It’s summer time. Do you know where your vacation photos are? If you’re like many people, they’re probably still in the camera. If you’re like me, even your pictures from last summer are still in the camera. Let me explain. When I was growing up (a process many who know me will say has yet […]
I realized I’d become too fixated on this Moreton Bay Fig Tree/Plumb Crazy issue when someone walked by me in Ralphs the other day and said, “Hey Buddy, your tree just fell over!” I also realized my anger over this was taking a personal toll when, for the first time in probably 30 years, I […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Two women were transported to the hospital and a woman driver was arrested for driving under the influence after the green Kia Spectra they were traveling in hit a parked car and became airborne before landing on its side on Ramsdell Avenue Friday night about 11 p.m. Ed Lovato was traveling southbound […]
By Mary O’KEEFE For the second weekend in a row a La Cañada school’s campus was vandalized and bronze plaques were stolen from the high school. The weekend of July 9 to 12 four bronze plaques at an estimated value of $5,400 were stolen from various areas on the La Cañada High School campus. “One […]
July 20 2900 block of Community Avenue in La Crescenta, a gym bag was stolen from the track and field at Crescenta Valley High School. A man reported he placed his bag at the edge of the field while playing soccer with friends and when he returned the bag was gone between 8:30 p.m. and […]
Janet Ann Sanders Janet Ann Sanders, 72, passed away July 9 at her home in La Cañada. She was born in Milbank, S.D. and lived in La Cañada the past 68 years. She was a real estate broker for more than 11 years. She is survived by her husband Vernon of La Cañada; a daughter […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Now appears to be the summer of Crescenta Valley’s discontent, worsened at the Town Council meeting July 15. There, inside the community room at the La Crescenta Library, some residents were up in arms over the news of a possible remodeling that would be done to the La Crescenta Community Trail next […]
By Brandon HENSLEY The Crescenta Valley Water District approved its budget for the 2010-11 fiscal year during its board meeting Tuesday night, and signs may point to a rate increase for customers. The district adopted a scenario in which revenues will be based on 5,000 acre-feet of water sold. Projections came out to total revenue […]
By Michael YEGHIAYAN The problems surrounding the development project at 3600 N. Verdugo Road have reached a boiling point as the property has entered bank foreclosure. The medical building, which has struggled to find tenants since reopening, is easily recognizable in Montrose mostly because of the stark architectural contrasts to its surroundings. It is reportedly […]
City eyes future of “The Deuk” The city is making plans with local community groups for future use of “The Deuk,” nickname for Crescenta Valley’s Deukmejian Wilderness Park. The park, which was largely destroyed during the Station Fire and heavy rains that followed, has been reopened for some community use as a project to renovate […]