By Mary O’KEEFE “All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.” ~ Galileo Galilei On Tuesday the first photos/data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) were revealed to the general public and to many of those who worked on the project. One of those photos revealed […]
Serving your community as a volunteer is one of the most valuable and rewarding services one can achieve. I, Nisan Kazman, am privileged to volunteer at the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station for the past 10 years. My decision to give back to my community began in 2012 with an application submitted to the Los Angeles County […]
Off-ramp Cleanup The monthly cleanup of the La Crescenta Avenue 210 Freeway off-ramp is Saturday, July 9. Volunteers meet at the 2700 block of Altura Avenue at 8:10 a.m. for instructions, safety vests and tools. Cleanup typically lasts until 9 a.m. Rosemont Preserve Restoration Day The community is invited to the Rosemont Preserve Restoration Day […]
July 2 Highland Drive and Cordova Avenue in La Cañada Flintridge, several street signs were stolen between Jan. 1 and July 2. June 30 600 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge, deputies responded to a call from a store that a male adult entered the store and took numerous items then left the […]
“Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.” ~Casey Stengel By Mary O’KEEFE It took a team of community members, coaches, school administrators and a state senator to secure a recent donation of funds for upgrades to the landmark Stengel Field in Glendale. On Tuesday State Senator Anthony […]
On June 30, Congressman Adam Schiff introduced legislation to provide policymakers, researchers and law enforcement officials with data to help crack down on illegal guns and firearm dealers and solve violent crime. The ATF Data and Anti-Trafficking Accountability Act would require the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, and Explosives to publish an annual report […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Wednesday, June 29, Crescenta Valley Town Council hosted a public meeting with law enforcement where the topic of traffic safety was discussed. The meeting was a follow-up to an earlier emergency meeting on traffic safety that CVTC held privately with Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept., California Highway Patrol, Public Works Dept. – […]
“Bend low again, night of summer stars. So near you are, sky of summer stars, So near, a long-arm man can pick off stars, Pick off what he wants in the sky bowl, So near you are, summer stars, So near, strumming, strumming, So lazy and hum-strumming.” “Summer Stars” by Carl Sandburg Although it […]
Never Too Old to Learn Last week I visited the Salvation Army facility in Glendale. I recently became an advisory board member there. I was honored to have my name “floated” among the board members as someone who could bring something to the table, who had something to offer. Many of the other board members […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Recently the media was invited to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (the Lab) to interview the Lab’s new director Laurie Leshin, Ph.D. and to get an idea of the Lab’s intern program. The summer internship program is a 10-week full-time internship offered to undergraduate and graduate students pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering […]