Jan. 14, 1963 – Oct. 4, 2018 Joseph Howard Walker of La Cañada passed away from prostate cancer on Oct. 4 surrounded by his loving family. He is survived by his wife Gina; daughter Brielle; sons Chase and Weston; brother Bryan; sister Donna Schroeder; and a large extended family in California, Nevada, South Dakota and […]
Nov. 27, 1930 – Oct. 2, 2018 Janet Teya Hall was born on Thanksgiving Day in 1930 to parents Earl and Stella Hall. It was fitting that she arrived on a holiday that celebrates faith, family and food prepared with skill and love, because those three things remained important to her for the rest of […]
Nov. 10, 1924 – Sept. 14, 2018 Louise grew up in Hollywood where her father was a writer for Walt Disney. She served as a WAV in World War II at the Long Beach naval hospital and at El Toro. She married her childhood sweetheart, Donald Jackson, who was a career officer in the army. […]
“Big fires flare up in a wind, but little ones are blown out unless they are carried in undercover.” ~ St. Frances De Sales Blame it on the weather! This past week has been a wild, wet and windy one. It began on Friday night. Clouds moved in during the day, rather unremarkable in appearance, […]
CV’s First Inhabitants – First Contact The village of Wiqangna in the Crescenta Valley would not have been in the path of the first Spanish explorers to venture north into the Los Angeles area. However, they would have been touched hard by the successive waves of disease that followed them. Smallpox, measles and influenza […]
Bad Behavior Should be Held Accountable Not all democrats behave badly but the recent behavior of certain democrats regarding Judge Kavanaugh is disgusting and a terrible example for our children. In the definition of fascism, it points out that fascists crush opposition with threats, intolerance, bullying and violence. Ergo, these certain democrats are demonstrating fascist […]
By Lori BODNAR, intern Crescenta Valley High School boasts a career program not available everywhere: the Academy of Science and Medicine. It offers students the opportunity to explore different careers in the science, engineering and medical fields. The Academy began in 2004 at CVHS with the help of teacher Orenda Tuason. There are currently more […]
Getting the Work Done Together in Sacramento Through my discussions with people and what I read in the news, it seems to me that when many people think of the legislature, partisanship is often the first thing that comes to mind. The image of those tense debates between opposing parties that verbally duke it out […]
By Leonard COUTIN The Falcon boys celebrated a significant team win scoring a low of 36 at the second Pacific League conference cross-country meet held on Thursday at Arcadia Park. With one win already under their belts, the CV team members set their sights on another victory and the hope of becoming conference champions on […]
By Julian MITCHELL, intern Despite the weather on Saturday, Joe’s Minibike Reunion trudged on, hosting quite a show for its seventh year at Crescenta Valley Park. According to Joe Sebergandio, founder and coordinator of the event, only a third of the expected total visitors were in attendance for the nationally known minibike show. “After years […]