The siren call of the past

Last week, television news featured a story about the testing of a new tsunami warning siren in the coastal town of Port Hueneme, 60 miles north of Los Angeles. The siren isn’t exactly new, being of World War II vintage and formerly designed to warn of inbound enemy aircraft. However, its repurposing to alert residents […]

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

DANGER IN OUR BACKYARDS I live on Henrietta Avenue between Pennsylvania and Maryland. On Wednesday night, Sept. 30, around 8:00 p.m., one of my two beloved dogs was killed by a large animal in our backyard. We had just arrived home from work and let both our dogs out as we have done hundreds of […]

Sandbagging Saturday

Sandbagging Saturday

By Mary O’KEEFE It took less than two hours for about 36 volunteers to fill 1,000 sandbags at Dunsmore Park on Saturday morning. “This went great. We had a tremendous outpouring of support,” said Jeff Weinstein, project manager for Glendale Parks and Recreation. The sandbags that were filled on Oct. 3 will be added to […]

CRIME BLOTTER

Oct. 4 2100 Stoney Vale Road in Tujunga, someone stole an electric generator belonging to the U.S. Forest Service.  A wooden guard rail was apparently cut and the generator had been chained. The incident occured overnight. Oct. 3 2700 Orange Avenue in La Crescenta, a 2007 Chevy HHR was stolen from in front of a […]

Seeking answers to drug use in Crescenta Valley

By Mary O’KEEFE The Crescenta Valley Weekly is beginning a look into the drug culture within our community. Illegal drug use is not something that is unique to our area; communities around the country, in fact around the world, are struggling with this issue. In our upcoming articles we will look into the myths and […]

Pancake breakfast Saturday

By Mary O’KEEFE Who doesn’t love pancakes? So what better way to spend a Saturday morning than eating delicious pancakes with friends and family at the Annual Crescenta Valley Town Council Pancake Breakfast. The councilmembers will put on their aprons and pick up their spatulas for the early morning fundraising event. Members of CVTC are […]

St. Luke’s impacted by court decision

By Mary O’KEEFE The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a petition by St. James Church of Newport Beach concerning the church’s property rights case verses the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. The U. S. court’s denial directly affected not only St. James but St. Luke’s of the Mountains. In August  2004 St. James members decided […]

Bringing Paradis from Denmark to Montrose

Bringing Paradis from Denmark to Montrose

By Mary O’KEEFE In all the towns, in all the world they walked into Montrose. Mia Pedersen, Morten Eriksen and Jens Thorup left their homes, and good jobs, in Denmark in February and toured Los Angeles in search of the perfect spot to open their ice cream store, Paradis. They took great care in finding […]

Flood, mudslides may be coming

Photos By Charly SHELTON By Mary O’KEEFE It was standing room only in the Rosemont Middle School auditorium on Tuesday night as residents attended  “What’s Next – The Aftermath of the Station Fire” meeting sponsored by Crescenta Valley Town Council, Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce,  Crescenta Valley Fire Safe Council and the Crescenta Valley Community […]

CV takes on Arcadia in first meet

CV takes on Arcadia in first meet

The Crescenta Valley boys and girls cross-country team has had to dig deep for new team leaders. In their quest to meet the challenge to  replace  Zack Torres, Michelle Callister, and Claudia Pham, sophomores Mike Duncan and Claudia Pham have stepped up to assist the 2009 team.  Coach Mark Evans, feeling the pains of rebuilding […]