Treasures were found at sale

By Mary O’KEEFE The Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station Volunteers Rummage Sale was a success, said Deputy Jorge Valdivia. Although the total has yet to be tallied Valdivia said the sales were better than expected. The sale began at 7 a.m. last Saturday and had a line of shoppers that stretched a block up the sidewalk […]

CHP Report

• On Saturday at 11:05 a.m. an accident involving two vehicles closed two westbound lanes of the Foothill (210) freeway slowing traffic for about 45 minutes. The accident occurred just west of the Lowell Avenue exit when a vehicle driven by a 43-year-old Sylmar woman stalled in the number two lane. Another vehicle driven by […]

Law enforcement still looking for bank robber

By Mary O’KEEFE Law enforcement is continuing its investigation into the Bank of America robbery that occurred on Sept. 9. At 12:50 p.m., a man described as Hispanic in his 30s entered the BofA in the 3100 block of Foothill Boulevard and presented a teller with a note demanding money. She complied and the man […]

Betty Penny (McGaughey )

Betty Penny (McGaughey ) 1914 – 2010 Betty enjoyed a wonderful life filled with music, friends, her students, and the love of her family. She was born May 28,1914 in Kokomo, Ind. to Ernest Lee and Nelle Elizabeth Arthur. During the Depression, she was able to pursue her music career in piano and voice. Betty […]

Doris Boulware

Doris Boulware Doris Gaer Boulware, beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, died peacefully on Monday, Sept. 7 at Windsor Manor in Glendale. She was 103. Born on Jan. 14, 1907, she was raised on a dairy farm in Creighton, Neb. Doris was a school teacher and a prize-winning fiction writer. She had been a resident of […]

Crime blotter

September 13 100 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge, tools were stolen from the exterior of the auditorium at La Cañada High School sometime between Sept. 9 and 13. September 12 100 block of Foothill Boulevard and La Cañada, copper piping was cut and stolen along with four valves from the exterior of […]

Weather in the foothills

By Sue KILPATRICK “The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.”” — Jacques Yves Cousteau The Pacific Ocean, blue whales and hurricanes – there is a connection here. Along our coast the cold California current flows. Sounds refreshing after our Labor Day weekend heat wave when temperatures reached […]

Cheering on our Coalition

School returning to session wasn’t the only big news last week. Our own Crescenta Valley Drug & Alcohol Prevention Coalition received a chunk of change from the federal government in the form of grant money. The Coalition will be receiving around $125,000 per year each year for the next five years. Huge news when you […]

Letters to the editor

OFFERS CONGRATULATIONS My husband and I constantly brag about and show off our wonderful newspaper. Even after being in management at The Chicago Tribune, this is still the only newspaper I’ve ever read cover to cover! And oh-so look forward to every Thursday to plan my weekend of course! To a wonderful birth-mother, publisher, editor, […]

Back to school like never before

Like countless parents across the country the past two weeks, my wife and I dropped off our two kids for the first time at their new schools. Unlike most, however, it took a considerable amount of driving to accomplish the task. For example, it was a 270-mile round-trip to deliver our youngest son to his […]