By Mary O’KEEFE October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Though all medical experts don’t agree as to how often a person should have a mammogram, all agree that regular mammograms are an important part of a healthy regimen. Stories are too common of women who found a lump in their breasts and delayed going to […]
A Measured Look at Measure S On the November ballot, Glendale voters will be asked to vote yes or no on raising their city’s sales tax by .75%, or ¾, of a cent. Called the Glendale Quality of Life and Essential Services Protection Measure, Measure S is written to “expand funding to protect essential […]
CV Town Council Meeting The community is invited to attend the CV Town Council meeting planned for tonight, Oct. 18, at the La Crescenta Library. On the agenda is a presentation by the LA County Public Works Dept. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. of the library in the community room. La Crescenta Library, 2809 […]
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 […]