The La Cañada Gladiators finished their regular-season on Sunday. For the first time in the 47-year history of the organization the Gladiators will be sending three of their tackle teams to playoffs. The Gremlins finish the season with a perfect 7-0 record and will be the top seed in that division. The Junior Pee Wee […]
Name Origins for the Peaks Around Us – Part 1 In the next few columns I’ll try to shed some light on the name origins for the peaks of the San Gabriel Mountains above us. You’ve doubtless been exposed to the names of many of our geographical features of the mountains to the north. We’ve […]
Of Dogs & Daylight Savings Time Arizona and Hawaii have the right idea. They’re the only two states in the union with the collective common sense to ignore the biannual foolishness that goes by the name of Daylight Saving Time (DST). Actually, it’s a little more complicated than that. The Navajo Nation within the state […]
Greetings from the CVDAPC Parenting Tips from our strategic partners: “It is an illusion that kids don’t want their parents around once they reach middle school. A parent’s presence and interest conveys value to them. But presence does not mean hovering, being nosy, or being their buddy. It does mean that you are available and […]
Future will tell what changes – if any – will result from elections held on Saturday and Tuesday. By Mary O’KEEFE The local elections are over and the Crescenta Valley has remained pretty much status quo. The results of Tuesday’s election had all incumbents maintaining their seats on the CV Water District board of directors. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The community is invited to join in the celebration of Veterans’ Day with members of the American Legion Post 288 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1614 at the Two Strike Park War Memorial. This will be the first Veterans’ Day celebration at the newly constructed memorial wall that had its dedication […]
By Ted AYALA Glendale City Council made brisk work of a packed agenda Tuesday night, its last meeting before a one-week recess next week. The first item on the docket was the awarding of a contract to Chrisp Company of Fremont, Calif. to implement the first phase of the city Bicycle Master Plan (BMP). The […]
Nov. 5 Honolulu and La Crescenta avenues in La Crescenta, a 72-year-old woman and her 2-year-old granddaughter were injured in a pedestrian verses vehicle accident while walking westbound at the crosswalk. The driver, a 79-year-old Glendale woman, reported not seeing the pedestrians in the crosswalk. The two victims were transported to a hospital at 7:50 […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Monday in Pasadena Superior Court, Bryan Mackey, 33, of Glendale pled not guilty to charges brought against him after a Halloween early morning pursuit that led law enforcement from Sun Valley to La Crescenta, on and off the Foothill (210) Freeway and weaving in and out of traffic, past schools and […]
March 13, 1941 – Oct. 31, 2013 We are saddened to announce the passing of our beloved brother Mike. Mike was a graduate of L.A. State University with a BA in business. After graduation, Mike became an officer in the Marine Corps. He served in the Vietnam War where he earned the Silver Star. After […]