By Mary O’KEEFE A student was transported via Los Angeles County airship from Valley View Elementary to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Hospital on Wednesday morning after a fall at the school. The child, a girl, was in line when she fell. It was not during recess, according to Glendale Unified School District Superintendent Richard Sheehan. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Crescenta Valley Town Council is accepting applications for the six seats up for election on Nov. 8. Three, three-year term seats and three, one-year term alternate seats are open this year. The seats of councilmembers Frank Beyt, Dannette Erickson, Charles Beatty, all serving three year terms, and alternates Mariam Barnes, Krista Smiley […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Five applicants from a total of 16 have been chosen to possibly fill the Glendale Unified School Board seat vacated by Mary Boger after her retirement. The five chosen are Todd Hunt, Sandy Russell, Elizabeth Manasserian, Kevin Cordova Brookey and Jason Nyhan. The five were chosen by a GUSD board committee consisting […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A hike for two teens ended with three helicopters and a call out for the Montrose Search and Rescue team. On Monday, Jake Miller and his friend Ian McBride, both 18, had planned on hiking up a short way on a trail in Deukmejian Wilderness Park then get back before sunset. Their […]
The caretaker of the Vietnam War Memorial in Montrose is recognized for 30 years of service. By Mary O’KEEFE Say “Vietnam” and, depending on whom you are speaking to, you will get some type of emotional reaction. Often called an “unpopular war” (although war is never actually “popular”), Americans were in Vietnam for decades prior […]
By Mary O’KEEFE At the end of the last academic year, Crescenta Valley High School teacher Win Saw was honored by the Small Change for Big Change organization as CVHS Teacher of the Year. This was the third year that SCBC, an organization composed of CVHS graduates, has presented a Teacher of the Year award. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Saturday, Crescenta Valley was off and running at the Running of the Foothills 5K. The race began at 8 a.m. at Two Strike Park, with a pace set for everyone from the very fast runner to the more leisurely walker. There was even a race for the youngest of runners led […]
By Mary O’KEEFE It was hot – really hot – but that didn’t stop runners, walkers and their dogs from coming out to the California Council of the Blind Mutt Strut on Sept. 13 at Crescenta Valley Park. This the second year the event was held at CV Park and, despite the weather, participants showed […]
By Mary O’KEEFE CVHS Principal Linda Junge initiated a Phone Ed communication to inform parents that a student jumped from the second story ramp on the campus of Glendale High School on Tuesday. The student was communicative when transported to the hospital where she is getting the care she needs. “I share this information in […]
By Mary O’KEEFE and Sammi SLAYBACK The Crescenta Valley community had the opportunity to recognize 9/11 last week with three separate events held over two days. The first was a Remembrance Parade that began at 9:11 a.m. on 9/11 that wound through the streets of the Crescenta Valley. Later that day, an emotional tribute was […]