By Mary O’KEEFE Members of the Glendale Police Dept., through the Glendale Police Officers’ Association Cops for Kids, readied Christmas trees last week that were delivered to local families who are struggling during the holidays. There were 17 trees donated by a local company that were delivered by GPD officers and staff to 17 families. […]
Caroling in Adams Square Mini-Park On Saturday, Dec. 14 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., the Adams Hill Neighborhood Association will sponsor community caroling and a visit from Santa Claus in the Adams Square mini park, 1020 E. Palmer Ave. Light refreshments will be served. Street parking is limited and all visitors are encouraged to […]
“The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach.” ~ Henry Beston, American writer & naturalist It rained on our parade! Ordinarily, and for some of us, that may have been a bad omen. No […]
Kicking Off Our Holiday Season For many, the holiday season kicks off with Black Friday but, up here in the Crescenta Valley, we instead look to “White Friday” to launch our holiday season. White Friday is the term for the Friday after Thanksgiving when many Montrose merchants “white-out” the sales tax on customers’ purchases. Friday […]
Victorian Morality in Old Crescenta Valley The hard moral strictures that came from the eastern U.S. dominated the Crescenta Valley before the turn of the century. CV had attracted some of the “upper crust” of society and drinking, card playing and dancing were seen by some as social evils. Strict adherence to parental rule was […]
How To Keep Water Running in SoCal The effort to conserve water in Southern California has been a challenge for many years. However, our representatives have encouraged and approved developers to build major housing and commercial structures at a tremendous rate in our cities and suburbs. It is obvious that there is little to no […]
Julia Bonk is an eighth grader at Flintridge Preparatory School. As part of her community impact project she encouraged younger students to develop their poetic and creative voice. She asked sixth grade students from Valley View Elementary School to compete in a poetry contest that she organized. She asked them to describe a moment they […]
Members of the Crescenta Valley High School Prom Plus Club had a busy day on Saturday. First, several volunteered to help load children (and adults) onto sleds as part of the snow day festivities at Two Strike Park. After warming up and drying off, they made their way to the Montrose Christmas Parade where they […]
The Kiwanis Club of La Cañada hosted a recent luncheon honoring 24 “Terrific Kids” chosen from the sixth grade classrooms of La Cañada Elementary, Palm Crest Elementary and Paradise Canyon Elementary schools. The students were selected from their classrooms based on qualities such as displaying a positive attitude and responsible citizenship. The luncheon gave the […]
By Michael DUMANSKY At the first home game of the regular basketball season, the St. Francis Golden Knights drew a crowd when they hosted their neighbor down the street, the La Cañada High School Spartans. St. Francis gave up the first basket giving the Spartans the lead early on 3-0. But that would be the […]