Photos by Dan HOLM By Mary O’KEEFE he film industry lost three innovators and icons this week, a comedian and actor who first came on screen as an alien that captured our hearts, an actress who defined sultry and taught us all “how to whistle” and the man who blew up the Death Star […]
GUSD schools welcomed students back with smiles, fist bumps … and Common Core. By Jason KUROSU Public schools are back in session and kids seem to be everywhere. About 8,795 kids from kindergarten to 12th grade attend the seven local elementary schools, one middle school and two high schools in the Crescenta Valley area. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE It is time once again for the annual Montrose Film Festival, sponsored by the Montrose Shopping Park Assn., and this year it will celebrate an extraterrestrial and an adventurer archeologist. It was five years ago that community leaders Steve Pierce and Tony Smith were sitting at Black Cow Café on Honolulu Avenue, […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The southbound lanes of Pennsylvania Avenue from Foothill Boulevard were closed Friday due to an explosion in one unit of an apartment complex in the 4400 block of Pennsylvania Avenue. Someone in the apartment was doing some fumigation work in a unit. “What could have happened was the fumigation met with […]
By Mary O’KEEFE After serving 30 years as a Glendale police officer, Sgt. Tom Lorenz has decided not to retire but to move to another area of the city as Glendale’s spokesman. Eleven years ago, Lorenz took the helm as the GPD public information officer. His duties were to deal with the media on everything […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A small fire occurred in the gym area at Crescenta Valley High School on Aug 7. Los Angeles County Fire Dept. Station 63 responded and contained the fire within minutes. “It was accidental,” said Capt. Shawn Grizzard, Station 63. There was minimal damage to the school. The alarm system was activated and […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Rockhaven will sit untouched by development for another year after the RFQs (request for qualifications) that were gathered by the city did not meet the vision the Rockhaven committee had for the landmark. Last week the committee, made up of community members, the historical societies in the area and Crescenta Valley Community […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Although school does not begin until Aug. 11, the Crescenta Valley High School campus and hallways were already full of students this week. Finding a locker was a priority for most with seniors getting first choice on July 31, followed by juniors the following Friday, sophomores on Monday and on Tuesday it […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Montrose Shopping Park Association is looking for young filmmakers who would like to display their films to an audience prior to the Montrose Film Festival. The student films will be reviewed by a committee that will choose the best of those submitted. The winning film will be shown on both nights […]
By Mary O’KEEFE After numerous fundraisers and many years, the Two Strike Park Memorial Wall was completed in 2013. It was a labor of respect, loyalty and service not only for the veterans who began the remodeling project of the older wall, but to the entire community that came out in force to raise funds. […]