Early Development of Crescenta Valley’s Water When we choose a home site in CV today, we think of schools, traffic, proximity to stores or views. But in the late 1800s, the earliest settlers had only one consideration to keep in mind when choosing their home site – availability of water. Thus when the first American […]
Dignity Health Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center hosted the Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry (ABMDR) Walk of Life on Saturday. According to the ABMDR website, the registry seeks to save lives by taking bone marrow donors and connecting them with a match who needs their support. Donors have to be between the ages of […]
Preparing for CVTC Elections On Saturday, Oct. 10 at 10 a.m. Crescenta Valley Town Council members are hosting an informal round-table to answer all questions and concerns about serving on town council. The Q&A will be held at 2606 Foothill Blvd. on the main floor. RSVP Robbyn@thecvcouncil.com. For those ready to run for CV Town […]
By Mary O’KEEFE “The night of the church fire.” For those who lived in Crescenta Valley nine years ago, this is a night everyone remembers. On Dec. 20, 2006, the choir at Christian Life Church at the corner of Ramsdell and Montrose avenues was rehearsing for Christmas services when a fire that was later suspected […]
By Charly SHELTON The 38th Annual Montrose Oktoberfest was held on Saturday in the 2200-2400 blocks of Honolulu. The event was a huge success, said Melinda Clarke, executive director of the Montrose-Verdugo City Chamber of Commerce. “It was a great event,” said Clarke. “Lots and lots of people [attended] and we had the weather on […]
By Jason KUROSU The Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station recently hosted a community seminar on common scams, fraud and identity theft, crimes regularly committed against residents in suburban neighborhoods such as those in La Crescenta and La Cañada Flintridge Held Thursday night at the Lanterman Auditorium in La Cañada, the seminar was hosted in conjunction with […]
Recognizing the People Who Keep Us Safe The Chamber will be hosting its annual recognition banquet at Brookside Golf Club tonight at 6 p.m. A few weeks ago we wrote about the citizens who are being honored in categories such as Man of the Year and Woman of the Year. Today, we’d like to tell […]
On Sept. 21, Robotics Team 696, the Circuit Breakers from Clark Magnet High School, took a trip to the Bay Area for an off-season robotics event – Chezy Champs. In a competition filled with 31 teams, Team 696 made it into the quarterfinals, and it also won the Judges Award. Aside from competition, the Circuit […]
Montrose Jewelers Grand Opening Celebration and Oktoberfest Sponsors, Thank You! Please join us as we celebrate the grand reopening of Montrose Jewelers at our ribbon cutting on Friday, Oct. 9 at noon. The celebration though runs from Thursday, Oct. 9 through Sunday, Oct. 11 all day from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. There will be […]
By James M. GARREN One hundred and five years after its birth in 1910, Le Salon de Musiques welcomed the U.S. premier of Phillip Scharwenka’s String Quartet in D minor Op 117 courtesy of Francois Chouchan, founder and artistic director of Le Salon de Musiques. Also on Sunday’s program were “Quartettsatz” and “Rosamunde” by Franz […]