Everybody loved our parade

By Mary O’KEEFE Another successful Montrose Christmas Parade has gone into the record books. After 34 years, the parade continued to keep its hometown charm. “There were 3,510 people in the parade. Of that 1,748 were kids,” said Steve Pierce, parade chairman. That total included 961 band performers, 84 animals and 114 vehicles. “We also […]

New play equipment at two county parks

By Mary O’KEEFE Two Strike Park and Crescenta Valley Park are having a play equipment facelift. The play equipment is surrounded by fencing at present but that is scheduled to change by the end of the year, said Cheryl Davis, president of the Crescenta Valley Town Council. “At CV Park there will be two new […]

Charity begins … on their feet

By Jason KUROSU The charitable values of Thanksgiving were accentuated for foothill residents this holiday season as they started off their Thanksgiving day with a run for charity. That morning marked the 17th annual Thanksgiving Day Run and Food Drive Event, a 5K run organized by the Community Center of La Cañada-Flintridge (CCLCF). Residents were […]

Moreton Bay property still on community radar

By Mary O’KEEFE The Moreton Bay Fig tree appears to be safe from the chopping block but the other trees along the lot did not escape the axe. There continues to be speculation on what will happen to the property in the 2600 block Foothill Boulevard. Rumors abound from putting in a new parking lot […]

Council ends month on a high note

By Ted AYALA The last Glendale City Council meeting for November wound down relatively quiet last Tuesday; a contrast from the stormy meeting that opened the month. All council members were in attendance. Councilwoman Laura Friedman, during the council comments period, took the time to thank the Glendale Fire Department (GFD) for their hard work […]

Shopping, Santa and a Christmas Parade

By Brandon HENSLEY, Jason KUROSU and Mary O’KEEFE Once again Honolulu Avenue has come alive with twinkle lights and holiday decorated windows. As shoppers walk down the avenue they will be greeted by Santa, with a “Ho, ho, ho” and a candy cane.  A horse drawn cart clip clops down the street while the sweet […]

Community gets ready for annual Christmas Parade

By Brandon HENSLEY While it is about time for “A Christmas Story” and the Grinch to invade TV sets across the country, the time is almost here for Crescenta Valley residents to once again take part in an event where Santa Claus comes early, only he’s in a helicopter instead of a sleigh. Yes, the […]

Dump truck dumps load

By Mary O’KEEFE A truck carrying rocks from a debris basin overturned as it was making a turn onto Foothill Boulevard from Boston Avenue scattering rocks onto the west bound lanes of the road at about 11 a.m. on Tuesday. “We don’t know if the load [of rocks] shifted but as he made a right […]

Council offers info on fire prevention, preparation

By Ted AYALA In an effort to help brace residents for any future fires and instructing them in simple tasks that can help prevent fires, the Crescenta Valley Fire Safe Council (CVFSC) invited residents of Briggs Terrace Monday night, Nov. 22 in the auditorium of Rosemont Middle School for an informative presentation. With the memory […]

Plastic bags are out, reusable and paper, for a price, are in

By Mary O’KEEFE Ask Santa for reusable grocery bags this Christmas and come this summer they will come in handy! This will be the last Thanksgiving grocery shoppers in La Crescenta will be able to take home their turkey and all its trimmings in a plastic bag from the market. Beginning July 26, 2011 those […]