If You Run… It’s a Crime When it comes to hit-and-run offenses, the Crescenta Valley has been more fortunate than many communities. The last deadly hit-and-run to occur in this community was more than four-years ago, on Jan. 1, 2010. Unfortunately, our friends and family in neighboring communities are facing a serious epidemic that seems […]
Hi CV! 1. Help! Our social media skills are lacking. We need volunteers to get us on track. Can you #? Do you Instagram? We don’t tweet, but if you helped us, our information could be re-tweeted. For those of you like me, please like us on Facebook. 2. Keep your home safe for your […]
Reflections on Development Plans for Rockhaven If you are a regular reader of this paper, you read last week a very comprehensive article by reporter Mary O’Keefe on the latest “development” in the restoration of Rockhaven Sanitarium. I have covered this subject in columns before, but it’s worth covering again, as it’s a complex issue. […]
A Common Place To Gather On Sunday, Aug. 17 at 9 a.m., community volunteers will gather to finally break ground on Crescenta Commons. With shovels and picks in hand, the trenches will be dug, bender board for the paths installed and rocks for the bench and monument sorted. For years the community has been hearing […]
Hi, CV! Hope your first week of school is going well. Here’s wishing you a terrific year! CV Alliance members have been busy putting together programs for parents, families, and kids. Here are a few: We are pleased to announce “Teen Trials & Tribulations: a Series of 4 Talks” resumes on Thursday, Sept. 11 in […]
Glendale Politics Some very interesting differences were recently published between the response times of Glendale Police Officers Association, which belongs to the pension plan of California Public Employees Retirement System (CALPERS), and the response times of Los Angeles County sheriff deputies who belong to the Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association (LACERA) pension plan. Everyone […]
California Pepper Trees – An Icon of “Old California” Pepper trees are one of the more common yard trees in the Crescenta Valley, and have some history behind them as well. They’re easy to identify with their dense evergreen and lacy leaves, drooping boughs and clusters of pink and red aromatic “peppers.” The berries or […]
Being College Bound I remember being in eighth grade at my grandparents’ house when they suddenly asked me, “Marissa, where do you want to go to college?” At the time, I just shrugged and replied, “UCLA, I guess,” because that was the only college I really knew of. Now, five years later, after applying to […]
Hi CV! If you read this column, you know we attended a national convention in Orlando that brought together 1800 people working to prevent underage drug and alcohol use. It was a wonderful meeting, the best I’ve attended. I immersed myself in best practices, theories of prevention, ways to track data and share credit, and […]
The Rich Bounty of Old Briggs Terrace Doctor Benjamin Briggs is considered our founder having laid out our streets, founded churches and schools, and even coined the name “Crescenta.” He first established himself in 1881 on the shelf of land that sticks out high above the valley at Pickens Canyon – today a neighborhood known […]