A ribbon-cutting celebration for the grand opening of the new Urgent Care Center at Orthopaedic Institute for Children (OIC) was held on July 23. Marianne Jennings, president of the La Cañada Flintridge Orthopaedic Guild (LCFOG), attended the ribbon-cutting along with Guild members Caryl Pettit, Barbara Self, Alicia Thompson and guest Marjorie Buck. Mayor Garcetti delivered […]
Introducing Some Finest People I love eating out. Most Wednesday nights, after the newspaper is put to bed, you can find Mary O’Keefe and me over at Montrose Town on Honolulu Avenue discussing how things went and talking about next week’s stories. On Monday, my best friend Amy and I headed to Morton’s Steakhouse […]
By Brandon HENSLEY This upcoming football season in the foothills will once again showcase the high school teams from Crescenta Valley, St. Francis and La Cañada, but the area will not be able to see its main youth program in action. Kevin Lacey, president of the La Cañada Gladiators youth football team, sent out a […]
By Grace BENNETT, Intern The Crescenta Valley High School (CVHS) winter guard continues to showcase its excellence at the series of competitions and events it competes in every year. But the guard’s 2018-19 competitive season proved to be most exemplary of its efforts. Winter guard is an indoor sport and typically utilizes flags, sabres, rifles […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY Hundreds of people across the Crescenta Valley, Glendale and surrounding areas turned out on Tuesday evening for a chance to get to know their neighbors and safety personnel while enjoying a variety of activities. The event was National Night Out and, according to its website, it “enhances the relationship between neighbors and […]
‘Squatters’ or ‘Homesteaders’ in Early Crescenta Valley This is a subject that has been misunderstood in the history of the Crescenta Valley. “Squatting” as a way of claiming land has a long history in the U.S. where vast tracts of land belonging to Native-Americans were simply settled by force. The federal laws were ambiguous. It […]
By Ani GASPARYAN, intern California high schoolers might be one step closer to sleeping in on school days as a bill to push back school start times passes through the State Assembly Education Committee. Senate Bill 326, reintroduced by State Senator Anthony Portantino, proposes that California high schools should start classes no earlier than 8:30 […]
I hope everyone took the opportunity to spend time with their community and got to know local law enforcement at National Night Out on Tuesday. At the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station there were even free hotdogs, chips and balloons for the kids! On Monday, July 29, Councilmember Donna Libra attended the Crescenta Valley Fire Safe […]
Feb. 19, 1953 – Aug. 2, 2019 Kathleen Garcia left this world to join her beloved husband John on Friday, Aug. 2 in Montrose. Kathleen (“Kat”) was born in Glendale on Feb. 19, 1953 to John and Mamie (Frederick) Walter, and was a lifelong resident of La Crescenta. She attended St. James the Less grade […]
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