The Czechoslovakian Hall of La Crescenta To recap last week’s article, Slovakian immigrant Henry Biescar, after prospering in Los Angeles around the turn of the century, retired to La Crescenta in 1915. The Slovakian community in Los Angeles was vibrant, and several cultural organizations for both Czechs and Slovaks thrived here. In 1928 several LA […]
To The Tall Twerp I Almost Ran Over I don’t know your name and can only make a logical guess at your age given that you are a Crescenta Valley High student. But your smug face and stupidly reckless actions are hard to forget. You are tall, with an average build and longish, blondish hair […]
October is National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month. As per stopmedicineabuse.org, roughly one out of three teenagers knows someone who has abused over-the-counter (OTC) cough medicine to get high. And, dextromethorphan (DXM) is a safe and effective ingredient found in many OTC cough medicines, but approximately one in 20 teens reports abusing excessive amounts of DXM […]
Enthusiastic Response by Public On Wednesday, [Sept. 18] during the Chamber of Commerce Community Expo at USC Verdugo Hills Hospital, as a community service, we offered a document shredding service to residents and businesses. Everyone was so grateful to have a local secure method to dispose of old financial records to avoid documents falling into […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Stephen Sullivan, Crescenta Valley High School graduate, Class of 2000, not only was the first person to cross the finish line at the CV Chamber of Commerce 5K Run on Saturday; he also set the record for the fastest time in the history of the organization’s event. He ran the 5K in […]
History Made in the Crescenta Valley As you know, I’m a lover of the Crescenta Valley. I love having a sense of belonging, of knowing that I have the ability to make a contribution, of connecting people. That is what this newspaper is all about, after all … creating connections so we can help each […]
“If an apple blossom or a ripe apple could tell its own story, it would be … … the story of the sunshine that smiled upon it, of the winds that whispered to it, Of the birds that sang around it, and the storms that visited it …” Lucy Larcom, 1824-1893 American poet Last weekend, […]
By Ted AYALA If you were looking to start your diet this weekend, you might want to postpone for a week. The Montrose Oktoberfest, the community’s longest running festival, is returning to Honolulu Avenue this Saturday beginning at noon. Now in its 36th year, the Montrose Oktoberfest is set to expand its presence. Alpine hats […]
St. Luke’s, St. George Hosting Blessing of the Animals Two local churches are hosting their annual blessing of the animals service. St. George’s Episcopal Church at 808 Foothill Blvd. in La Cañada will celebrate the Blessing of the Animals with a special outdoor service on Sunday, Oct. 6 at 10 a.m. The Rev. Amy Pringle, […]
By Mary O’KEEFE No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it. – Albert Einstein As of midnight Sept. 30, the United States government shut down. That meant that 800,000 government workers are on unpaid furloughs, national parks are shut down (a not so Happy Birthday for Yosemite) and a […]