By Mary O’KEEFE “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou Most who were here when the Station Fire was blazing through normally quiet Crescenta Valley do remember what they felt – scared. Evacuations were […]
By Mary O’KEEFE You don’t have to be from the Crescenta Valley to sell Crescenta Valley. The location is close to Los Angeles yet far enough away to keep traffic to a minimum. The neighborhoods are designed to create a hometown feeling and neighbors know each other. But for those who were born and raised […]
By Mary O’KEEFE It has been five years since the hills above Tujunga, far north Glendale, La Crescenta and La Cañada Flintridge were ablaze. The fire that started as a small brush fire on Aug. 26, 2009 grew into the largest wildfire in California history. At containment on Oct. 16, 2009, the fire had burned […]
Note: The website address was printed incorrectly in the original story. The URL has been updated. By Mary O’KEEFE The Ice Bucket Challenge is not a new phenomenon – it has been used to call attention to a number of organizations – but for some reason in July the challenge took off. The difference was […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Imagine flying a plane over a green field and seeing the landing strip. You maneuver, adjusting the speed and keeping your eye on the instrument panel. The plane softly touches down and you breathe a sigh of relief. Now imagine this is all part of your classroom curriculum. Crescenta Valley High School […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Like most traditions in the Crescenta Valley, the Remembrance Parade began with a few people talking around a table. “Last year, Steve [Pierce], Dwight [Sityar] and I were talking about something and the [subject] of 9/11 came up,” said Jean Maluccio, Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce advisor. Pierce is the president of […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Traffic Investigation Unit of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. is continuing its investigation into the fatal accident that occurred about 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday. Los Angeles County Fire Dept., Crescenta Valley Sheriffs and Montrose Search and Rescue responded to the call of a vehicle over the side on Earlmont Drive […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Although La Cañada Flintridge and the Crescenta Valley area have low crime rates, there are still issues with residential and vehicle burglaries. In an effort to be proactive, La Cañada Flintridge’s Public Safety Commission decided to use social media to educate residents on tips to avoid being a victim of a burglary. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A community forum has been scheduled by Glendale Unified School District to discuss the Sagebrush territory transfer issue. The meeting will be held at Mountain Avenue Elementary on Tuesday, Aug. 26 at 6 p.m. in the school’s cafeteria. There will be two other meetings held at Monte Vista and Fremont elementary schools. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A Los Angeles Police Dept. arrest led to a man suspected of two robberies in Montrose. As reported in last week’s CVW, two elderly women were victims of daylight robberies. The first was on July 25 when a woman was approached outside her home in the 3600 block of Malafia Drive. She […]