By Mary O’KEEFE The highly anticipated tiles for Crescenta Commons have been placed around the tower. The tiles represent community businesses, organizations and individuals who helped support the Commons. The Crescenta Commons is on the corner of Rosemont and Orange avenues. For several years the land stood vacant, overtaken by weeds. Boy Scout Rhys Teff […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics made a stop at La Cañada Flintridge’s Memorial Park on Wednesday. The Olympian Torch Run began in Athens, the historical home of the Olympics competition, and is now at its final run through Southern California and will light the way for athletes at the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Sunday about 1,000 Democrats stood in line throughout the day at the Pacific Avenue Education Center in Glendale to once again cast ballots for individuals they think would best represent their party at the Democratic Convention. “My team spent weeks working to plan out today,” said Eric Bauman, chair of the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Last weekend the skies opened up and rain fell – hard – throughout the Crescenta Valley and Southern California. And whom can one thank for the much-needed rain in the drought-strained state? Dolores. “[Sunday’s rains were] remnants from a tropical storm system,” said Robert Munroe, meteorologist from the National Weather Service. Hurricane […]
Hard Days Readers of the CV Weekly, and specifically of my column, are well aware of the personal challenges I have faced these past several months. From broken bones to family deaths, 2015 threw it all at me. I’ll be honest in admitting that without the support of friends and family I don’t know how […]
The Community Center of La Cañada Flintridge recently finished its five-week Camp Runamuk program where over 160 campers transformed into dinosaurs, space aliens, wizards and fairies and more. Though Camp Runamuk has run its course, the Community Center still has two soccer camps for which it is accepting applications. Soccer camps are for children ages […]
Beach Bus Is In Full Swing Thanks to Supervisor Michael Antonovich and the County of Los Angeles, you can once again ride the Summer Beach Bus! The Beach Bus picks up passengers from several places in the Crescenta Valley and takes them to and from the Santa Monica Pier to enjoy a great day at […]
Every year Boy Scouts pack up their belongings and travel hours to visit a summer Boy Scout camp. Local Troop 319 sent two contingents to Camp Whitsett in Kern this summer. The boys, who recently departed for camp, were under the supervision of Todd Hessick and Vahe Garabedian. Scouts will spend the week learning about […]
“I roamed the countryside searching for answers to things I did not understand. Why the thunder lasts longer than that which causes it, and why immediately on its creation the lightning becomes visible to the eye while thunder requires time to travel. How…” ~ Leonardo Di Vinci By the time the final window-rattling crash of […]
LIBRARY, ARTS & CULTURE PERFORMANCE SERIES New and established artists and performance groups in diverse genres including classical, jazz, rock and world music will be part of the Library, Arts & Culture Performance Series. The performances are on Fridays and begin at 7 p.m. at the Brand Library & Art Center. Performances will run 60 […]