Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta joined State Senator Anthony J. Portantino yesterday, Wednesday, during a press conference to discuss gun safety efforts and legislation that strengthens California’s conceal-carry laws. SB 2, authored by Senator Portantino, will implement significant improvements to California’s existing conceal-carry weapon (CCW) laws to address the recent United States […]
Scary Day in the Valley Yesterday was quite a busy one in the Crescenta Valley – little did I know what would happen when I headed down to the Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce office early Wednesday morning. At the CVCOC office, the new president of the chamber – JD Speas of Crescenta Cañada […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The recent rains have brought so much to the California landscape and, as in most things in nature, it comes with the negative and the positive. While the flooding was tragically devastating and many are still cleaning up, good news was also brought by the rain. Our brown hills are green once […]
Southern California Gas Co. crews are making repairs on a broken line near Encinal and Cloud avenues. Encinal Avenue is closed to vehicular traffic from Pennsylvania east just past Cloud Avenue. Some customers have been affected.
updated 1:55 Statement from LASD – CV Sheriff’s Station: ***Update Regarding Crescenta Valley High School*** Crescenta Valley Station, in conjunction with Crescenta Valley High School, is currently evacuating students to Christ Armenian Church [Highlands Church]. The address is 4441 La Crescenta Ave., La Crescenta, Ca, 91214. Parents of students may reunite at that location. […]
California State Senator Anthony Portantino today, Monday, announced he is running for Congress to succeed Congressmember Adam Schiff in District 30. “While Washington continues to be dysfunctional and our Democracy is under daily attack, there is no time for on-the-job training or ineffective leadership,” said Portantino. “Congressional dysfunction is creating real, life and death consequences […]
In a statement released by her office, Laura Friedman, member of the California State Assembly and former City Councilmember and mayor in the City of Glendale, announced that she is running to succeed Adam Schiff in the United States House of Representatives, District 30. Schiff recently announced that he will be running for United States […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Recently my daughter showed me a surf video she saw on social media. It was of Sebastian Steudtner, a surfer from Germany who set the Guinness World Record in 2021 for the biggest wave ever surfed. It was an 86-foot wave at Praia do Norte Nazaré, Portugal. I am not a surfer […]
Today, Thursday, Congressman Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) issued the following statement after announcing his candidacy for the U.S. Senate to represent California: “We’re in the fight of our lives for the future of our country. Our democracy is under assault from MAGA extremists, who care only about gaining power and keeping it. And our economy is […]
Chris Kilpatrick is named the new CV Town Council president. By Mary O’KEEFE There was a changing of the guard, so to speak, at the Crescenta Valley Town Council (CVTC) meeting last Thursday. Chris Kilpatrick is now CVTC president; Harry Leon, who has served as president for the last seven years, is now serving as […]