By McKenna MIDDLETON For Katelyn Carole (Katie) Blood, CVHS sophomore and member of the La Crescenta Girl Scout Troop 491, a love for music and drama means more than just participating in CVHS marching band or theater productions. Her talents and passions inspired a recent act of service to the La Crescenta community: Blood’s Girl […]
Friends, Restauranteurs Share their Love of Food Rest Farmhouse Inspired, our newest start-up, is not so new when it comes to experience. Both owners Theresa and Kristina have decades of experience in food preparation and they’ve worked together closely for the past 10 years. Their primary goal is to serve you up something real special […]
The Crescenta Valley Juniors Baseball All Stars won a Section 2 Championship over Northridge Little League 17-2 at Tujunga Little League on July 12. Starting pitcher Brian Harley went four-and-a-third innings on 63 total pitches, striking five batters and also had a double at the plate for the Crescenta Valley All-Stars. Vincent Parrott led the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE In 1998 Ken Sobel had his second heart operation and his doctors told him he would not have that long to live. Looking at his mortality, he decided to pursue his bucket list and on that list was a very special car. “My wife and I would watch these old movies and […]
By Susan JAMES Full disclosure: I’m a Trekkie. I’ve been a Trekkie since 1966 when the star ship Enterprise warped its way into a brave new universe with a crew that embodied diversity before diversity became a thing. So it is with regret that I say to other Trekkies and almost- Trekkies out there that […]
By Mary O’KEEFE For over 50 years CV Tow has been the one that shows up. It is there when car lights are left on and batteries die, when keys are locked in the car and when cars go over the side on the Crest. Hal Present and his family have not only worked in […]
At a ceremony on June 27 when the Foothills Community Toastmasters Club installed its new board of directors, it was announced that the club had achieved the status of President’s Distinguished in the first year as a club. This status is awarded by Toastmasters International to clubs that meet specific goals in club growth as […]
By Brandon HENSLEY One of tonight’s agenda items at the Crescenta Valley Town Council will include information presented by L.A. County Public Works on possible implementation of streetlights above Foothill Boulevard. The issue has divided some in the community. James Chon of Public Works will be at the La Crescenta Library, 2809 Foothill Blvd., at […]
BOWL-MAKING WORKSHOPS BEGIN 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 24 & July 31; Aug. 7, 14. Experienced potters will be present to guide beginners through the satisfying process of transforming clay […]
Shred Event Coming Up When you put a piece of paper in the trash it can be difficult to know what happens to it. It is likely to pass through several stages on its way to a landfill or incinerator. Every step that occurs once the trash leaves your control carries risk that someone will […]