Plans for library near completion

Several librarians, Adopt A Shelf and wi-fi are all components that will make this library a “hub of the community.” By Mary O’KEEFE The new La Crescenta Library is scheduled to have its grand opening on Jan. 29 and volunteers and library staff have been busily working for several weeks to prepare for the building’s […]

In brief

Little Landers looks at Rockhaven Sanitarium The Little Landers Historical Society presents “The History of Rockhaven Sanitarium.” In 1923 Rockhaven provided a safe and restful place for women recovering from mental illness. The property was purchased by the city of Glendale in 2008. The speaker for this presentation is Robert McFall, assistant manager for the […]

Free? Not exactly

Here we are, getting comfortable with the new year. I still haven’t gotten used to writing 2010 on my checks yet, but it’ll come, I’m sure. I had a chance over the last month of celebrating to attend various social functions, catching up with friends on what’s going on in everybody’s life. Repeatedly I heard […]

The community can help the Lee family

Crescenta Valley Weekly is working with local youth clubs including CVHS Prom Plus and LOOK to establish a memorial fund to help the family of Joo Beak Lee, the victim of the New Year’s Day hit and run accident in La Crescenta. Lee is survived by his wife and two daughters. Lee was the head […]

Police seek community’s help in hit and run

Family grieves the loss of father/husband after a New Year’s Day hit and run accident. By Mary O’KEEFE A 49-year-old La Crescenta man has died due to injuries incurred after being involved in a hit and run accident at 7 p.m. on Jan. 1. The Glendale City Council will consider a $10,000 reward for the […]

Breaking News: Hit and Run on Montrose Avenue

By Mary O’KEEFE A 47-year-old La Crescenta man was a victim of a hit and run after a vehicle struck him while he was crossing the 3100 block of Montrose Avenue about 7 p.m. Friday night. Glendale police are asking for the public’s help in identifying those involved. “Montrose Avenue is wide and [the pedestrian] […]

BREAKING NEWS: Remains found in Angeles National Forest

On the afternoon of Dec. 24, two hikers contacted Los Angeles County Sheriffs after  they found a skull in Angeles National Forest at mile marker 19.43. The hikers put the skull in a box and transported it down Angeles National Forest Highway where they contacted law enforcement. The deputies went to the location where the skull […]

Meet Ivy Hopper

Ivy Hopper is a teen columnist who talks with authors and fans of books that are currently being read by today’s youth. This week I sat down with author Pamela Wells. Pamela Wells wrote The Heartbreakers and The Crushes. The Heartbreakers is soon to be a movie called “Rules of Dating for Teenage Girls.” The […]

Pierce to step down from Council

Pierce to step down from Council

CRESCENTA VALLEY WEEKLY THE FOOTHILLS COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER VOL. 1, NO. 16 DECEMBER 17, 2009 By Mary O’Keefe CV Town Council president Steve Pierce, with two other council members, will end their terms of service tonight. The Crescenta Valley Town Coun­cil will conduct its monthly meet­ing at 7 p.m. tonight, Thursday, Dec. 17 in the cafeteria […]

Power outage in La Cañada

Power outage in La Cañada

Los Angeles County Fire and Southern California Edison responded to a power outage in La Cañada about 7 p.m. on Saturday. The trouble originated from an underground electric vault affecting the Barley Flats circuit at the La Cañada substation, said Dave Ford, So. Cal Edison spokesman. “There was a fire in the vault.  We don’t […]