Scouting for food this Saturday Boy Scout and Cub Scout troops all over Crescenta Valley will drop white plastic bags on neighborhood porches or front doors for “Scouting for food.” Tough economic times mean that there are many people who can use a helping hand this year. Everyone is encouraged to take a moment to […]
Students, seniors enjoy each other’s company while “gobbling” Thanksgiving feast. By Mary O’KEEFE Thanksgiving came a little early to Holy Redeemer School. On Monday, the cafeteria was filled with long tables decorated with Thanksgiving Day poems and prayers and fall flowers. The walls were lined with pictures colored by first graders with help from their […]
Station Fire reward extended Los Angeles Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to renew the $50,000 reward offered by L.A. County for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person/persons who started the Station Fire in the Angeles National Forest. Two firefighters lost their lives during that fire. The fire has been classified as […]
A coyote roaming near Mountain Avenue Elementary School may look like a dog but it’s not. Students walking to school are warned not to approach the coyote or any other wildlife that they might encounter.
By Mary O’KEEFE Two incidents – one of attempted robbery and the other of robbery – allegedly occurred at Ralph’s Market in La Crescenta. On Nov. 12 about 9:30 p.m. a teenager was sitting in the driver’s seat of his parents’ car outside the Ralph’s when he heard someone knock on the car door window. […]
Nov. 16 2800 block of Paraiso Way in La Crescenta, a white two-door Isuzu NQR was stolen from a home between 1:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. Nov. 13 2400 block of Frances Street in La Crescenta, a catalytic converter was stolen from a truck parked on the street in front of a home; reported at […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Arson/Explosives Detail are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a suspect involved in a series of arson fires. The suspect is described as a boy between 15 to 17, Caucasian with short hair. He is 5’7” to 5’9” tall with a medium build. The […]
This mountain lion strolled through a La Crescenta neighborhood around 3 a.m. earlier this week. Standing at about 30 inches in height, he didn’t appear fazed by the security lights that greeted his arrival. Experts think that the food supply depleted by the Station Fire may be drawing wildlife from the hills to nearby residences. […]
By Shana LiVIGNI Crescenta Valley resident Golam Chowdhury was born and raised in Bangladesh then moved to Tujunga in 1992. He spent the next 12 years working for the Radio Shack Corporation, eventually managing five of the local stores and ranked in the top 100 managers from around the country. He was successful as a […]
Ray Vorhees Hill, age 92, formerly of La Cañada and San Benito, died Friday, Nov. 13 at Shoreline Care Center in Oxnard, Calif. He was born March 2, 1918 on his parents’ Colorado homestead, the son of Bertram and Harriet Hill (Vorhees). In 1920 the family moved to San Benito, Texas where Bertram opened a […]