By Erna TAYLOR-STARK No – this is not a science fiction forest – it is a natural experimental area which began in the late 1940s by the L.A. County Fire Department. High in the Verdugo Mountains, it is an area that is the destination point of many hikers and bikers, who, upon arriving at the […]
Debris basins tour coming up On Saturday, Sept. 18 at 9:00 a.m. Los Angeles County Public Works will be offering the community a tour of the Pickens Debris Basin, which is being enlarged and improved, the Dunsmore Debris Basin, which performed admirably in last winter’s floods, and the sediment placement site at Deukmejian Park, a […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Earl Cox knows the mindset, because he’s been there. He knows what it’s like to drive a classic American muscle car, or the big SUVs, with engines that rev-up with such ferocity as if it’s warning others that the true king-of-the-road has arrived. But these days, Cox isn’t buying it; either the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Wednesday, Sept. 15, the Glendale Police Department and the Crescenta Valley Drug and Alcohol Prevention Coalition will be hosting a town hall meeting. The meeting will educate parents on drugs and other issues that their children could be facing and provide resource information. To better serve their communities, the Glendale police […]
By Charly SHELTON Yesterday, two asteroids passed within Lunar distance of Earth. Lunar distance, being the distance from the Earth to the Moon, is roughly 238,854 miles. The two asteroids that passed by Earth were even closer than that. Near-Earth asteroid 2010 RX30 is estimated to be 32 to 65 feet (10 to 20 meters) […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Although not exactly an ocean-side town, many Crescenta Valley residents go “sale-ing” on the weekends. That is yard sale-ing to be exact and this Saturday is the king of all yard sales: The Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station Volunteers Rummage Sale. Over the past 11 years the rummage sale has become well known […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Senate Bill 847 has been approved and is now waiting Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s signature, as of press time. This was the last bill to reach the State Senate floor Tuesday night. If signed the bill enables the state to funnel approved federal dollars to local districts. “California’s share from Washington is about […]
By Brandon HENSLEY The rain season is just around the corner, and preparations for it in the Foothill area were the main topic at the Crescenta Valley Town Council meeting Aug. 19 in the community room of the La Crescenta Library. Christopher Stone, who represented the Water Resources Division for the Department of Public Works, […]
By Sue KILPATRICK “…on a summer’s day watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.” — John Lubbock, English archaeologist, biologist and politician This past week has been one of temperature fluctuation. Our extreme heat warning was replaced by an Alaskan low pressure system that ushered in cool […]
CHAMBER ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS The Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce is accepting nominations for the annual Recognition Banquet that will be held on Thursday, Oct. 28. Nominations may be made by individuals or organizations. Categories include man of the year, woman of the year, business of the year and volunteer of the year. Forms are available […]