CCNS Celebrates Grandparents

CCNS Celebrates Grandparents

  Grandparents’ Day at Crescenta-Cañada Nursery School (CCNS) has become a tradition when the young – and the young at heart – can experience a day in the life in a Busy Bear (4-year-old) classroom or a Darling Duckling (3-year-old) classroom.   This year young bears and ducks had an opportunity to paint, dance, draw and […]

Saluting our Scouts – Eric Patten

Eric Patten Eric Patten, 18, of La Crescenta has earned the highest advancement award the Boy Scouts of America offers to Scouts: the Eagle Scout Award. A member of Troop 390, Verdugo Hills Council, Patten is one of approximately 7% of all Boy Scouts who attain the Eagle rank. Each candidate must earn at least […]

Saluting our Scouts – Benjamin ‘Bean’ Mitchell

Saluting our Scouts – Benjamin ‘Bean’ Mitchell

Benjamin “Bean” Mitchell Boy Scout Troop 390, chartered to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, La Crescenta, announced that Benjamin “Bean” Mitchell was officially awarded the rank of Eagle Scout by the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America on Sept. 24. In recognition of this accomplishment, an Eagle Scout Court of […]

Letters to the Editor

Thanks Vets, Community [On Sept. 29] we were invited by Mike Baldwin to attend the rededication of the Two Strike War Memorial at Two Strike Park. Mike has been keeping us up to date on how things were going with the fundraising and the progress that they were making. It was our pleasure to attend […]

My Thoughts, Exactly – Jim Chase

Swept Away By Imagination Growing up in La Crescenta, one of my most vivid memories is of a huge, smoke-belching monster that would crawl along the gutter of the sleepy street where I lived. The glow from its sickly yellow, predatory eyes would slice through the pre-dawn mist and darkness on my street. If I […]

Treasures of the Valley – Mike Lawler

Tuna Camp’s Historical Status Threatened The internment of America’s Japanese-descended population during WWII is still highly controversial today. It was one of the darkest chapters in America’s history. Many don’t realize that a key element of this episode took place right here in the Crescenta Valley. “Tuna Camp” was a Civilian Conservation Corp camp on […]

Ducks, Dogs Claim Verdugo Park

Ducks, Dogs Claim Verdugo Park

Annual events held in conjunction at Verdugo Park in Glendale inform, entertain. By Robin GOLDSWORTHY Hundred of folks made their way to Verdugo Park in Glendale on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for the 9th Annual Kiwanis Incredible Duck Splash – KIDS – event. The fundraiser was hosted by the Glendale Kiwanis Club […]

Dog Park a Howling Success

              By Mary O’KEEFE It has been one year. A year of new friendships, of fresh air and exercise. A year of having a great place to gather with like-minded beings. It has been a year since the Crescenta Valley Dog Park opened its gates and let the tail […]

More Improvements May Be Coming to Brand Library

By Ted AYALA The Brand Library’s structural improvements, which are currently underway, were augmented on Tuesday when Glendale City Council approved a set of additional architectural updates to the facility. The most notable enhancements were those dealing with seismic upgrades for the Brand Library. Other enhancements included upgrades for the library’s auditorium and outdoor plaza […]

Homecoming Memories

      Anyone who has a Crescenta Valley High School student knows that last Friday was the homecoming football game (go, Falcons!) and Saturday was the homecoming dance. Many of the local kids were looking forward to both, though some were not sure that they could attend the dance due to the cost. Between […]