Holiday Hours Crescenta Valley Weekly will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, Nov. 22 and Friday, Nov. 23. Delivery of the newspaper will not be interrupted. Candidate Forum at CVTC Meeting A candidates’ forum is scheduled for the general meeting of the Crescenta Valley Town Council meeting that takes place tonight, […]
“When brush is burned, on a windy day It’s bound to spread and get away, And burn his neighbor’s fence and trees. Use your head, will you please?” ~ From a 1943 handbook for forest firefighters All hell broke loose last Thursday as Santa Ana winds – often referred to as devil winds – […]
»On a personal note By Charly SHELTON We all knew this was coming, but it doesn’t make it any easier. Comic book writer, editor, and publisher Stan Lee was 95 when he died on Monday. In recent interviews he sounded less like our old Generalissimo and more like a doddering old guy. According to his […]
Reminds that We Are All Americans Has anger and hate replaced love and respect in our country? Have we forgotten that we are all Americans? Why have we allowed our political parties to divide us? It doesn’t take long to realize that all energies are devoted to getting control of our Congress. Who are they […]
Harvest is in the air and to celebrate the children at Crescenta-Cañada Nursery School in La Cañada kicked off the holiday season with what can only be described as a “Fall-Stravaganza.” The festivities began with a visit to the Underwood Family Farms on a sunny and warm Friday morning. Pumpkins of all shapes and sizes […]
CV’s First Inhabitants – The Abandonment of Wiqangna As I’ve written before, we know next to nothing about our local Native-American village other than it did exist. I’ve been using William McCawley’s fine book “The First Angelinos” as reference, and filling in some blanks with my own scattered knowledge. When the Europeans first touched […]
What More Could We Do For Them? It never ceases to amaze me just how caring and dedicated our community is towards honoring those who deserve our praise. That dedication was on display this Veterans Day. When many others across the country simply took it as a day off work, our community joined to show […]
Dunsmore Elementary School PTA held its annual jog-a-thon in October, hoping to raise money, promote physical fitness, build school spirit, instill a sense of accomplishment and create a fun and memorable way to support education at Dunsmore. The PTA’s goal was to raise enough money to cover all field trip transportation costs for the school […]
Boy Scout Troop 317 manned a booth with games for kids at the recent Holy Redeemer-St. James Parish Community Chili Cook Off event in La Crescenta on Nov. 4. Adults and kids all enjoyed an afternoon of food, games and live music. Boy Scouts Ethan, Allister and Edward joined in the celebration with fun […]
By Julian MITCHELL, intern The Crescenta Valley High School marching band earned a spot in the California State Band Championships for the second year in a row. The Falcons will be headed to Huntington Beach High School this Saturday to compete, where instrumental music director Mathew Schick hopes to focus on consistency. “I don’t want […]