Collecting food is just the first part of filling the pantries at the Salvation Army. After generous donations were collected from the post office food drive, the donated products were brought to the gym at the Salvation Army in Glendale. There it was sorted and then moved to the pantry where it was stocked. From […]
Memorial Day Around Town I don’t know about you, but I am totally overwhelmed that Memorial Day/Memorial Weekend is upon us. It seems like only yesterday that I was choosing my New Year’s resolutions. (One was losing weight – so far the only thing I’ve lost is the battle.) But Memorial Day, like Veteran’s Day, […]
From May 2021 “Green is the spring-time and blushing with bloom; Bring we an offering to each soldier’s tomb” ~Sara L. Vickers Oberholtzer, “Under the Flowers” (A Decoration Ode), Come for Arbutus, and Other Wild Bloom, 1882 Memorial Day, as the name implies, was established to create a day of remembrance to honor soldiers who […]
Over the weekend, personnel from the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station participated in the 47th annual Memorial Torch Run. The run honors those who were killed in the line of duty. According to the website sheriffsrelief.org, the run dates back to 1975 when Sergeant Lee Stahl, assigned to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Training Bureau, wanted […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Members of the St. Luke’s of the Mountains Episcopal Church are inviting everyone to this Sunday’s Bring A Friend to Church Day. The historic church will have a gathering at 9:30 a.m. with light snacks; services begin at 10 a.m. The church’s cornerstone was laid on Easter 1924. Artist S. Seymour Thomas […]
Question: I’m retired after working for 42 years as a CPA. I’m also divorced and have two grown children. Throughout my working years, I met friends twice a week for drinks. After retiring, I found myself drinking way too much. I regularly attend AA meetings. I also am not joining my friends for drinks anymore. […]
California Highway Patrol received a call about 12:30 this afternoon [Friday] of a vehicle that had left the eastbound Foothill (210) Freeway at the southbound Glendale (2) Freeway and landed onto the parking lot at United Artists theaters in the 1900 block of Verdugo Boulevard. “Officers arrived about 12:42 p.m. They noticed a black BMW […]
CHP is investigating a traffic incident where a vehicle struck the fence of a house in the 2400 block of Janet Lee Drive. The vehicle for unknown reasons traveled in reverse westbound down Janet Lee Drive, struck a cement retaining wall on the north side of the street, crossed the driveway and went into the […]
On Saturday at Crescenta Valley Park the community is invited to celebrate Armed Forces Day with veterans from the American Legion Post 288 and Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) 1614. By Mary O’KEEFE The Fifth Annual Armed Forces Day car show, which takes place on Saturday, May 21 at CV Park will this year be […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Through the financial support of the City of La Cañada Flintridge, the community-based Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Support Group and LA County Supervisor Kathryn Barger the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station now has a new mobile command post. The mobile command post will be activated when there are large emergency events, like wildfires and […]