Whooping cough reaches CV

By Mary O’KEEFE Two cases of whooping cough have been confirmed in Crescenta Valley schools. One student attends Dunsmore Elementary and the other is at Rosemont Middle School. In both cases the Glendale school district sent notices home and the students stayed out of school until doctors permitted their return. “Both students have now returned […]

La Crescenta Firehouse continues helping CV

By Mary O’KEEFE On Saturday volunteers cleaned and painted the old firehouse at St. Luke’s of the Mountains Episcopal Church at Foothill Boulevard and Rosemont Avenue. The workers were preparing the building for the next stage in a long history of supporting the Crescenta Valley. The Firehouse is on its way to being a youth […]

In brief

CHP conducting campaign On Sept. 26, the Altadena area office of the CHP will conduct a special enforcement campaign on State Route 2 – Angeles Crest Highway. “We are experiencing a slight increase in the number of traffic collisions on the Angeles Forest roadways and the purpose of this enforcement is to combat the causes […]

Weather in the foothills

By Sue KILPATRICK “Summer ends, and Autumn comes, and he who would have it otherwise would have high tide always and a full moon every night.” — Hal Borland This past weekend was one of love and discovery. The location was the beach at Avila Bay on the Central Coast and the reason – a […]

School hit hard at the loss of beloved coach

By Mary O’KEEFE and Eli LOCKE “It was a sad day,” said a Crescenta Valley High School student of the mood at the school after word began to spread that beloved Falcons football coach Gordon “Gordy” Warnock had passed away. Students and teachers were in tears as they remembered the coach who had been part […]

Education, outreach and Prop 19

By Brandon HENSLEY Glendale Police chief Ron DePompa lashed out last week against a measure that could legalize certain amounts of marijuana in the state. Speaking at a Town Hall meeting Sept. 15 in the community rooms at Verdugo Hills Hospital, DePompa called Proposition 19 “ill-conceived” and dangerous to the foothill area. If passed on […]

50 years of excellence

By Mary O’KEEFE Fifty years ago this September about 480 sophomores walked into the brand new Crescenta Valley High School building starting a legacy of academic excellence, a new level 50 years of excellence of volunteerism and the beginning of an athletic dynasty. Those first few months had a staggered schedule that included students from […]

Station Fire meeting date announced

By Mary O’KEEFE The Station Fire meeting that had been postponed from early August has now been rescheduled for Oct. 12 according to Congressman Adam Schiff. “The goal is to hear from representatives of the Forest Service and other responding agencies, as well as outside experts and critics, to shed additional light on firefighting procedures […]

District, teachers association ratify agreement

Independent fact finding report found in district’s favor for concessions, citing deficit spending and poor state budget. By Rachel KANE Just a day after the Glendale Unified School District and the Glendale Teachers Assoc. ratified their employee labor agreement, the district has released a fact finding report which justifies their requests for concessions. The agreement, […]

Weather in the Foothills

By Sue KILPATRICK “Oh shine on, shine on Harvest Moon Up in the sky…” — By the vaudeville team of Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth (1903) These lyrics reminisce of a romance, in days gone by … beneath a Harvest Moon. Summer has come to an end and autumn arrives to take its place. With […]