By Mary O’KEEFE It has been a year of firsts for the Crescenta Valley High School JROTC – the first time they will compete in the Air Force National JROTC Drill Championship Series in Daytona, Florida, the first time the Junior Eagles Camp (an outreach project provided for Rosemont Middle School students) was held and […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Once again the Montrose Search and Rescue team spent a weekend doing something most people would not normally be doing … they climbed the face of an ice mountain. For about 10 years the MSR members have been traveling to Lee Vining Canyon near Mammoth Mountain to continue training in snow and […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Changes continue along Honolulu Avenue with the sale of Montrose Travel to Corporate Travel Management, an Australian based company. For 60 years Montrose Travel has been part of Montrose. Joe McClure Sr. and his wife Leora purchased the company in the early 1970s and together they built a business with small town […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Community members have reached out to the Crescenta Valley Town Council with their concerns with what appears to be a growing and constant problem with illegal dumping. Several items, including sofas, chairs, large boxes, TVs and even small refrigerators, have been found along streets in both the far north city of Glendale […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Starbucks will not be having its Evenings program at the location at the corner of Ocean View Boulevard and Honolulu Avenue in Montrose it was decided Wednesday night. Starbucks Evenings program was first rolled out in a Starbucks in Seattle, Washington in 2010. The next year the company expanded to several locations […]
After 38 years, Young Rhea is turning the keys over to City Hall Café. By Mary O’KEEFE So you’re working in an accountant’s office and happen to see a notice in the newspaper of a restaurant for sale in your hometown. What do you do? If you’re Young Rhea, you think, “Sure, why not own […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Crescenta Valley High School JROTC Honor Guard division has had their hard work and hours of practice rewarded by being selected to compete in the 2016 Air Force National JROTC Drill Championship Series. Anyone who attends events in Crescenta Valley has most likely seen the award-winning Honor Guard. They are the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Los Angeles County Sheriff detectives have made an arrest in the murder of Arthur Palmer, 73, whose body was found in the garage of his home in the 3000 block of Frances Avenue. Detectives are withholding the suspect’s name due to the continuing investigation; however, they describe him as a man in […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Over the years music styles fade in, they fade out and some fade away, but for over seven decades the sound of swing has been the heartbeat of America. It is music that can transport listeners to sepia tone images of men in military uniforms trudging through small villages in Europe or […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Friday, Feb. 12 the Burger King at 3517 Foothill Blvd. closed its doors. As reported in October 2015 in the CV Weekly there had been rumors a Starbucks was planning to move into the location in February 2016. This seems to follow a trend with Starbucks and established drive-through restaurants. The […]