By Mary O’KEEFE For the sixth year, on Saturday the congregation at St. Luke’s of the Mountains Episcopal Church will be holding its annual Christmas Jam and Community Sing-a-long. All ages are invited to sing their favorite holiday song. It is a fun night of old-fashioned holiday fun where everyone is welcome. The event will […]
Learning about this year’s ceremonial leaders of the Montrose-Glendale Christmas Parade. By Mary O’KEEFE Community volunteers have been working for months preparing for the 42nd Annual Montrose-Glendale Christmas Parade. The parade is in the tradition of a small town celebration with over 600 Boy Scouts, Girl Scout troops, schools, local organizations and local marching bands […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The man who allegedly robbed the Wells Fargo Bank in the 2400 block of Honolulu Avenue on Tuesday may have been the same man who committed two other robberies in Glendale and Burbank on Monday. A transient, Raul Gutierrez, 31, was arrested Tuesday by Glendale police after he was found hiding in […]
By Mary O’KEEFE It is the season of giving and no one takes that to heart better than those in Crescenta Valley. Here are three ways to help others: • Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. and CV Station volunteers are collecting for their annual Food and Toy Drive. Barrels have already been placed throughout CV […]
By Mary O’KEEFE How to sum up a life of service in a few words is a most difficult task … especially when that life has taken so many paths and has affected so many people. The City of Glendale stated in a release late last week that Tom Lorenz would be retiring. In fact, […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Crescenta Cañada YMCA tree lot is open for business. The lot is located in the east parking lot at the Y at 1930 Foothill Blvd. The tree lot is more than a way for people to buy their Christmas tree; it supports two of the Y’s youth programs: the Y Camp […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Housing is an issue in California. The costs of rent have climbed faster than the national average and city councils across the state are discussing the issue of rent control. Even though the official election results are not in, it does appear that Prop. 10, the rent control measure, did not pass […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Earlier this month La Crescenta Elementary School held a ribbon cutting ceremony to officially open its new building that replaced 14 classrooms, including bungalows, with 16 new technically advanced classrooms. A bonus is that the building has a smaller footprint than the old bungalows that were previously in place. The playground got […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Results are in for the Crescenta Valley Town Council election held on Saturday at St. Luke’s of the Mountains – Sadler Hall. Voter turnout was such a success that election monitors ran out of ballots and had to get more. For the three seats on the council, those serving three-year terms, in […]
By Mary O’KEEFE It was standing room only at the Crescenta Valley Town Council last Thursday night. The council was hosting a candidates’ forum for the then-upcoming election; however, the majority of the audience in attendance was more interested in discussing the proposed AT&T cell site attachment to a utility pole just north of 4704 […]