My fellow columnist Jim Chase wrote a few weeks ago about the air raid sirens that were part of our shared experience growing up in the Crescenta Valley. Jim mentioned in his article that I probably know a little about this subject, and indeed I do! As a matter of fact, we have right here […]
By Hyung Seok LEE CV Weekly Intern The Crescenta Valley certainly doesn’t suffer a lack of holiday spirit as is evident with the many light displays throughout the area. However, among all the houses in the Crescenta Valley, one house stands out. Walking by 3500 Santa Carlotta Ave., the Richards family home features a spectacular […]
Dear Santa I don’t remember doing anything good but I’ve tried stoping my friens from starting a fight. But could I pleese have another N.D.S. game. Could I also have a C.D. Player and a phone. Pleese don’t think I’m greety. Yours Truly Katherine H. Dear Santa Id love to have a couple presents for […]
St. James has a history of eighth grade students who have gone through the school together and always have bonded during their final year. The 2010 graduating class is no different. This year St. James has a new eighth grade teacher, Lisa Knatcal, who has enjoyed being a part of the bonding and shared some […]
Ivy Hopper is a teen columnist who talks with authors and fans of books that are currently being read by today’s youth. Hey, Girls! I just finished reading Upstate by Kalisha Buckhanon. UPSTATE, set in 1990s New York, opens with the chilling question from seventeen-year-old Antonio to his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Natasha: “Do you believe I […]
I don’t know about you, but the holiday season is truly flying by. Focused as I am on work, as of yesterday we still hadn’t gotten a tree. On Tuesday I gave up on getting to the grocery store myself and sent my son to the store to buy all of the ingredients that will […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A large piece of wood that had been apparently thrown into a sewer pipe caused a backup in the 5300 block of Pineridge Drive Tuesday morning affecting at least three homes in the area and causing a pungent smell that was carried by the high winds throughout the neighborhood. “It started coming […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY About 160 foothills families will be having a merrier holiday season with the delivery of food and toys to those in need. The delivery on Saturday morning was the culmination of weeks of collecting goods in barrels distributed throughout town by the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Department for its annual food and toy […]
Crescenta Valley High School students help deliver food to the homeless in Los Angeles’ Skid Row. By Hyung Seok LEE CV Weekly Intern Local students took time from their winter break to learn up close and personal what life was like for those living on Skid Row. LOOK International Development club visited the impoverished area […]