Bingo and a Prayer

By Charly SHELTON and Mary O’KEEFE The first annual Prom Plus bingo game will be held on April 22 at the American Legion Hall Post 288. Proceeds from the game will benefit the after-prom event for CVHS seniors and their guests. There will be 10 bingo games plus three “big chip” games, each paying out […]

Special Olympic Athletes Compete at Crescenta Valley High School

Special Olympic Athletes Compete at Crescenta Valley High School

One of the best attended and enthusiastic sporting events comes to CV on Saturday By Mary O’KEEFE On Saturday, athletes, coaches, volunteers and fans-in-the-stands will be at the Crescenta Valley High School track for the Tri-Valley Special Olympics. It continues a long tradition of athletic excellence and volunteer spirit. It was in the spring of […]

And the Winners Are …

And the Winners Are …

By Nestor CASTIGLIONE The polls closed Tuesday night and the preliminary results for Glendale’s 2017 municipal election are in. With 100% of precincts reporting and with the first batch of absentee votes counted, Glendale City Council incumbents Ara J. Najarian and Zareh Sinanyan held onto their seats. Coming in third was talk show host Vrej […]

Family, Friends Prepare to Say Goodbye to Local ‘Toolman’

Family, Friends Prepare to Say Goodbye to Local ‘Toolman’

“I think true success is intrinsic … It’s love. It’s kindness. It’s community.” ~ Tom Shadyac, filmmaker By Mary O’KEEFE Love, kindness and community are three words that can easily describe Scott Toro.    On Feb. 26, without warning, Scott passed away from heart disease after receiving a clean bill of health after an EKG […]

La Crescenta Woman Robbed at Whole Foods

By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale officers responded to a call concerning a robbery at the Whole Foods Market at 311 N. Glendale Ave. on Monday at about 2:38 p.m. A La Crescenta woman, 44, was loading groceries into the trunk of her car in the market’s parking lot when a man, according to GPD report, approached […]

Building a Robot From the Ground Up – Part II

By Mary O’KEEFE This is a continuation of a story first printed in the March 16 issue in Youth. While the robot is being built there are other members of the team who work on the infrastructure.     Business   The Business group fuels the program by securing funding and sponsorships. “We reach out […]

Local Candidates Vie for a City Council Seat

By Mary O’KEEFE Crescenta Valley is set in the beautiful foothills, between Angeles National Forest and the Verdugo Mountains. The community is known for its volunteer spirit, its great schools and its fierce defense of keeping things just the way they are despite CV being a strange mixture of unincorporated county and Glendale annex areas. […]

New CV Sheriff Captain Announced

New CV Sheriff Captain Announced

By Mary O’KEEFE Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. Captain Christopher Blasnek has been announced as the new captain of the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station. Capt. Bill Song has been promoted to commander and will be transferring to the Technology and Support Division after serving as CV Sheriff’s captain for four years. Song was raised in […]

The Pros Say: It is a Seller’s Market

The Pros Say: It is a Seller’s Market

With the number of homes for sale down, prices continue to climb. By Mary O’KEEFE For decades Crescenta Valley has been one of the best-kept secrets in the Los Angeles area but that secret has appeared to have gotten out … in a big way. “There is a shortage,” said Jana Wunderlich of Podley Properties, […]

Capt. Bill Song Promoted

Capt. Bill Song Promoted

The Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station prepares for a new captain. By Mary O’KEEFE After about four years of leading the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station, Los Angeles County Sheriff Captain Bill Song will be moving on. There is an intention to promote [him] to commander, said Majory Jacobs, operations lieutenant at the CV Station. It has […]