By Ruth SOWBY The award ceremonies were marked with truck ladders raised high with the American flag fluttering between them as a greeting to guests at the entrance to the departments’ Oak Street headquarters. Their enthusiasm sparking, dozens of firefighters, their families, friends and city VIPs including Mayor Ardy Kassakhian and city councilmembers, filled the station […]
The Museum of Neon Art has acquired a big piece of history from America’s first theme park. The neon spectacular is a double-sided capital K for Knott’s Berry Farm that features serifs and a sweeping curve. It is 20-feet tall with a base measuring 10 feet by 12 feet, and was animated to fill with […]
By Mary O’KEEFE CVW spent two days this week with California Highway Patrol officers in the unincorporated area of Los Angeles County/La Crescenta-Montrose. Local residents contacted CVW regarding traffic safety around schools. Crescenta Valley Town Council (CVTC), Glendale Unified School District and law enforcement have all worked together to educate drivers on how to safely […]
During its tour, the CVWD reviewed the history of water in the Valley and shared some possible future insights. By Charly SHELTON The Crescenta Valley is shaped by water. In a physical sense by the erosion of the mountains by rain, in a cultural sense by the ever-present reminders and memorials of major floods […]
Elections remind us not only of the rights but the responsibilities of citizenship in a democracy. ~ Robert Kennedy By Mary O’Keefe It may have seemed like it would never arrive but Election Day is only 12 days away; however, early voting in Los Angeles County has already begun. The LA County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s […]
By Ruth SOWBY At Tuesday’s Glendale City Council meeting, the issue of the day was historic. Long grappling with the lengthy process to designate which Glendale districts may be considered “historic,” councilmembers decided to revisit the issue. The City’s goal in creating historic districts is to help residents protect and enhance the appearance of neighborhoods that […]
Finally Here Since I was a kid I have been a lover of Halloween and all things scary. Back in the day I would decorate my house on Rincon in Sun Valley with dry ice from Conwin Carbonics to create eerie smoke effects and hang plastic spiders from cheesecloth webs. Despite the lingering residue […]
By Mary O’KEEFE This week photos from the Small World Photomicrography Competition were released and to say they are terrifying is an understatement. It took me a long time to look at a fly without seeing Jeff Goldblum or Vincent Price’s face, and “Them” had me worried that someday nuclear waste-eating ants could be at […]
By Mary O’KEEFE It’s been a busy election year for members of the Cañada Crescenta Democratic Club. First up was the primary election in March and now the upcoming November general election. Club members have been sending out postcards and manning telephones, getting the facts out about Democrat candidates – not just in California but […]