March 16, 1934 – Nov. 3, 2018 Warrene McReynolds Scott passed away peacefully at home on Nov. 3 surrounded by her loving family. Warrene was born March 16, 1934 to Robert and Idalyn McReynolds in Indianapolis, Indiana. Along with her parents and brother, Robert McReynolds Jr. (deceased), she moved to California in 1940. She graduated […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Earlier this month La Crescenta Elementary School held a ribbon cutting ceremony to officially open its new building that replaced 14 classrooms, including bungalows, with 16 new technically advanced classrooms. A bonus is that the building has a smaller footprint than the old bungalows that were previously in place. The playground got […]
By Lori BODNAR, intern Each year, hundreds of Glendale Unified School District students from pre-K through grade 12 unleash their inner artist and create, then submit, original works of art in one or all categories in the PTA Reflections program. Reflections is a national program that is administered by each local PTA (Parent Teacher Association) […]
July 17, 1948 – Nov. 17, 2018 Sandra “Sandi” Jean Craig of La Crescenta passed away peacefully the morning of Nov. 17 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles with her family by her side. Sandi, the daughter of Glenwood and Alberta Jarrell, was born in Esther, Missouri on July 17, 1948. Sandi was a […]
Students in grades five through 10 are invited to join the ALFie Company production of Disney’s “James & The Giant Peach Jr.” This winter production of the Assistance League of Flintridge drama program is an offbeat adaptation of Roald Dahl’s tale of a boy and his insect friends as they journey across the ocean. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Results are in for the Crescenta Valley Town Council election held on Saturday at St. Luke’s of the Mountains – Sadler Hall. Voter turnout was such a success that election monitors ran out of ballots and had to get more. For the three seats on the council, those serving three-year terms, in […]
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 at the Mission I have written for several weeks about the life of the Native-American village of Wiqangna, located near La Tuna Canyon, most likely on the land that is now the (defunct) Verdugo Hills Golf Course. After hundreds, perhaps thousands, of years of existence, the village and its […]
By Mary O’KEEFE It was standing room only at the Crescenta Valley Town Council last Thursday night. The council was hosting a candidates’ forum for the then-upcoming election; however, the majority of the audience in attendance was more interested in discussing the proposed AT&T cell site attachment to a utility pole just north of 4704 […]
Get Covered, Californians Comprehensive health coverage, and the peace of mind it brings, is fundamental. When the Affordable Care Act was enacted, California chose to develop and operate its own state exchange – Covered California – to ensure that as many Californians as possible could have access to affordable healthcare. Covered California’s mission was simple […]