By Jason KUROSU The Draft Environmental Impact Report for Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy’s modernization project has been released and is currently available for public comment until Aug. 27. Titled the Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy Draft Specific Plan, the project is intended to upgrade the campus in several facets, including modernizing and expanding the Arts and […]
By Jason KUROSU California’s extended drought has prompted the Crescenta Valley Water District to implement a yellow alert, an “extraordinary conservation alert” denoting that customers should minimize water usage and water outdoors no more than three days per week. Statewide, the situation has become so dire that a penalty of $500 a day will be […]
The Rich Bounty of Old Briggs Terrace Doctor Benjamin Briggs is considered our founder having laid out our streets, founded churches and schools, and even coined the name “Crescenta.” He first established himself in 1881 on the shelf of land that sticks out high above the valley at Pickens Canyon – today a neighborhood known […]
The Do’s and Don’ts of Your Sewage/Wastewater System Water not only comes into our homes – water also goes out. While a lot of attention is paid to how we use – or do not use – our water, very little attention is paid to the water that leaves our home – our sewage or […]
This past week, four of the CV Youth Alliance’s teen members attended a conference in Orlando, Florida. The conference was hosted by the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America and built on the framework of the National Coalition Institute’s National Coalition Academy. At this conference, youth learned how to help community coalitions be more effective in […]
Calling Street Maintenance Clank – clank – clank goes the manhole cover, all day, all night at the intersection of Honolulu Avenue and Dunsmore. The neighbors have been calling street maintenance since April … they’ve been out a couple of times to try to fix it, but have failed to do so. Whenever a wheel […]
Max Burton, 18, a recent graduate of Crescenta Valley High School, will be starting at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo as a freshman for the fall semester. He will study manufacturing engineering. Burton received a “full-ride” scholarship to underwrite the cost of tuition, room and board, and expenses for his entire college education. The scholarship […]
Alexis Lorenz, a student at La Cañada High School, was one of three recipients of the 2014 Shami Sall Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship is a partnership between Denny’s, one of America’s largest full-service family restaurant chains, and the Magic Johnson Foundation, one of the most recognizable philanthropic organizations in the world aimed at empowering underserved […]
Every year, the La Crescenta Woman’s Club helps sponsor a student from one of the local high schools to attend the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Organization – HOBY. This year they sponsored Dimitrios Aguilar, a sophomore at Verdugo High School. Several of the club members attended the closing ceremony to support Aguilar. The three-day leadership […]
The Italian Catholic Federation branch 374 at St. Bede the Venerable Roman Catholic Church in La Cañada Flintridge awarded two $400 college scholarships to two local high school graduates. Dante Orlandini, a graduate of St. Francis High School, and Katherine Altmayer of Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy, were each presented checks by branch president Al Restivo, […]