Women’s March LA By Mary O’KEEFE I have attended a few protests/marches in the past but the Women’s March LA was different in a positive way. This latest political season has been extremely negative and, as a reporter, I did not have the luxury of just turning away from the battle but instead had an […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Once again, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) kids across La Crescenta and La Cañada will join their science peers and disappear from regular life for the next six weeks. These are the kids the community will see occasionally at local coffee shops and fast food restaurants, looking more than a little […]
By Mary O’KEEFE It was in 1848 that the first women’s rights convention was held in Seneca Falls, New York. In 1872, Susan B. Anthony was successful in voting but was soon arrested for doing so. A short 48 years later, and over 140 years since America’s independence from England, the 19th Amendment was passed […]
JROTC shares time with a member of the historic fighter group. By Mary O’KEEFE “How did you fall in love with flying?” “Just like with a pretty lady – easy.” That exchange was between a Crescenta Valley High School JROTC cadet and Lt. Col. Robert Friend, a Tuskegee Airman who served in the 332nd Fighter […]
By Mary O’KEEFE After six years in the California State Assembly representing the 43rd District, Mike Gatto was termed out in 2016. It had looked like the 2016 election would see Gatto running for state senate to fill out the seat by termed out senator Carol Liu; however, in 2015 he decided not to run. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Tuesday at noon Los Angeles police responded to a call concerning a body found in the restroom of a restaurant in the 6200 block of Foothill Boulevard. Officers discovered a 43-year-old man had died from an apparent suicide, said Lt. Bixler of the LAPD Foothill Division.
By Mary O’KEEFE On Sunday evening Glendale police responded to a call concerning three masked males with guns in the area of La Crescenta and Manhattan avenues. Initial reports had the three suspects on and near the property of the Crescenta Valley Church. After an investigation it was discovered the “males with guns” were in […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale police responded to a call concerning a residential burglary in the 3900 block of Santa Carlotta Avenue on Wednesday afternoon. GPD officers arrived and were able to detain two of the three suspects. The search for the other suspect involved several hours of investigation throughout the neighborhoods between Pali and Lowell […]
Historic Twelve Oaks retirement community re-opening in spring 2017. By Mary O’KEEFE In August 2013, about 50 residents were given the unimaginable news that they would have to vacate their home at Twelve Oaks Lodge at 2820 Sycamore Ave. in La Crescenta. For many this was a devastating turn of events. For about 80 years […]
This article first appeared in the online Dec. 30 issue of True Believer (true-believer.net). By Mary O’KEEFE Those in the sci-fi world are still nursing broken hearts from the loss of Mr. Spock last year and now the galaxy is in shock again over the sudden death of Princess Leia … and of her mother […]