By Mary O’KEEFE The feeling of not being heard does not just pertain to the superintendent search meetings and the Be Heard CV survey. On Monday, the first day of school, a mom went home after dropping her child off at school, wrote a petition and put it online. “I didn’t think it would get […]
Beneath the back-to-school smiles on the faces of local children, there are issues that are making local residents less than happy. By Mary O’KEEFE The 2015-16 school year has begun and although Crescenta Valley residents are still incredibly supportive of their schools, teachers, students and staff, there is a quiet rumbling of discontent that seems […]
It started with a disturbing notice two years ago given to residents of Twelve Oaks Lodge, a local senior assisted living facility, to vacate the property, and ended with an agreement that brings everything back home. By Mary O’KEEFE wo years after senior residents left their homes at Twelve Oaks Lodge and after a lengthy […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Rosemont Middle School held its Howdy Day on Monday welcoming the seventh graders to the school. But it was also a Howdy Day for the two new assistant principals. Sebastian Puccio and Adriana Pestonji will begin their first year at Rosemont and both can’t wait to get started. Puccio started his educational […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Kids facing foster care have a lot of concerns. The decision to take children from their home and to a foster family is often times done at night, and can be chaotic. The Crescenta Cañada Lions Club has made that transition a little easier by collecting backpacks for kids to put their […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY and Mary O’KEEFE Thousands of neighbors across the nation gathered this week with one focus: neighborhood safety. Locally, Tuesday night was very busy with National Night Out events. La Crescenta and La Cañada Flintridge combined an event on Tuesday held in the parking lot of Ross Dress for Less, 2111 Foothill Blvd. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The homicide investigation continues into the death of Arthur Palmer, 73, of La Crescenta. The victim’s body was found on July 24 at about 1:30 p.m. in the attached garage of his home. The cause of death was “multiple blunt force traumatic injuries,” said Lt. Kelly Yagerliner, Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office. […]
On Monday kids from Crescenta Valley took a big step into the world of middle school at Rosemont Middle School’s Howdy Day. The students’ day was filled with books, learning where classrooms are and mastering locker combinations. Many had parents with them. Eighth graders came by Rosemont on Tuesday to pick up their schedules […]
Students at CVHS stood in line to get their class assignments beginning with seniors on July 30 and ending with freshman on Aug. 4. This year there were some changes to the registration days. In the past lockers were chosen by seniors, then juniors and so on. With the construction beginning at the school, […]
It all began with a train robbery in the early 1900s. By Mary O’KEEFE “The Great Train Robbery” was a silent film produced by Thomas Edison and directed by Edwin S. Porter, an Edison Company employee. Although silent film technology was available in the late 1800s, the popularity of this 12-minute film was the birth […]