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GEOLOGY OF THE CRESCENTA VALLEY The Crescenta Valley was born from a marriage of natural disasters earthquakes and floods. For hundreds of thousands of years the mountains on either side of us – the Verdugos and the San Gabriels – have been pushed skyward by massive earthquakes. Nearly as fast as they rise they, fracture […]

Bless Their Ever-Loving Souls

By Brandon HENSLEY What did 17 dogs, two tortoises, a cat and a ferret have in common on Oct. 2? They were all blessed by Father Bryan Jones at St Luke’s of the Mountains. It’s called the Blessing of the Animals, and it happens every fall in honor of St. Francis of Assisi, the 12th […]

NOTES & NODS

Classes, Fundraisers Plannned On Oct. 20, a Practitioner I Class facilitated by Rev. Bev is being held at 7 p.m. Call (818) 249-1045 for more information. A FUNdRaiser is being held at Coco’s Restaurant on Monday, Oct. 24 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Join us at Coco’s Bakery Restaurant, 10521 Sunland Blvd. in Sunland. […]

»Montrose Verdugo-City Chamber of Commerce

Change is Inevitable … Instead of Fighting It, Be a Part of Making It! “Here’s to the Crazy Ones. The misfits. The rebels. The trouble-makers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the status-quo. You can quote them, […]

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Being Great is as Easy as Serving “Everybody can be great because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love.”    Martin Luther King Jr. […]

»Montrose Shopping Park News

This has been a very busy week for the Montrose Shopping Park board as we plan and execute our Halloween and upcoming Christmas seasonal events. Some unique and special things are in the works for our little town and you will want to visit often throughout the season. In the midst of all the planning, […]

Car Fires

By Mary O’KEEFE Two vehicle fires have occurred within a week occurred in Crescenta Valley. The first was on Oct. 6 at Vons market parking lot in the 3200 block of Foothill Boulevard. The driver said he noticed smoke coming from the engine of his vehicle. He pulled into the parking lot and the front […]

Caltrans announces closures

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will close the following lanes and ramps of the Golden State Freeway (I-5) as part of a $121 million improvement project to construct High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV or carpool) lanes in each direction along I-5 between SR-170 to Buena Vista Street. Closures are subject to change. Detours will be […]

Community Fraud Alert Issued by GPD

Members of the public are being tricked by jail inmates and others through a telephone scam. The public is being tricked by jail inmates and others through a phone scam. This fraud has occurred off and on for many years in different parts of the country. This notice was shared with the public by the […]

Man Impersonates GWP Employee

On Wednesday, Oct. 5 a man impersonating a Glendale Water & Power employee knocked on a resident’s door in the 1400 block of E. Wilson stating he was there to check on the quality of the water inside the home. The customer allowed this individual to enter. The customer asked for his ID, but he […]