Say It Enough Times I’ve been watching with interest the drama surrounding public meetings of the Glendale City Council and Glendale Unified School District. I find it interesting – and disconcerting – that it seems all it takes for misinformation to be interpreted as “fact” is to keep repeating it. While I try to keep […]
Teahupo’o By Mary O’KEEFE The 2024 Olympics will be held in France from July 26 to Aug. 11, 2024. Although the ancient Games were born in Greece it was actually a Frenchman, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, who got the modern day Olympics started in 1894. So it is a little odd that it is […]
CVCA to Meet The Crescenta Valley Community Association will have its monthly meeting tonight, Thursday, Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. via Zoom. The meeting will include discussion on local issues including project updates on 2413 Foothill Blvd. (at Briggs), CVTC Land-Use Committee meeting on Oct 2, Twelve Oaks, 3411-3437 Foothill and 2817 Montrose Ave. There will […]
By Mikaela STONE The spooky season is here and on Tuesday, Halloween night, David Krohn’s haunted house at 413 Whiting Woods Dr. will be ready for visitors. Krohn’s creations are Crescenta Valley staples and highly anticipated by celebrants of Halloween. This year, visitors will check into the haunted house’s hotel theming only to realize that […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Thursday a candidates’ forum was held at the monthly meeting of the Crescenta Valley Town Council (CVTC). Although there are only four candidates to fill the six open seats, three regular seats and three alternates, the purpose of the forum was to hear how the candidates view their role on the […]
Oct. 21 Raymond Avenue and Foothill Boulevard in La Crescenta, an employee working a street taco stand reported that while he was on a dinner break about five feet away from the taco stand two unknown individuals exited a white Nissan Versa and walked toward the employee/victim. Suspect No. 1 stopped and stood directly in […]
By Mikaela STONE This Halloween, the sounds of screams and ghostly children’s laughter will rise from the Crescenta Valley High School theater. Members of the ETLP classes (Entertainment, Technology and Live Production) are hard at work building a haunted maze that will be set up on the theater’s stage. This year’s theme is “Abandoned Toy […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The community is invited to celebrate the Day of the Dead – el Dia de los Muertos –at St. Luke’s of the Mountains Episcopal Church. This year the Halloween-type celebration will expand with a more international reach and include the countries of Mexico, Guatemala, U.S., Nigeria and Ireland. “This year we plan […]
James Jenkins was a neighborhood boy who grew up in the Crescenta Valley attending local schools. He was a senior at Crescenta Valley High School, an accomplished athlete who often was found on the basketball court. Jenkins died unexpectedly in 2002 in his senior year at CVHS. A golf tournament – the James Jenkins Memorial […]
State Senator Anthony J. Portantino was honored with the Legislator of the Year Award by the California Association of School Counselors (CASC) for championing mental health policies and for being instrumental in improving educational programs and systems for the children of California. “I am grateful to the California Association of School Counselors for honoring me […]