Youth fishing competition planned Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation is holding its 2010 Youth Fishing Derby on Saturday, May 1 from 7:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. at Apollo Park in Lancaster. The fishing derby is an opportunity for children and teens (5 to 15 years) to compete in rainbow trout fishing. Participants […]
By Robin Goldsworthy The sun could not be any sunnier nor the crowd any friendlier than those found at the Hometown Country Fair last Saturday. This was the fourth fair that the Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce has hosted for the community and I have been involved with all four. I sit on the chamber […]
Photos by Leonard COUTIN On March 25, CV’s track and field teams conquered Pasadena at home. GIRLS VARSITY 104 -30 BOYS VARSITY 75 -60 SOMP/ FROSH BOYS 101- 24 SOMP/FROSH GIRLS 122 – 0
By Mary O’KEEFE On Tuesday about 120 people attended a drug forum to listen to a panel of experts talk about substance abuse issues in Crescenta Valley. The forum was held at Verdugo Hills Hospital and sponsored by the Crescenta Valley Drug and Alcohol Prevention Coalition. Before the panel discussion began a video that was […]
By Brandon HENSLEY As the summer months approach, the Crescenta Valley Water District will have to concern itself with customers not conserving as much water as last year, said general manager Dennis Erdman at the District board meeting on Tuesday. Erdman said CVWD was given allocations from Foothill Municipal and Metropolitan Water District from July […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Early morning on April 10, Foothill Boulevard was a sea of red shirts and families. Cars slowed down to look at the shirts, which read on the front “Accept the facts. Accept the truth.” and the back, “Recognize Armenian Genocide.” Those wearing the shirts were from the Chamlian Armenian School in the […]
It was a sobering experience (no pun intended) sitting in the fourth floor council room of Verdugo Hills Hospital on Tuesday evening. I arrived late to the forum hosted by the CV Drug and Alcohol Prevention Coalition. The forum was an information gathering opportunity for local parents, many of whom came with their children to […]
CRIME BLOTTER April 11 Pennsylvania Avenue and Pontiac Street in La Crescenta, a vehicle’s passenger side window was smashed with a rock at 9:02 p.m. Lowell and Altura avenues in La Crescenta, someone reportedly shot an apparent BB gun at a vehicle damaging a windshield at 4:47 p.m. April 8 3300 block of Oakmont View […]
The Montrose-Verdugo City Chamber of Commerce Art Walk 2010 on Saturday, May 8 is open to fine artists who are interested in demonstrating and selling their work. This will be the first of the four Art Walks scheduled by the Chamber this year. The event will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in […]
By Geghard ARAKELIAN It won’t be criminals that sheriffs deputies and police officers will be chasing this weekend, but each other. The annual Baker to Vegas Relay Race takes place this weekend, an annual event for over 20 years. “It’s been a law enforcement tradition for 25 years,” said Sgt. John Gilkerson of the Glendale […]