Sinnette Ready for New Role

By Maddy PUMILIA It was announced that Wendy Sinnette would become the new La Cañada Unified School District superintendent after current superintendent Jim Stratton retires after six years at the job. “I was very pleased and honored,” Sinnette said about being named superintendent. “Jim Stratton has done an outstanding job as superintendent. He set the […]

Blood Drive Helps Huntington Hospital

By Agnes CONSTANTE After lying on a bed inside a 27-foot vehicle, La Crescenta resident Jane Neff Rollins weighs one pint less than she did 10 minutes ago. A few moments later, she steps outside the automobile with a red bandage wrapped around her left arm. She takes a seat on a plastic chair underneath […]

CRIME BLOTTER

June 21 2500 block of Piedmont Avenue in Montrose, the driver’s side window was smashed and the vehicle was ransacked. Nothing was reported stolen between 2:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. June 20 4900 block of Rosemont Avenue in La Crescenta, someone stole two passports from an unlocked vehicle sometime between June 1 and June 17, […]

Small Fire in the ANF

By Mary O’KEEFE A small brush fire occurred near Newcomb’s Ranch in the Angeles National Forest on Sunday afternoon. “It was a small one acre fire,” said Nathan Judy, U.S. Forest Service fire information officer. A helicopter that was flying to assist a victim of a vehicle accident on Angeles Crest Highway noticed the smoke […]

Fatal Motorcycle Accident on the ’Crest

By Mary O’KEEFE The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office has released the name of a man who died after he lost control of his motorcycle on the Angeles Crest Highway. On Sunday at 1:05 p.m. Everett Justin Howell, 35, from Fontana was riding his 2007 Honda motorcycle on the Angeles Crest Highway west of Cloudburst […]

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

“Saying It Like You Feel” After reading Jim Chase’s June 9 column [“A Wondering I Go,” My Thoughts, Exactly], he is preaching to the choir here. I am glad to see someone who will say what they feel. That is something that is lacking in our current society. You are entitled to your opinion and […]

What a Waste

If you own or rent a home, you pay every month for the utilities: gas, water, trash, cable or satellite, electricity, etc. These regular expenses are a necessity and – baring an exceptionally cold winter or hot summer, normal monthly costs are a small but necessary part of overall living expenses. Like most people, I […]

The Oldest Business on Foothill – La Crescenta Pharmacy

Whereas Montrose has a sense of stability, Foothill Boulevard’s business center and anchor storefronts have shifted like wind-blown sand dunes in the desert. Although Benjamin Briggs laid out the “city center” of La Crescenta at Foothill and La Crescenta Avenue in 1884, and a one-room post office, stage stop and general store sprang up on […]

New Students Welcomed at Clark

By Maddy PUMILIA Incoming Clark Magnet High School freshmen and their families were welcomed by staff members, upperclassmen, members of the Parent Teacher Student Association and the school’s new mascot at orientation on Saturday morning. The orientation was held on the school’s New York Avenue campus in La Crescenta. “I’m excited to go here because […]

Summer Fun Found at Center

On Sunday, May 22, the Crescenta Valley Armenian Community and Youth Center “Outreach Community” organized a fun day at the center for kids and parents to advise them of neighborhood programs and activities for summer vacation. Many local organizations participated and presented their programs to more than 100 attendees. Organizers said that the event was […]