but remain as memories forever. […]