By Mary O’KEEFE The end of summer block party at Kenneth Village recently filled the road with a bounce house, music, face painting and a twist on the traditional petting zoo: a puppy zoo, where kids could cuddle little puppies. It was a celebration brought to residents by the newly formed Kenneth Village Merchant Association. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Last week Congressman Adam Schiff visited Daily High School in Glendale. To prepare for the Congressman’s visit, over 50% of the students submitted questions they wanted the congressman to address. The questions were reviewed and several students were chosen to be the ones who asked Schiff their questions. The topics ranged from […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Some look at church as a place to go on Sundays, but then there are others who take the church with them wherever they travel. Such was the life of John Olsen who took his church’s service to others traveling from downtown Los Angeles to Ghana. Olsen passed away after a lengthy […]
NASA administrator sees what the future holds for Mars 2020 Mission By Mary O’KEEFE On Monday, Jet Propulsion Laboratory put its best red foot forward when it hosted NASA Administrator James “Jim” Bridenstine, escorting him through its Mars 2020 Mission lab. Dave Gruel, ATLO (Assembly, Test and Launch Operations) manager for Mars 2020, showed the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Parents, school administrators, students and Crescenta Valley Town Council members are all worried about the traffic on Briggs Avenue at Los Amigos Street. CVW was at the crosswalk on Tuesday morning with parents, including Hermineh Moradi, Rosemont Middle School Asst. Principal Narineh Hakopian, CVTC President Harry Leon and Councilmember Desiree Rabinov, the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Crescenta Valley Skate Park is hosting an event for both skaters and scooter riders. The CV Skate Park opened officially in August 2016. The park was started because of local skaters, including Cooper Iven and Corbin Southworth, who wanted a park of their own with their own design. With the help […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Los Angeles Sheriff’s Dept.-Crescenta Valley Station received a call on Saturday at 8:52 p.m. According to the CV Sheriff’s report, the caller stated to the dispatcher that he had shot and killed his parents. When he was asked where he was located he stated “at my house.” The caller gave an exact […]
By Mary O’KEEFE When people devote a lot of time volunteering for their community, they rarely see the impact they are making. Normally they are so busy working on whatever event or with whatever organizations they have aligned with they don’t have time to step back and look at the big picture. That is until […]
CHP is out in force in order to keep school kids safe. By Mary O’KEEFE Back to school in Crescenta Valley means bumper-to-bumper traffic at school drop zones, kids appearing from nowhere to run across streets at every angle, creative parking and 16-point U-turns in the middle of the road. It is this behavior that […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Customers of the Orchard Supply Hardware [OSH] on Foothill Boulevard were shocked and sad to learn this week that the local home maintenance store will be closing. “The store closing sales will begin on [Thursday, today] and run for approximately 10 weeks,” said Jackie Pardini Hartzell, director of Public Relations for the […]