By Mary O’KEEFE A young girl is nursing a painful reminder that California is “rattlesnake country” after she encountered one while hiking with fellow campers at Tom Sawyer Camps on Monday. The girl was bitten on the ankle by a rattlesnake while hiking on a road in the Hahamongna Watershed Park in Pasadena. “They were […]
By Mary O’KEEFE During July’s Montrose Shopping Park Assn. meeting on Thursday morning, Jess Duran, director of Community Services and Parks, and Chris Peplow answered board questions concerning the recent clearing and planting of areas along Honolulu Avenue. The board’s overwhelming concern was the long barren areas along the avenue where plants had been taken […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Community meetings begin tonight to gather input from the public on the characteristics, attributes, and skills that the next GUSD superintendent should possess, according to a GUSD statement. The first meeting is being held at Crescenta Valley High School MacDonald Auditorium in the 4400 block of Ramsdell Ave. in La Crescenta. The […]
Between the annual fireworks extravaganza, a dynamic car show and Cowboy Church there are plenty of things to see and do this Independence Day weekend. By Mary O’KEEFE This Fourth of July holiday should be a no stress weekend if you are in the Crescenta Valley. Gathering the family into the car and heading out […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Friday, June 26 the Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce Annual Scholarship Golf Tournament was held at Scholl Canyon Golf Course. For about 25 years the CVCOC golf tournament has raised funds for the Chamber’s scholarship program and anyone who has attended can attest there is a lot of “fun” attached to […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Crescenta-Cañada Lions Club is accepting donations for its annual Kases for Kids program. Each year the organization collects backpacks that will be distributed to children entering, or already in, foster care. This year club members will be collecting backpacks, small suitcases and other items like toiletries on Aug. 1 in a […]
Updated on July 4. Change made in bold below. By Mary O’KEEFE There are several administrative changes coming to local schools. From the search for a new superintendent to a new principal and assistant principals, Crescenta Valley students will see some new faces. The first, as has been reported, is the hunt for a new […]
By Mary O’KEEFE “Fuel moisture levels are low.” That is the warning from firefighters. The drought is on the minds of many Californians. Water conservation, restrictions and water rate hikes have worked their way into casual California conversation. Another subject of conversation as the drought continues is fire danger and, as the Fourth of July […]
In addition to seeing helicopters and those who fly them, attendees to Saturday’s event became a part of history. By Mary O’KEEFE ero is a term used, at times, arbitrarily but last Saturday the term “hero” was the best way to describe the men and women who took part in the American Heroes Air Show. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The first of five U.S. Forest Service public open house meetings was held on Monday at the Pacific Community Center in Glendale. The purpose of the meetings are to get public input on the development of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument Management Plan. On Oct. 14, 2014 President Barack Obama signed […]