Young and old are encouraged to put on their dancing shoes to enjoy a night of Big Band music. By Mary O’KEEFE The Big Band Era was from the 1930s to the 1940s. It was born of a time when the country was climbing out of a depression only to face a World War, but […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. Air 5 has been on hundreds of rescues and recoveries and are used to seeing just about everything in the Angeles National Forest, but on Sunday they encountered something a little different. Air 5 was responding to a vehicle over the side of the road in the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Rosemont Middle School is going all out for Yellow Ribbon Week by putting kindness above all and making it fun, and cool, to be kind. Throughout this week, Rosemont students have celebrated being nice to one another with a series of events from signing a pledge banner to offering free lemonade and […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Montrose Search and Rescue team responds to a variety of emergencies, but one of the most common is hikers who go out into the wilderness and either lose their way or become injured and can’t make it back to their starting point. Dr. John Rodarte knows all too well what can […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Between 8:45 a.m. and 9:45 a.m. on Wednesday morning, a person/persons broke a small window of a home in the 5300 block of Pineridge Drive and gained entrance into the residence. No one was home at the time. When the resident returned home she found her home safe had been stolen, said […]
By Mary O’KEEFE To understand the impact of the Nicholas Brothers one only needs to watch “Be a Clown” performed with Gene Kelly in 1948’s “The Pirate.” Those lives filled with talent, fame and grace is being celebrated at the Alex Theatre this Sunday at 7:30 p.m. There will be a show of clips in […]
By Brandon HENSLEY L.A. County Regional Planning is hoping to meet with the board of supervisors in March for a vote on its General Plan Update, said planner Leon Freeman at the Jan. 15 Crescenta Valley Town Council meeting. According to L.A County, the General Plan Update is a comprehensive update of the existing plan. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Crescenta Valley High School Falkons Robotics 589 team is diligently working on weekends and after school and using any free time to get ready for the 2015 FIRST (For Inspiration and Research in Science and Technology) competition. On Jan. 3, FIRST announced this year’s game, Recycle Rush, and 589 immediately began […]
UPDATE: On Wednesday the Glendale Police Department was contacted by detectives from the Long Beach Police Department informing them that a similar robbery had occurred in their area on Jan. 18 and a partial license plate was obtained. Further investigation led to the positive identification of 41-year-old Jermeile Hairston. GPD discovered Hairston was in […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Gold Award is the pinnacle of a girl’s career in Girl Scouts. For Girl Scout Jennifer Gorman, the project that would earn her Gold Award was a way for her to continue her commitment to making the world a better place. Gorman chose the Jewish Family Service’s Metro SOVA Food Pantry […]