The election season kicks off with the Crescenta Valley Town Council election this week. There are nine candidates running to fill three seats. Ballots can be cast by registered voters in the unincorporated portion of Los Angeles in La Crescenta and Montrose. This year, two days have been set aside for voting: Friday, Nov. 6 […]
Veterans Day provides plenty of opportunities to thank a vet. By Mary O’KEEFE Twenty-one years after the “war to end all wars” – World War I – Adolf Hitler’s German army invaded Poland and World War II began. WWII spanned from 1939 to 1945 and, at the 70th anniversary of the end of the war, […]
By Charly SHELTON Crescenta Valley goes all out at Halloween. From extensive yard decorations to haunted attractions and even closing down part of the town to facilitate trick-or-treating, our town knows how to have a scary good time. For those 12-and-under trick-or-treaters who want to explore outside their neighborhood and take a night on the […]
By Jason KUROSU A psychiatry group interested in establishing a mental health facility on the grounds of the former Rockhaven Sanitarium discussed their vision with the Crescenta Valley community Thursday night, a concept that elicited some favorable opinions, while others soundly rejected the notion of developing the property. San Marino based psychiatrist Timothy Pylko said […]
“And they were canopied by the blue sky, So cloudless, clear, and purely beautiful, That God alone was to be seen in heaven.” ~ Lord Byron Weather in the Foothills is more than a CV Weekly column. A glance or time spent outdoors defines “more than.” Sunshine, blue skies, fresh air and warm but comfortable […]
Glendale police are asking for the public’s help in a identity theft crime. On July 12, a victim living in Burbank placed several bills containing checks into a mailbox in the city of Burbank. The checks never arrived to the intended recipients. A suspect described as an African-American male, 55 to 60 years old, 6’1” […]
By Charly SHELTON The Cassini Solstice mission to Saturn that launched in 1997 and arrived in 2004 is about to make history. Yesterday, the spacecraft made a close approach to the surface of Saturnian moon Enceladus. And while Cassini has flown closer to the surface before, it has never flown this close through the icy […]
By Mary O’KEEFE And so it begins – The construction for the Crescenta Valley Skate and Scooter Park has begun. “The contractors moved in on Monday,” said Frank Gonzales, deputy director, East Community Services Agency of the Dept. of Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation. It has been about three years since skaters Cooper Iven, […]
On Wednesday Reps. Adam Schiff and Derek Kilmer, along with 34 Members of Congress, urged President Barack Obama and the White House’s Office of Management and Budget, to increase the funding level for earthquake hazards programs in their 2017 budget request and more specifically, to provide $16.1 million dollars in funding for an on-shore Earthquake […]