Protecting and Preserving Open Space Throughout Our Communities In 2014, President Obama came to the Frank Bonelli Regional Park in the San Gabriel Mountains and signed an executive order making the mountains a national monument, adding it to the more than 150 national monuments created since the Antiquities Act was passed in 1906. The mountains […]
A championship for Village Christian basketball, CV football makes history, and a decorated high school runner ends his career in style January The defending CIF Southern Section Division 1A basketball champion Crescenta Valley Lady Falcons, who now play in Division 1AA, opened their league schedule with a 41-33 victory over the Burbank Bulldogs at […]
CV Weekly looks back at a year filled with controversy, change and celebration. January Snow fun was found at Two Strike Park when the LA County Board of Supervisors approved funding for tons of snow to be trucked into the local park. About 500 kids and their families made their way in the 80-degree heat […]
Dec. 17 5000 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada, a woman reported that while she was shopping at a grocery store she placed her purse containing her wallet in the shopping cart. As she was shopping, she noticed a man wearing a white shirt walking down the aisle near her cart. He stopped and […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale police continue its investigation of a hit and run accident that occurred on Foothill Boulevard just east of Lowell Avenue early on the morning of Dec. 20. “We got a call from someone who heard the crash,” said Sgt. Dan Suttles, GPD spokesman. Glendale police received the call about 4 a.m. […]
After several months of downtime since Hurricane Maria struck the island of Puerto Rico, the Arecibo Observatory Planetary Radar has returned to normal operation, providing the highest-resolution images to date of near-Earth asteroid 3200 Phaethon during its December 2017 close approach to Earth. The radar images, which are subtle at the available resolution, reveal the […]
As the old year winds down, local volunteers prepare for a beautiful entry in the New Year. By Julie BUTCHER Of all the 39 flower-covered floats that will grace Colorado Boulevard on Jan. 1 for the 129th Rose Parade, only six of them are “self-built;” the rest are built by professional float companies. And of […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office has identified a body discovered on Angeles Crest Highway on Dec. 24 as 21-year-old Raylynn Josephine-Deanne Hernandez. Her city of origin was unknown, said Ed Winter, LA Coroner’s spokesman. Los Angeles County Sheriff Dept. Homicide Bureau is continuing the investigation into the stabbing death of Hernandez. […]
Dec. 26, 1922 – Dec. 3, 2017 Jean Lundgren, 94, of Montrose passed away on Sunday, Dec. 3. She was born on Dec. 26, 1922 in Pueblo, Colorado. Jean was a homemaker and volunteered at Martha’s Kitchen and Verdugo Hills Hospital. Jean is survived by her three daughters: Barbara Griffiths, Patricia Coy and her husband, […]
April 10, 1927 – Dec. 20, 2017 By Mary O’KEEFE It is with a heavy heart that our family shares the loss of our mom, Becky Keefe, who passed away on Dec. 20 surrounded by family. Becky was born in Oskaloosa, Iowa on April 10, 1927. Throughout her life she faced the fates by […]