Children helping children through Spark of Love

By Eli LOCKE The La Crescenta Presbyterian Center for Children lent a hand to those less fortunate this holiday season by taking part in the ABC and Firefighters’ 18th Annual Spark of Love Toy Drive. Despite inclement weather on Tuesday, Dec. 21, about 20 kindergarten-aged children from the Center’s after school program boarded the school […]

The Year In Review: 2010

By Robin GOLDSWORTHY and Brandon HENSLEY The last issue of the year offers a chance to reflect on those events that impacted the Crescenta Valley. This was a year that provided plenty of opportunity to lend a hand – whether to our neighbors who suffered loss due to fire or to an iconic tree in […]

Debris basins holding strong

By Jason KUROSU Through torrential rains and apocalyptic fires, the hillsides of La Crescenta and La Cañada, as well as the residents who call them home, remain. After numerous storms and the Station Fire, last week’s spells of rain seemed barely notable in comparison. Flash flood and evacuation warnings were generated, but were soon lifted […]

New year brings new laws

By Mary O’KEEFE Drivers will be seeing some new laws going into effect in 2011. Beginning Jan. 2, those under the age of 21 applying for a motorcycle license will be required to take an approved safety course before being issued an instruction permit. The law requires the permit to be held for six months […]

Getting ready for Colorado (boulevard)

By Brandon HENSLEY Santa’s workshop has nothing on the Rose Palace. The Pasadena hideout is a place where New Year’s dreams are born; a place not for elves but for student volunteers who paint and meticulously place beads and flowers onto enormous floats, proud representations of different regions in Southern California. The payoff will come […]

Debris in storm drain causes flooding

By Mary O’KEEFE Around 2 p.m. Sunday afternoon, the 5300 block of Pineridge Road was blocked off as Los Angeles County firefighters and workers from Los Angeles County Department of Public Works responded to a call of flooding. When they arrived they found the flooding occurred not because of full debris basins but due to […]

Boy falls into CV Park wash

By Mary O’KEEFE A 16-year-old boy fell into the wash that runs through Crescenta Valley Park on Sunday. “He fell in at the north of the park [near Dunsmore Avenue] and got swept down to the bottom end of the park,” said Capt. Stuart Stefani of the Glendale Fire Department. The boy was apparently attempting […]