Smash-and-Grab Burglaries in the Area

Smash-and-Grab Burglaries in the Area

By Mary O’KEEFE Two neighboring Eagle Rock restaurants were burglarized on Tuesday night at about 11:45 p.m. The suspect broke the bottom half of the front glass door at the Penny Oven restaurant and Relentless Brewing and Spirits in the 2100 block of Colorado Boulevard in Eagle Rock. The suspect was seen on surveillance footage […]

Vaping App Comes to CVHS

By Mary O’KEEFE Adam Komjathy is a senior at Crescenta Valley High School and a member of the Falkons 589 robot team. He also takes classes in computer science. A year ago when he was in Dr. Greg Neat’s advanced placement computer science class he began working on an application that could help the school […]

Treasures of the Valley » Mike Lawler

The La Crescenta Hotel Disaster of 1887 – Part 1 Dr. Benjamin Briggs, the founder of La Crescenta, was a community builder. He came to the valley in the early 1880s with the dual idea of creating a health resort and a town. He purchased the western half of the Cañada Valley, renamed it the […]

NEWS FROM THE CVTC » Harry LEON

Happy New Year, La Crescenta! First off, Happy New Year! May 2020 bring you joy and prosperity. We are the community that cares, and may we live up to these words. After a well-deserved break in December, the Crescenta Valley Town Council resumes its monthly general meetings on Jan. 16 at 7 p.m. in the […]

Blood Donation Month

By Charly SHELTON January is blood donation month – a perfect time to reach out and help fellow humans. In the U.S., someone needs a unit of blood every two seconds. And with no synthetic alternative, the only option for this life-saving transfusion comes from blood donations. Blood drives happen constantly through donation organizations like […]

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Goal is to Enlighten, Not Upset I do apologize if what I said upset anyone. My intention was to enlighten, not to upset. Only fully informed voters can cause true change. If your main source of information is only CNN, ABC, CBS, the LA Times, etc., then you are only getting a very biased one […]

Serial Robbery Suspect Arrested

On Dec. 30, a robbery occurred at a convenience store located on the 500 block of West Colorado Boulevard. Surveillance cameras captured photos of the suspect who was wearing a distinct jacket with what appeared to be a horse’s head drawn on the back of it. These photographs were disseminated to all of the officers […]

Fire on Northwoods Lane

On Tuesday at about 10:40 a.m. units from Glendale Fire Dept. responded to reports of a fire at 56 Northwoods Lane, south of Crescenta Valley High Schoolon Ramsdell Avenue. Gardeners working nearby witnessed smoke and fire coming from the chimney of a townhome and immediately alerted the residents who were able to safely evacuate, according […]

CRIME BLOTTER

Jan. 4 2900 block of Santa Carlotta Street in La Crescenta, the rear driver’s side window was shattered and a camera and empty purse were stolen from a vehicle overnight. 2700 block of Henrietta Avenue in La Crescenta, a woman parked her vehicle at the location in the evening. When she went to her vehicle […]

NOTES & NODS

This Week at LCIF Start the New Year right by joining Lutheran Church in the Foothills to celebrate the baptism of our Lord on Jan. 12. Children, youth, and adults are invited to come at 9 a.m. for Bible study. Then Pastor Scott Peterson will lead worship with a sermon titled “Sacred by Design.” Stay […]