Armed Forces Day Honors Military Personnel

By Mary O’KEEFE “It is fitting and proper that we devote one day each year to paying tribute to the Armed Forces as the servants and protectors of our Nation … I call upon my fellow citizens to display the flag of the United States at their homes on Armed Forces Day and to participate […]

JROTC Year-end Banquet Bittersweet for Retiring Lt. Col.

JROTC Year-end Banquet Bittersweet for Retiring Lt. Col.

By Mary O’KEEFE Crescenta Valley High School is the only high school within Glendale Unified School District that has a JROTC (Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps) program – a successful and popular program. And, after 14 years, the program’s teacher/mentor Lt. Col. David Worley is retiring. “It’s a bit bittersweet,” he said after the JROTC’s […]

An Uncomfortable Truth

By Mary O’KEEFE In an April meeting, just before the national March for Science, Congressman Adam Schiff hosted a forum on climate change at Caltech in Pasadena. It is important to note the difference between the terms “global warming” and “climate change.” According to NASA pmm.nasa.gov, global warming is the increase in Earth’s average surface […]

Reward Increases for Missing 5-Year-Old Boy

By Mary O’KEEFE An emotional press conference was held on Wednesday where law enforcement and the mother of a 5-year-old missing boy asked for the public’s help. “To my son, Piqui, this is for you, my love: Be brave, honey, know that mama and a lot of people are working very hard to bring you […]

Social Hosting Discussed at LA County Supervisors Meeting

By Mary O’KEEFE A motion was put forth and approved by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday instructing County staff to look into the feasibility of issuing an ordinance against social hosting in the unincorporated area of Los Angeles County, Palos Verdes. Fourth District Supervisor Janice Hahn said she was responding to […]

Cassini – The Grand Finale

By Mary O’KEEFE Galileo was the first to observe Saturn with a telescope in 1610 and was confused by it. Saturn, from a telescope, looks flat and there were, of course, those amazing rings. It was not until 1659 that Christian Huygens inferred the geometry of the rings and for centuries Saturn appeared to be […]

Taste of Montrose and Its Generous Restaurants

Taste of Montrose and Its Generous Restaurants

By Mary O’KEEFE The Prom Plus Taste of Montrose was held on Sunday, made possible by the complete generosity of local restaurants. Prom Plus began over 20 years ago after a Crescenta Valley High School student was murdered while she slept at an unsupervised after-prom party. CVHS seniors had rented rooms in an Anaheim hotel. […]

Local Trees Are Toppling

Local Trees Are Toppling

By Charly SHELTON The drought may be over and the hills may be green, but the lasting effects of a five-year water shortage can still be seen in the trees of California. With reports of huge trees toppling over becoming more and more commonplace, it is safe to say that we are not done losing […]

Arrest of Five Burglary Suspects in La Cañada

By Mary O’KEEFE On Tuesday at 8:19 p.m. the Crescenta Valley Station received a call from a resident whose home in the 400 block of Paulette Place in La Cañada security alarm had activated. The resident was not at his home at the time. When deputies responded they saw two men running from the location. […]

Fun for All at Hometown Country Fair

By Mary O’KEEFE The annual Hometown Country Fair was held on Saturday, a success despite the winds that preceded the event. “I think it went well under the circumstances,” said Kaipo Chock, president of the Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce, the organizer of the event. The circumstances that Chock spoke of were the strong winds […]