Praise for Evans For 36 years, Linda Evans has given her time, energy and creativity to make Crescenta Valley High School one of the best public schools in the country. Crescenta Valley High School has been and continues to be the heart and center of our community. Over the years, we have celebrated and rejoiced […]
Tomorrow at 5:30 in the afternoon – in the usual, oppressive mid-June heat – our fourth and youngest kid will walk across the well-trodden grass of Stengel Field to accept his diploma affirming graduation from Crescenta Valley High School. Although I know many pairs of eyes are reading along, I direct the following thoughts specifically […]
The earliest history of the site we know today as the Verdugo Hills Golf Course is shrouded in mystery. It’s the same mystery that cloaks all pre-European human history in the Crescenta Valley. The conspiracy between the culture of the people that lived here (specifically the physical elements of their lives) and the geologic forces […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s detectives are looking for a man who reportedly sexually assaulted a woman while she was walking on Briggs Avenue on Monday early evening. At 6:05 p.m. on Monday a 21-year-old woman was walking southbound on Briggs Avenue near Altura Avenue when she sensed someone was walking behind her. “She […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Citizens Business Bank in the 800 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada was robbed about noon on Friday. A man entered the bank and presented a teller with a note demanding cash, said Sgt. Ray Harley. The teller complied and the man exited the building. A dye pack that was […]
June 15 2400 block of Olive Avenue in La Crescenta, a resident reported that she was awakened just after midnight by a neighbor knocking on her door. The neighbor, 48, appeared to be disoriented and asked to come into the resident’s home to charge her cellphone. The resident refused and called the CV Sheriff’s Station. […]
By Charles COOPER The planned new Trader Joe’s Market in Montrose passed design review after some discussion, and is moving toward possible completion in 2011. The market has been in the discussion stage for several years as local leaders have looked for an anchor tenant for the west end of the Montrose Shopping Park. The […]
By Geghard ARAKELIAN The California Highway Patrol will be holding a casino-night fundraiser at the Rosemont Pavilion this Saturday at 7 p.m., in which a portion of the proceeds will go to an officer who died while serving in the line of duty last week. While attempting to conduct a traffic stop in Redlands, Officer […]
By Odalis A. SUAREZ In an effort to bring community concerns about the Glendale Unified School District budget crisis under one roof, GUSD board president Greg Krikorian, along with GUSD board member Christine Walters, organized the first “fireside chat” at the Verdugo Hills Boy Scout Council in Glendale this past Tuesday. “This is not district […]
By Brandon HENSLEY While students can breathe easier knowing school is out for the summer, the real tests may just be heating up between the parties responsible for teaching them. The Glendale Teachers Association and the Glendale Unified School District are still at an impasse over a contract agreement, with furlough days and health care […]