1951 – 2016 Ernest Victor “Skipper” Pistacchio, resident of Los Angeles County for over 60 years, died Sunday, May 1 at the age of 64. He was born to Ernest John and Gloria Marie (Rossi) Pistacchio in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1951, and moved with his family to Montrose in 1952. He was preceded […]
The Annual Amgen Tour of California will pass through the City of La Cañada Flintridge on May 16. The Amgen race, modeled after the Tour de France, is an eight-day professional bicycle race through the state of California. One of the first stages of the course runs through the City. On May 16, the Amgen […]
On May 19 at 7 p.m., the City of La Cañada Flintridge will host a Public Safety Forum focusing on cyber crime and phone scams. The event will be held at City Hall in council chambers and is open to the public. With the rise of the internet, more criminals are exploiting individuals online. Threats […]
In July, six La Cañada Flintridge youth will travel to Washington, D.C. to represent the community at the 60th Annual Conference of the Sister Cities International Youth Leadership Summit. Sister Cities International was started during the Eisenhower Administration to encourage citizen diplomacy by forging bonds between people from different cultures around the world. The Youth […]
Less Ordinary, More Drama Regarding the proposed Foothill Boulevard medians, Bron [Ruf] works with me and if the people directing this project would listen to him La Crescenta would have a blue ribbon project. Unfortunately the folks in charge are caught up in what an everyday designer will plant. What Bron wants to create is […]
Get Out the Vote! The Presidential race has been on everyone’s mind, but local elections are just as important. June primaries are just around the corner. The Crescenta Valley Town Council has been hosting the supervisor candidates for the last several months. Kathryn Barger will be speaking at the next Town Council meeting on May […]
The Hundred-Year History of Whiting Woods – Part 1 Yes it’s true, Whiting Woods is a century old this year. In 1916, Perry Whiting purchased his first parcel of land in Henderson Canyon, one of the larger canyons of the Verdugo Mountains facing the Crescenta Valley. Perry Whiting was a turn-of-the-century self-made millionaire who as […]
Mountain Avenue Elementary alumni, parents, friends and supporters turned out for a night of fun hosted by M.A.C.K. (Mountain Avenue Committed to Kids), the school’s educational foundation. Love is in the Air was the theme of the annual gala held on April 30 at the La Cañada […]
Senior Reflections at CVHS Crescenta Valley High School Senior Reflections for the Class of 2016 will take place Sunday, May 29 at 4 p.m. in the MacDonald Auditorium. Senior Reflections is a must-attend event enabling the 2016 graduates to reflect on their scholastic and fun days at CVHS. This program will feature seniors, senior class […]
Foothill Municipal Water District (Foothill) recently concluded its fifth annual Water Is Life student art competition. The contest was open to all students, in grades K-12, attending a school located within the service area of a member water agency that Foothill serves. The District received 134 total entries. The top 15 entries will be submitted […]