A Home in the Wildlife Sanctuary

Monday morning Sheriff’s Parks Bureau deputies were patrolling in the Tujunga Ponds Wildlife Sanctuary (210 Freeway/Wentworth Street, Sunland) when they discovered three men in a small crude structure in a remote area of the Park. The Tujunga Ponds Wildlife Sanctuary is part of the area patrolled by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Parks Bureau. It […]

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Fireworks, Ballots and a New Face at CV Weekly The rockets’ red glare and the boom of the bombs bursting in air – also known as the CV fireworks show – are just a fond memory but boy were they fun! If you made your way to La Crescenta Elementary School on July 4th, you […]

Weather in the Foothills

Weather in the Foothills

“How languid ’neath the sun’s fierce ray…  On this hot, sultry, summer day.” –  Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon, 19th Century Canadian poet CV Fireworks Association outdid themselves this year. Perhaps my imagination … did I see more colors and 3D styles added? The evening cooled down, but La Crescenta Starbucks graciously provided free hot coffee. Our […]

IN BRIEF

Historical Society Offers Birds Eye View For those who have wondered what their house looked like 50, 70, or even 90 years ago, at its next meeting the Historical Society of the Crescenta Valley will present a series of highly detailed aerial photos of the Crescenta Valley ranging from 1922 to 1969. These images are […]

Lions Club Helps Ease Tough Transitions with Kases for Kids

Annual collection event is being held Saturday at La Crescenta Ralphs parking lot. By Lillian BOODAGHIANS On Saturday, July 14, the Crescenta-Cañada Lions Club will hold its third annual Kases for Kids event, an effort to collect suitcases and backpacks filled with toiletries and school supplies for children in the transitional stages of foster care. […]

Local Veteran Honored

By Brandon HENSLEY He said he enjoys relaxing at Coffee Bean once in a while, and you don’t want to believe him, because when was the last time you saw Mike Baldwin take a break? But here he was on a July afternoon in the Montrose Shopping Park with his wife Carolyn, leaning back in […]

New Two Strike Memorial Closer to Reality

By Timithie NORMAN A five-year campaign to raise money to update the war memorial at Two Strike Park in La Crescenta is gaining momentum, with the fund at 50% of its $70,000 goal and the hope to begin construction by the close of 2012. The campaign originated in 2005 with local American Legion Post 288 […]

Meatball Returns for a Snack

Around 2 a.m. on Monday morning, Meatball returned to the MacDonald home in Upper Briggs Terrace. After enjoying a hearty meal, he apparently took out the trash. Meatball was banished on April 11 far into Angeles National Forest, but apparently not quite far enough. He was seen by Kelly MacDonald on June 21 as he […]

Rep. Schiff Honors Montrose Search and Rescue

Congressman Adam Schiff honored Montrose Search and Rescue in a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives today. Below his is speech: “Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the Montrose Search and Rescue team.” “For over 65 years, Montrose Search and Rescue has been conducting life-saving operations throughout the Angeles National Forest […]

Glendale Power Outage Investigation Continues

By Mary O’KEEFE As of Wednesday afternoon, Glendale Water and Power crews continued looking into the power outage that affected 5,600 customers on Tuesday afternoon. “We are still investigating,” said Martin Powers, GWP official. “The first outage [occurred] at 3:20 p.m. when we lost power to 5,600 customers. At 4:27 p.m. the load was restored […]