By Shana LiVIGNI Deukmejian Wilderness Park is a 709-acre site that is primarily undisturbed and usually covered with chaparral and sage scrub. The elevation ranges from 2,159 feet at the Markridge Road entrance to 4,775 feet at its peak. In 1898, French immigrant and successful wine maker George Le Mesnager bought the property and between […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The ash and loose rock that have been left in the aftermath of the Station Fire have created prime conditions for unhealthy air quality during Santa Ana winds, and flood and mudslides as rains from a predicted moderate El Nino come this winter. Glendale city officials hosted two meetings, Saturday and Monday, […]
The Week in Review for October 1st, 2009 is now available from the Crescenta Valley Weekly Pod People Podcast. Click here to view and download on iTunes or click here to view on the web.
Congressman Adam Schiff (CA-29) and Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack (CA-45) today praised House passage of their legislation to help law enforcement and fire officials track convicted arsonists and prevent unnecessary disasters caused by arson. The Managing Arson Through Criminal History (MATCH) Act, H.R. 1727, which Bono Mack reintroduced this year with Schiff, would establish a nationwide registry […]
A Red Flag Warning due to gusty winds has been issued by the National Weather Service for parts of Los Angeles County including Crescenta Valley area. The warning began on Wednesday night and is expected to end on Friday at 6 p.m., said a spokesman with the National Weather Service in Oxnard. Single digit humidities […]
The “Wine Making at Deukmejian” video is now posted. Click Here to find out what the Historical Society of Crescenta Valley did.
The video link to the Week in Review Podcast for September 24th, 2009 is finally up. Due to some technical difficulties, the previous links to videos haven’t been working. These new ones should work. For viewing and downloading on iTunes, click here. For web view online without downloading, click here.
By Mary O’KEEFE St. Luke’s of the Mountains Anglican Church has been dealt another blow in its efforts to remain at its location at the corner of Foothill Boulevard and Rosemont Avenue. On Sept. 17, the California Supreme Court denied a St. Luke’s request for review thus the prior ruling by the Court of Appeal, […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Detectives at Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station are asking for the public’s help in identifying and claiming stolen property that was recovered after arrests was made on Sept. 12. Det. Brian Tibbett said the property recovered came from vehicle burglaries that occurred from early August to the Sept. 12 arrest. “We have a […]
Sept. 20 1900 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada, the driver’s side rear passenger window was shattered and a purse was stolen from a vehicle in the parking lot of the YMCA of the Foothills between 1:50 p.m. and 2:10 p.m. Sept. 19 2600 Foothill Boulevard in La Crescenta, a women reported her wallet […]