IN BRIEF

Fireworks Tickets on Sale Tickets are now available for the annual Star Spangled Fireworks Display taking place on Monday, July 4 starting at 4 p.m. at La Crescenta Elementary School, 4343 La Crescenta Ave. in La Crescenta. Admission is $5; children 2 and under are free. There will be food for purchase from food trucks […]

Bill Dance Finds New Groove as Assistant Chief of CHP

By Brandon HENSLEY By the way members of the Crescenta Valley Town Council were talking last week, it’s not only the Altadena California Highway Patrol station that will be missing one of their own come September, it will also be residents of CV. Capt. Bill Dance of the Altadena Station has been named as the […]

New Districts: Goal to Create “Communities of Interest”

By Jason KUROSU In 2008, Proposition 11 took redistricting for state senate and state assembly districts out of the hands of legislators and into those of the newly created California Citizens Redistricting Commission, a 14 member organization made up of five Democrats, five Republicans and four members from neither party. In 2010, Proposition 20 gave […]

Blood Drive at the CV Sheriff’s Station

By Mary O’KEEFE Summer is just around the corner and that means more people will be out and about having fun hiking, biking and driving along the highways and byways. More traffic brings the higher risks of accidents, some of which can land the victim in the hospital in need of blood. The American Red […]

Sunland Teen in Near Fatal Accident

By Mary O’KEEFE A 14-year-old Sunland girl was transported to the hospital with serious injuries on Tuesday after the vehicle she was driving backed into a basin near a church’s parking lot. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, at 9:10 p.m. a church function was in progress at the Sunland Neighborhood Evangelical Church in […]

Options to be Considered at Water Budget Meeting

By Maddy PUMILIA The Crescenta Valley Water District will hold a public meeting on June 21 that will offer an overview of the 2011-2012 budget and discussion regarding recommending a bond or a pay-as-you-go method to meet the budget. “The staff can make either approach work,” said Dennis Erdman, the district’s general manager. “The more […]

Foothill Flags Have Seen Better Days

Several American flags that line Foothill Boulevard in La Crescenta are tattered, torn and weather-beaten. Many residents have been concerned about the condition of the flags, said Steve Pierce, member of the Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Works took some time to unravel some twisted flags and gently […]

Hiker Found After Missing for 11 Hours

By Mary O’KEEFE Montrose Search and Rescue spent late Sunday and early Monday morning searching for a hiker in the Angeles National Forest. She was found 11 hours after setting out for a hike to Twin Peaks. The 37-year-old Glassell Park woman left her home about 1 p.m. on Sunday for a hike in the […]

FMWD Partners with County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles

The Foothill Municipal Water District (FMWD) announced that it has partnered with the Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles to analyze the feasibility of building a membrane bioreactor (MBR) plant in the District’s service area. The plant would treat wastewater to standards accepted by the California Department of Public Health. The water will then be recharged […]

Two Fatal Accidents on the ‘Crest

By Mary O’KEEFE California Highway Patrol responded to two fatal vehicle accidents one week after the Angeles Crest Highway opened. On June 10, a 21-year-old Pasadena man and a 48-year-old man visiting the Monterey Park area lost their lives in two separate vehicle accidents. The first occurred at 3:05 a.m. on the Angeles Crest Highway […]