Amazing Plans at Haunted Jail

Amazing Plans at Haunted Jail

Kids and adults are invited for a day of scares at the CV Sheriff’s Station. By Brandon HENSLEY Lisa Dutton and her crew may be running on little sleep, but it will hopefully pay off in the form of many scares this weekend at the CV Sheriff’s Station. Parents and children are invited to the […]

A Fun Run

A Fun Run

By Mary O’KEEFE The Halloween Fun Run was Saturday when runners and walkers of all ages got up early and headed to Two Strike Park in La Crescenta to run the foothills, either in costume or traditional running gear. The annual run started at 8 a.m. and everyone from the community was invited to participate. […]

RRCC Readies for the Vote

RRCC Readies for the Vote

By Mary O’KEEFE The Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Office is getting ready for the big night – Nov. 8 – but workers at the RRCC have been working steadily for some time as mail-in ballots arrive and early voting has begun. The criteria to vote in California are, according to the California Secretary of […]

Treasures of the Valley » Mike Lawler

Black Lives Didn’t Matter in Old CV Race relations in America dipped historically low this year. Several killings of blacks by police followed by revenge shootings of police sparked riots and the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, shining a spotlight on still simmering racial prejudice. Here we are, 150 years after the abolition […]

Local Authors Share Stories at Annual Luncheon

Local Authors Share Stories at Annual Luncheon

The La Crescenta Woman’s Club presents its annual Authors’ Luncheon on Saturday, Oct. 29 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the historic clubhouse at 4004 La Crescenta Ave. in La Crescenta. Guests will enjoy a catered luncheon and listen to authors Diane Vallere, Aileen Nowatzki and Tammy Kaehler share their stories. Vallere is a […]

Falcons Take Third at Pacific League Meet

Falcons Take Third at Pacific League Meet

By Leonard COUTIN It was Falcon Colin FitzGerald who raised the bar for the competition at the second Pacific League cross-country meet held at Arcadia Park late Thursday afternoon. FitzGerald, with rivals Alexander Hirsch of Burroughs and Apache Tony Segura, all juniors, pushed the pace throughout the three-mile course that ended in a dual sprint […]

More Flags

More Flags

By Charly SHELTON When I was a kid, just a young reporter of 14, I started going to the local theme parks to review the new attractions and events. My favorite was always Fright Fest at Six Flags Magic Mountain. Every year, I would take my little sister, who was 10 when we started, on […]

Women in STEM Celebrated at Clark Magnet High School

Women in STEM Celebrated at Clark Magnet High School

By Nicole MOORE On Thursday, Clark Magnet High School celebrated Ada Lovelace Day, a day commemorating women in the fields of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) by having two female speakers talk about their experiences working in STEM. The first speaker was Lucy Abramyan who graduated from Clark Magnet in 2004 and is revered […]

L.A. Residents Learn How to Prepare for a Major Disaster

L.A. Residents Learn How to Prepare for a Major Disaster

By Pat KRAMER Over 3,000 people, including 1,000 families, attended the 9th Annual Valley Disaster Preparedness Fair held Oct. 1 at Fire Station 87 in Granada Hills. The all-day event drew together emergency preparedness professionals and representatives from nearly 70 neighborhood councils in Los Angeles. The purpose of the Valley Disaster Preparedness Fair was to […]

First Sunland-Tujunga Armenian Arts & Culture Festival Takes Place on Commerce Avenue

By Pat KRAMER An estimated 5,000 community members flooded Commerce Avenue in Tujunga for the first-ever Sunland-Tujunga Armenian Arts & Culture Festival, held on Saturday. The event was put on by the Armenian Sasoon Cultural Association, the Armenian National Committee of America (S-T Chapter), the Foothill Record, and Garoun Association. Admission was free due to […]