Loos-Spaulding engaged

The engagement of Lindsay Rae Loos and Roy Joseph Spaulding is announced. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Stephen and Roberta Loos of Mendon, Ill. Lindsay attended Unity High School and Culver-Stockton College and graduated with a major in fine arts and a minor in psychology. The groom-elect is the son of Roy H. and […]

A run to remember honors fallen officers

By Mary O’KEEFE On Sunday runners with a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s escort ran down Foothill Boulevard as part of the L.A. County Department 2010 Memorial Peace Officers’ Run. The annual event is in honor of peace officers who lost their lives in the line of duty. “This is the 41st year of the run,” […]

Remembering Tyler

By Mary O’KEEFE Tonight, Thursday, at 7 p.m. a memorial  service will be held for Tyler Sikora, a 15-year-old Rosemont Middle School student who collapsed on a Crescenta Valley High School basketball court on May 20. He had a history of a heart condition. The service will be held at United Methodist Church, 2700 Montrose […]

CRIME BLOTTER

May 3 Angeles Crest Highway mile marker 52 to 85, several paint ball guns and a container were stolen from the Angeles Crest Christian Camp between Aug. 21 and May 1. 2300 block of Panorama Avenue in La Crescenta, several boxes of floor tiles were stolen from a garage that was under construction.  The items […]

Diary of a rainy day

During the rains on Feb.6 trapped public works employees kept a constant radio voice relaying the mud and flood danger that was heading down the hill. By Mary O’Keefe Residents in Crescenta Valley and La Cañada are used to seeing the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works trucks roll up and down the avenues. […]

Fight continues for VHGC

By Hyung SEOK LEE CVW Intern The Verdugo Hills Golf Course Committee, which is spearheading the fight to keep the local golf course from being turned into a condominium development, met last week to further explore its options. The organization has partnered with numerous local organizations, such as VOICE and Sunland Tujunga Alliance, to keep […]

Car crash staged, lessons learned

By Geghard ARAKELIAN Last Wednesday a grim scene was on display on Ramdsdell Avenue, adjacent to Crescenta Valley High School, as students came across the bodies of their classmates mangled and motionless after a gruesome car wreck; onlookers shared mixed feelings as some laughed and others looked on silently during the Every 15 Minutes program. […]

Two arrested suspected of several vehicle burglaries

The Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station has received reports of more than twenty-five window smash vehicle burglaries since the beginning of 2010. Similar burglaries were also reported in the latter half of 2009. The suspects targeted locked vehicles with small valuables (purses, laptop computers, backpacks, etc.) left in plain view. Most of the burglaries occurred in […]

Drug drop a success but…

Concerns are raised that the large number of collected items may be the result of pharmaceutical companies disposing their outdated products. By Mary O’KEEFE In an effort to give residents a safe place to dispose unwanted prescription drugs as well as bio-hazardous used or new hypodermic needles and illegal drugs, the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station […]

from the desk of the publisher: What’s in a name?

By Robin Goldsworthy “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” The ides of March are behind us and our family is eagerly awaiting the arrival of our first grandchild. Ashlynn Loree Goldsworthy is due at any time and with four sons, you can only […]