By Mary O’KEEFE At the end of the last academic year, Crescenta Valley High School teacher Win Saw was honored by the Small Change for Big Change organization as CVHS Teacher of the Year. This was the third year that SCBC, an organization composed of CVHS graduates, has presented a Teacher of the Year award. […]
Finally – the Finest Has Arrived Today is the day that many in the foothills community have waited for: the day that the winners of the Finest 2014 are revealed! As in previous years, hundreds of ballots were cast reflecting the thousands of choices for everything from the Finest hair stylist to the Finest cardiologist […]
By Jason KUROSU A new bill intended to keep film industry jobs within the state of California was signed by Gov. Jerry Brown at a public ceremony Thursday morning, Sept. 18. Legislators and members of the film industry congregated outside of the TCL Chinese Theatre for the signing of AB 1839, which will increase funding […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Saturday, Crescenta Valley was off and running at the Running of the Foothills 5K. The race began at 8 a.m. at Two Strike Park, with a pace set for everyone from the very fast runner to the more leisurely walker. There was even a race for the youngest of runners led […]
By Mary O’KEEFE It was hot – really hot – but that didn’t stop runners, walkers and their dogs from coming out to the California Council of the Blind Mutt Strut on Sept. 13 at Crescenta Valley Park. This the second year the event was held at CV Park and, despite the weather, participants showed […]
“When the well’s dry, we know the worth of water.” ~ Benjamin Franklin’s “Poor Richard’s Almanac,” 1746 One look at our once green lawn and “the worth of water” is known. As the three-year drought continues into autumn, will a wet El Nino halt its advance? The answer, at the present time, seems to be […]
The History of Foothill Boulevard, Part 2 Continuing with our history of Foothill Boulevard, we pick up again at the turn of the 20th century. 1893 had seen the completion of a bridge across the Arroyo between Pasadena and La Cañada. (The footings of this bridge are still visible just inside Devil’s Gate Dam.) This […]
Ponders 9/12/2114 Nine-twelve-fourteen! How nice that someone noticed the convergence of our zip code with the date … and that the day was given to recognize the many great advantages of our community. This won’t happen again for another hundred years, 9/12/2114. What will La Crescenta be like then? Will the Woman’s Club, which recently […]
Hi, CV! On Oct. 1, our new board president is Bill Flanders, lead pastor at First Baptist Church-La Crescenta. Vice presidents are Ana-Marie Schaefer, director, Healthy Living, YMCA of the Foothills and Sona Hovsepian, MSW, family therapist at Glendale Adventist Alcohol and Drug Services. Jean Maluccio and Susan Dubin continue as secretary and treasurer, respectively. […]