‘It’s Not There Anymore’ On Tuesday, I was honored to once again take part in the annual 9/11 Patriot Day motorcade. The CV Chamber of Commerce and the Early Rodders organize the motorcade, which features classic cars and emergency vehicles making their way through La Crescenta, Montrose and La Cañada. The event is an […]
Sept. 10 2300 block of Pickens Canyon Road in La Crescenta, while residents, husband and wife, slept in their bed they heard the sound of glass breaking. The husband ran immediately in the direction of the sound. He entered the hallway of his home and was confronted by a man wearing a grey sweatshirt, black […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The excitement felt by two Rosemont Middle School teachers on having a minimum work day on Friday ended when they left the school to go to their cars where they discovered their cars had been hit. Both were parked on Rosemont Avenue north of Rosemont Middle School. It appears that one of […]
The Crescenta Valley Water District (CVWD) will begin using chloramine instead of chlorine to disinfect drinking water supplies beginning on or after Oct. 1. The CVWD board of directors voted to switch to this popular disinfection method because of a buildup of byproducts from the chlorine treatment process. Persistent drought and diminishing groundwater supplies have […]
On Aug. 31, the U.S. Marshals Task Force arrested 36-year-old Ryan Alvarez in the city of Lancaster. Glendale Police Dept. detectives identified Alvarez as the suspect wanted on several felony charges stemming from an incident that occurred in La Crescenta on Aug. 21 at approximately 10:25 a.m. On Aug. 21, Glendale officers received a call […]
By Mary O’KEEFE California Highway Patrol is continuing its investigation into the early Sunday morning fatal crash that killed two people. CHP began receiving multiple calls of a person driving eastbound in the westbound lanes of the Foothill (210) Freeway. The first calls came in at 1:46 a.m. Callers stated they witnessed the wrong way […]
“Coffee with Council” at Two Strike Park took place on Sept. 8 from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. We provided updates on Council business and answered questions about the medians on Foothill, which began construction last month, and on the Two Strike Park tree project, among other items of community interest. Speaking of the tree […]
CV’s First Inhabitants – What Did They Eat? Let’s imagine ourselves in the pre-European Crescenta Valley, walking up the dusty trail (today’s Honolulu Avenue) that ran between the villages strung along the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains. We’re walking on the edge of a large oak forest (that is today Crescenta Valley Park) […]
Ask Phyllis! Selling Off Market Dear Phyllis, I must get three or four letters from Realtors® each week. They are pretty much the same. They have a buyer for my home and I can save on the commission. I am retiring next year and will be selling. If I opt to sell to […]
Elizabeth Bacino and Patrick Goldsworthy, both graduates from Crescenta Valley High School, married in a private ceremony on Catalana Island on June 23.