Attitude of Gratitude It is hard for me to grasp and hold onto an attitude of gratitude this Thanksgiving season when, as I write this, Ferguson, Missouri is in a state of chaos. Please understand that I am not going to use this column to vent my personal viewpoint as to whether the grand jury’s […]
Cub Scout Pack 302, based at Monte Vista Elementary in La Crescenta, took part in this year’s Scouting For Food drive organized by the Boy Scouts of America. On Nov. 8, Cub Scouts from the troop delivered empty bags (donated by Trader Joe’s) to households in the Monte Vista neighborhood. On behalf of the Verdugo […]
Marc’s Turkey Recipe You get the turkey from the turkey farm. Wash it and take the feathers off. Put it in the oven for 10 minutes. Eat it with milk. Kaleigh’s Turkey Recipe You get the turkey from the turkey farm. Take it home and shoot it in the front yard. […]
“What if the Mayflower had landed on the shores of California?” The following is based on Forecast Discussion – an ongoing and present-day bulletin of the National Weather Service. Forecast Discussion America, west coast Thursday, November 1621 *** Winds calm *** Fire Danger … Synopsis … Blessings of a blue sky and […]
By Jason KUROSU The Crescenta Valley Town Council invited new and regular guests to its Thursday night meeting where they delved into how hazardous trees and signage issues could be managed in the area. Instead of the usual report from the fire department, J. Lopez, assistant chief of the Forestry Division’s Natural Resources Section and […]
Historic 1927 Winter Wildfire Current drought conditions have made our hills drier than they have been in decades. Our “normal” fire season, typically summer and fall, is now year-round, and even this winter may see some big wildfires. But we have had major conflagrations outside of our normal fire season in the past. In the […]
Happy Thanksgiving, CV! Thanksgiving is all about the three Fs – family, football and food. When my older brother was in junior high, our entire family would participate in a local Thanksgiving tradition, “The Coconut Bowl.” His football team played a team from Willow Brook, Pennsylvania, and we housed players who had […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Montrose Glendale Christmas Parade is just around the corner – on Dec. 6 – and all the volunteers who make the parade happen are busy getting ready for the annual event. It takes hundreds of volunteers to make the parade the hometown celebration it has been for 38 years, from those […]
By Jason KUROSU he final FIRST – For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology – LEGO League qualifying competitions for the Los Angeles region took place over the weekend at La Cañada High School. Around 60 of the area’s 332 teams competed over the two-day stretch, pitting their machines against one another in a […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Crescenta Valley residents are seeing the closure of another business – this time along Foothill Boulevard owned by a local family who was very generous to local teams and organizations. Straw Hat Pizza at 3463 Foothill Blvd. closed its doors on Monday after opening a little over a year ago. “We couldn’t […]