By Seo Jin LEE, intern The Fourth of July celebration at La Crescenta Elementary School playground, 4343 La Crescenta Ave. in La Crescenta, is coming back for another year. The Crescenta Valley Fireworks Association (CVFA) in conjunction with event chairs and volunteer committees will be putting on the 9th Annual Fourth of July event for […]
Friends, family and longtime customers filled City Hall Café to say goodbye and happy retirement to longtime City Hall waitress Wanda Bergstrom. It will be difficult to walk into the restaurant and not see Bergstrom, coffee pot in hand, greeting customers, joking with old friends and serving a hot cup of coffee … something […]
By Mary O’KEEFE About 100 concerned residents from the unincorporated area of Los Angeles County/La Crescenta met with the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station Capt. Bill Song and Sgt. Cynthia Gonzales on Monday evening. Their purpose was to ask questions concerning what some have perceived as a radical increase in residential burglary in the last few […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The California Assembly is moving forward with legislation concerning criminal DNA testing [Proposition 69]. In December the California appeals court struck down the state law allowing the collection of DNA from anyone arrested on suspicion of committing a felony. Voters had originally approved the law in 2004. Collection is continuing after the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Bargain hunters started lining up early in the morning on May 30 for the Annual Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station Rummage Sale. CV sheriff volunteers and community officers Sgt. Cynthia Gonzales and Dep. Jesse Alcala worked for weeks to organize and prepare for the event. “It was very successful,” Gonzales said. “It […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Friday, June 26, is the Annual Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce Scholarship Golf Tournament at Scholl Canyon Golf Course. The annual event raises funds for scholarships given to local graduating seniors. Single player fees are $125, and teams of four are $440. The entry fee includes 18 holes of golf, a cart, […]
By Mary O’KEEFE In September 1939, the world’s first practical helicopter took flight at Stratford, Connecticut. Designed by Igor Sikorsky, that first tethered flight was over in just a few seconds. The following year, Sikorsky flew his helicopter in a demonstration. He flew backward, sideways and up and down; however, he had not quite worked […]
By Mary O’KEEFE There has been a lot of discussion lately regarding recent burglaries in the unincorporated area of Los Angeles County/La Crescenta. The concerns voiced from neighbor to neighbor seemed to be sparked by postings on social media sites. Tonight, Thursday, Sgt. Cynthia Gonzales will briefly discuss the recent burglary and other crime statistics […]
By Mary O’KEEFE This weekend three members of the Montrose Search and Rescue team will be climbing a mountain to bring awareness to and support for the fight against breast cancer. Mike Leum, Cindy England and Robert Sheedy will be climbing Oregon’s Mt. Hood for the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center’s “Climb to Fight Breast […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Members of several communities joined in protest against the high-speed rail routes that would, according to them, divide their cities and decimate their homes and way of life. Calling it a Unity Rally, residents gathered on Tuesday from the Central Valley, Acton, Sylmar and Santa Clarita as well as the foothills communities […]