“Winter is the season in which people try to keep the house as warm as it was in the summer when they complained about the heat.” Unknown Author I have often wondered, “A home with an interior temperature of 74 degrees can feel vastly different to those living there depending on the season. Why?” As […]
Busy Day in the Neighborhood Tuesday was crazy in the Crescenta Valley. First, there was robbery in the afternoon at the Montrose Wells Fargo Bank that, after a brief search by Glendale police, resulted in the apprehension of a 31-year-old transient. While Mary O’Keefe was on the phone with me making her report, she […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Crescenta Cañada YMCA tree lot is open for business. The lot is located in the east parking lot at the Y at 1930 Foothill Blvd. The tree lot is more than a way for people to buy their Christmas tree; it supports two of the Y’s youth programs: the Y Camp […]
Plan for Tree Lighting Ceremony La Cañada Girl Scouts will be hosting the 23rd Annual Glenola Tree Lighting ceremony on Thursday, Dec. 6. The event will begin at 6:15 p.m. and end at 7:30 p.m. and will feature various Girl Scout troops singing holiday carols emceed by the La Cañada City mayor and leading up […]
CV’s First Inhabitants – Life After the Mission The plan the Spanish missionaries had first laid out for California was to establish the missions, Christianize the natives and, after 10 years, hand the missions and their lands over to the natives. That would free the missionaries to move further north and east and establish more […]
Saving Cents … and Making Sense … of Your Monthly Water Bill All right, so you’ve just received your most recent water bill from CVWD and it’s a bit higher than what you normally pay. This may indicate that there is a water-related issue, either inside or outside your property. The good news is that […]
By Leonard COUTIN Pursuing their dreams set early in the season, seven Falcon cross-country competitors lined up for the Division 1 race at the 32nd annual CIF state championships at Woodward Park on Saturday morning. The final team effort was set on the 5000-meter course, considered one of the best courses in California with its […]
Three Strikes and They Should be Out What once seemed like just a silly branding stunt on Foothill Boulevard in the form of two concrete median islands reading “Welcome to Glendale” has taken a darker turn as the Lowell Avenue site was demolished in a traffic accident. For the third time. These sites are inherently […]
By Brandon HENSLEY It’s usually an annual showcase of the men showing up and proving who’s boss, but at this year’s CVHS varsity versus alumni game, it was the younger Falcons who earned their wings. The boys’ varsity basketball team survived the usual physical pounding from the alumni but proved to be a step faster […]
Why Homes 4 Families? By Blake HYFIELD Homes 4 Families builds Veteran Enriched Neighborhoods®, a pioneering and outcome-proven model that has been endorsed and adopted by recognized regional, state and federal representatives for providing housing and services tailored to veterans’ specific physical, emotional and mental needs. Homes 4 Families incorporates stable, full-equity affordable homeownership with […]