By Mary O’KEEFE Two 100-year-old oak trees were cut down in Crescenta Valley Park recently due to tree rot. “The large branches caused a split [because of] rain water and debris,” said Imee Perius, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works. The trees had multiple trunks and the water damage occurred where […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Crescenta Valley Drug and Alcohol Prevention Coalition was informed Tuesday it had been awarded a federal grant of over $100,000 for five years. “We are thrilled,” said Nancy Stone, vice president of the coalition. The grant is part of the Drug Free Communities Support Program issued through the White House National […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Neighbors and friends in the Canyonside area of La Crescenta spent four hours on Saturday pulling weeds, cutting trees and making their neighborhood safer. A clean-up day sponsored by the Crescenta Valley Fire Safe Council was as much about education as it was the clearing of dry vegetation that would give fuel […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Waltonia Drive residents once again are dealing with battered vehicles after another drunk driver lost control and smashed into parked cars. On Aug. 19 at 4:20 p.m. a Waltonia resident heard a crunching sound in front of her home. According to the resident, her roommate was home when the accident in the […]
August 31 800 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge, the front glass door was shattered and several pieces of jewelry were stolen from Euro Jewelers reported at 12:40 a.m. 1100 block of Oro Vista in Angeles National Forest, a 57-year-old Tujunga man was arrested on suspicion of possession a controlled substance believed to […]
GUSD and the Crescenta Valley Drug and Alcohol Prevention Coalition (CVDAPC) are sponsoring a confidential support resource to all parents of Rosemont, CV and Clark students during the entire school year. Please join Pam Erdman, licensed marriage, family, and child (teens included)therapist for presentations and discussions on parenting teens. These are one-hour meetings every Tuesday […]
By Mary O’KEEFE One year after the Station Fire residents in the Canyonside area of La Crescenta gathered to remember the two Los Angeles County firefighters who lost their lives fighting the blaze and to apply lessons learned from the wildfire that cut a path through their mountainside neighborhood. About 50 people began Saturday morning […]
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By Sue KILPATRICK “In the good ole summertime … you hold her hand and she holds yours …” — Ren Shields 1902 Glancing at the outside temperature, I am humbled – again – that weather prediction is not an exact science. A strong high-pressure system pushed its way into the southwest and shoved the low […]
By Mary O’KEEFE “We didn’t know that on that day, Aug. 26, this fire would be the largest in Los Angeles County’s history,” said Bat. Chief Mike Brown Wednesday of the Los Angeles County Fire Department’s Station 82. One year ago today at 3:30 p.m. the fire that Crescenta Valley residents had been warned about […]