By Mary O’KEEFE On Saturday, the Crescenta-Cañada Lions Club held its annual backpack/suitcase collection drive, Kases for Kids, at the Ralphs Marketplace parking lot in La Crescenta. Backpacks may be something taken for granted by some kids; it is just something that every kid seems to have on their back, full of books on their […]
By Brandon HENSLEY The proposed installation of 14 streetlights on La Crescenta Avenue dominated the most recent Crescenta Valley Town Council meeting on July 21. Though attendance was sparse, there were several people on council and in the audience who took sides on the matter. A meeting on Aug. 23 at the L.A. County Planning […]
A home invasion robbery occurred on Wednesday at about 3 a.m. in the 500 block of E. Windsor Road in Glendale. Victims at home were two females, one in her 50s and one in her 70s. They were both sleeping at the time. The 70-year-old woman did not wake during the incident; however, the 50-year-old […]
BOWL-MAKING WORKSHOPS CONTINUE Those interested in making soup bowls for the Oct. 22 Empty Bowls event at CV United Methodist Church are welcome to come to the workshops in Sierra Madre on July 31; Aug. 7, 14. Experienced potters will be present to guide beginners through the satisfying process of transforming clay into beautiful bowls. […]
Helen Rasho, owner of SERVPRO of Sunland-Tujunga, was recognized for outstanding revenue performance during an awards ceremony at the 47th Annual SERVPRO® convention. Rasho received the Millionaire’s Platinum award. ___________________ Gavin Traber, molecular and cellular biology major at Harding University from La Crescenta, is among more than 1,300 University students included on the dean’s list […]
Confidence Lacking The details regarding the Rosemont Middle School vehicle incident [‘Crash at Rosemont Middle School,’ July 14] are really very bothersome. The response from our local “finest” certainly does not instill confidence from the community. How in the world could an accident that was heard all over the area, including our home a half […]
UniteLCF! announced this week that its petition for a territory transfer has been certified by the Los Angeles County Registrar’s Office as having sufficient signatures to move forward. This marks the beginning of the formal process that will place the petition on the agenda of the Los Angeles County Committee on School District Organization (County […]
July 31, 1947 – July 16, 2016 Charles “Chuck” Anderson Boone, 68, died peacefully Saturday, July 16 in his home in La Crescenta with his wife, sister and a family friend at his side. All that day, as during many of the days of his life, songs by the Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd and others […]
“Now and then we hear the wilder voices of the wilderness, from animals that in the hours of darkness do not fear the neighborhood of man: the coyotes wail like dismal ventriloquists, or the silence may be broken by the snorting and stamping of a deer.” ~ President Theodore Roosevelt. By Mary O’KEEFE Crescenta Valley […]
Yes, We Have Native Bees When I told a co-worker I was going to a lecture about local native bees, he said, “I thought there weren’t any native bees, just European honey bees.” That’s what I thought, too. As a matter of fact, I even naively thought that before the introduction of honey bees 400 […]