Jan. 13, 1929 – June 28, 2015 Marilyn Stevens was born Jan. 13, 1929 in Los Angeles, and she passed away June 28 in Burbank. Marilyn enjoyed spending her time with her family and friends; she will be missed greatly. A funeral Mass will be held today, Thursday, July 2, at 11 a.m. at Our […]
In addition to seeing helicopters and those who fly them, attendees to Saturday’s event became a part of history. By Mary O’KEEFE ero is a term used, at times, arbitrarily but last Saturday the term “hero” was the best way to describe the men and women who took part in the American Heroes Air Show. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The first of five U.S. Forest Service public open house meetings was held on Monday at the Pacific Community Center in Glendale. The purpose of the meetings are to get public input on the development of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument Management Plan. On Oct. 14, 2014 President Barack Obama signed […]
By Seo Jin LEE, intern On June 14, high school girls gathered on the grounds of St. Luke’s of the Mountains Episcopal Church for Simply Strong, a workshop on female empowerment. Crescenta Valley High School freshman and Juliette Scout Maylin Austin, 13, hosted the event as part of her Girl Scout Silver Award project, the […]
Students at St. James – Holy Redeemer School learned all about the rovers built at JPL on May 28 when one of the school’s parents who works at JPL brought a rover to the campus. They were shown how the rocket travels to Mars, how the rover is set down on the planet and then […]
‘Burn, Baby, Burn – Disco Inferno’ (On Foothill Boulevard) The 1976 lyrics of the hit song came true for La Crescenta’s one and only disco one hot October night in 1980. Sherlock’s Restaurant and Disco burned to the ground. The Dundee family had been successful restaurateurs in La Crescenta for several decades. Former pro boxer […]
By Brandon HENSLEY The Crescenta Valley High School boys’ varsity basketball team was 10-6 in summer league action as of Tuesday night. The Falcons took three out of four games in the San Fernando Valley last week in the annual War on the Floor tournament. Similar to last year, the team will count on Chris […]
By Charly SHELTON This is the third and final installment in the Disneyland 60th anniversary trilogy of articles, run in CVWeekly over the past two weeks. Part I delved into the new nighttime spectaculars at Disneyland park – Disneyland Forever fireworks spectacular and Paint the Night electrical parade. The sequel article – Part II, which […]
By Seo Jin LEE, intern The Fourth of July celebration at La Crescenta Elementary School playground, 4343 La Crescenta Ave. in La Crescenta, is coming back for another year. The Crescenta Valley Fireworks Association (CVFA) in conjunction with event chairs and volunteer committees will be putting on the 9th Annual Fourth of July event for […]