“Nature paints not; In oils, but frescoes the great dome of heaven; With sunsets, and the lovely forms of clouds…” ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Mother Nature is on a rampage! The weather is out of control. There is more going on than just your “typical summer weather.” It’s the heat; on Tuesday, the temperature in […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Just as the YMCA of the Foothills in La Cañada opened its doors for people to exercise outside, record heat penetrated the Southland. Seems like a cruel trick, but it wouldn’t be 2020 without a catch, right? Nonetheless, the YMCA in La Cañada Flintridge reopened its doors Aug. 12 with safety measures […]
CVCA Meeting Planned The Crescenta Valley Community Association will have its monthly meeting on Thursday, Aug. 27 at 7 p.m. via Zoom. On the agenda is a discussion on two proposed building projects on Foothill Boulevard as well as other land use issues in the Crescenta Valley. Contact the CVCA at crescentavalleycommunityassn@gmail.com with questions and […]
By Charly SHELTON There have been 5,762 wildfire incidents this year, according to Cal Fire. These fires are responsible for burning an estimated 204,481 acres and damaging or destroying 181 structures including houses. And with fire season already underway, this number will continue to grow as temperatures linger in the 90°s, at least through the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE As a man in his 80s slept in his parked vehicle on Foothill Boulevard near Pinewood Avenue in Tujunga a black BMW driving traveling on Foothill Boulevard at a reported high rate of speed struck his vehicle killing him. The fatal accident occurred about 1:30 a.m. on Monday. The driver of the […]
An SUV-sized space rock flew past our planet over the weekend and was detected by a NASA-funded asteroid survey as it sped by. Near Earth Asteroids, or NEAs, pass by Earth planet regularly. The SUV-sized asteroid set the record for coming closer to Earth than any other known NEA: It passed 1,830 miles (2,950 kilometers) […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Election Day draws near and questions continue about how in-person voting and mail-in-ballots will be handled during this time of pandemic. There have been calls nationally for voters to request a vote-by-mail ballot as soon as possible. Voters in Los Angeles County will automatically be mailed a vote-by-mail ballot, regardless whether or […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Two juveniles were arrested on Sunday after leading law enforcement on a car pursuit along the Foothill (210) Freeway ending on Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge. At about 2:38 p.m. on Sunday, California Highway Patrol – Altadena Office was notified of a pursuit of a gray Nissan Altima reported as stolen. […]
The Los Angeles County Dept. of Public Health (Public Health) continues seeing decreases and stabilizing of key indicators, including daily hospitalizations and deaths. There are 1,341 confirmed cases currently hospitalized and 33% of these people are confirmed cases in the ICU. In the last month, daily hospitalizations have decreased by 37%, from 2,219 in mid-July […]
By Mary O’KEEFE For the last few years some seniors at Crescenta Valley High School participated in Senior Sunrise. “Traditionally seniors would gather at the [track] and field on the Sunday before the first day of [senior] school starts,” said Adrienne Griffin, mom of a CVHS senior this school year. But due to COVID-19 and […]