By Mary O’KEEFE Just as we were getting used to the rain—it started to snow. Over the weekend many throughout Southern California were surprised, and delighted, to see beautiful, huge flakes of snow falling from the sky without the help of Hollywood special effects. Some may have remembered the snow “storm” in 1989 in Los […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Los Angeles County representatives announced on Wednesday they are moving toward “new standards for a swift and safe reopening in alignment with the State of California guidelines.” This means the County will be moving through the stages of reopening and will now permit faith-based in-house services, in-store shopping at low-risk retail stores, […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Residents of the Crescenta Valley, including La Cañada, were warned in 2015 that the construction on the Foothill (210) Freeway would be ever increasing; however, it does not appear that anyone was prepared for the explosion of traffic that the construction has caused not only on the freeway but spilling onto Foothill […]
By Mary O’KEEFE and Robin GOLDSWORTHY Some residents in La Crescenta, Montrose and La Cañada have received letters from Southern California Edison concerning maintenance interruption of power. According to David Song, SCE spokesman, just because one home on a street receives the notice does not mean the neighboring homes will be affected. It may be […]
By Charly SHELTON Halloween season starts earlier every year and for the local theme parks, it can’t come a moment too soon. Halloweentime at the Disneyland Resort started September 9, Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood started September 16, Knott’s Scary Farm opens this Friday and Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor starts September 29. Over […]
By Mary O’KEEFE and Michael YEGHIAYAN ids-n-Kritters, Wags-N-Whiskers and the Prom Plus Taste of Montrose were held during Sunday’s Harvest Market in Montrose on May 4. The Wags event benefited the “kritters” at Glendale Humane Society and ToM was a fundraiser for Prom Plus, an after prom party for Crescenta Valley High School seniors and […]
The Prom Plus Holiday Home Tour and Boutique was held on Saturday. The tour featured an unprecedented five properties for which tickets holders made a $25 donation. The tour included a walk through of JP Weaver Co. in Glendale. Since 1914 this company has been providing ornamental moldings, ceilings and fireplaces. Those who participated in […]
Crescenta Valley Weekly celebrated its fourth anniversary and the results of its readers’ poll, The Finest, with a lavish party held on Friday night at Deukmejian Wilderness Park in La Crescenta. The party was attended by over 150 people representing winners in more than 125 categories. Categories included restaurants, services and civic organizations. Over 13,000 […]
Neighbors hose down property as resident is led out of home. By Mary O’KEEFE and Charly SHELTON Los Angeles County Fire Dept. responded to a residential fire early Saturday morning on El Moreno Street just east of Briggs Avenue. Witnesses said they heard explosions as the fire engulfed a vehicle and a horse trailer that […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Representatives of the Montrose Shopping Park Association executive board have confirmed that they are the organization that contacted Glendale Police Department with suspicions of embezzlement concerning proceeds from the Harvest Market. “Yes, we went to the Glendale police,” said MSPA President Alyce Russell. The association decided to go public with the fact […]