The Clark Magnet High School PTA honored police and fire fighters at its November meeting. “Usually we recognize people during our Founders Day ceremony in February,” said Aida Mousessian, president of PTA. “We decided to give thanks [now] and honor our hard working firefighters and police departments for their outstanding service regarding the Station Fires. […]
Christmas baseball camp offered Play Hard Christmas Baseball Camp takes place from Dec. 27 through Dec. 30. Play Hard owner is Danny Ricabal. L.A. Angels minor league pitching instructor and Oakland A’s scout Eric Martins is a camp coach and infield instructor. The camp takes place from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Blair High […]
Now that the Thanksgiving holiday has passed, I have to mention another bunch of turkeys that irritate the stuffing out of me – namely, many of the employees at our city’s primary transportation hubs like Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Union Station. I fondly remember my dad’s stories of a time when flying was […]
Congratulations to the community advisory committee that just finished up its recommendations for Glendale’s new North Glendale/La Crescenta Community Plan. This is an effort to tune up the city’s zoning and design standards to accommodate future patterns of development in the Glendale portion of the Crescenta Valley. Currently when a developer looks to upgrade or […]
GRATEFUL FIREFIGHTERS SAY THANKS The Wildland Firefighter Foundation (WFF), a non-profit organization established in l994 to give moral and financial support to injured and fallen Wildland firefighters and families in need, has traditionally relied on firefighters themselves to open their wallets at fire camps and fundraising events in order to take care of their own. […]
Dec. 2 7200 block of Valmont Avenue in Tujunga, three men were arrested after deputies responded to a call at Ralphs Market in La Crescenta. A man reportedly entered the store, took a hand held shopping basket, went to the liquor aisle and stole several bottles of expensive liquor. He then left the store without […]
A Los Angeles man was arrested for driving a stolen vehicle and being in possession of stolen items at 11:30 a.m. on Nov. 30 in the 2600 block of Mayfield Avenue. While on patrol a sheriff’s detective driving eastbound on Montrose Avenue noticed a Honda Civic had made several traffic violations including not stopping at […]
Don’t forget to check out our website www.crescentavalleyweekly.com for up-to-date news stories as well our podcasts. Find out who is pod-cast-worthy this week in our Week in Review. Charly Shelton compares the Black Friday and holiday shopping between malls and along Honolulu Avenue in Montrose. See what Montrose has to offer with its small town […]
A woman reported that a man exposed himself to her inside Big Lots in the 2200 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada. According to the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s report, as a woman was shopping in the store on Nov. 24 about 10:40 a.m. she noticed a man described as Asian, between 30 to 35 […]
Public works and residents get ready for more rain next week. By Mary O’KEEFE Once again Crescenta Valley residents will be looking skyward, adding sandbags and holding their breath. The rains are supposed to come late Sunday night, early Monday morning, said Jamie Meier, National Weather Service meteorologist. “Right now that’s what it looks like […]