By Jason KUROSU The Crescenta Valley Community Association (CVCA) held its regular meeting with tentative plans to form the Friends of Foothill Boulevard, a group that would unify business owners along La Crescenta’s busiest street, similar to the Montrose Shopping Park Association. Thursday night’s meeting explored avenues for increasing business for the vendors along Foothill. […]
Pyrotechnics, Patriotism and Panko Flakes Forget Mom, baseball, hot dogs and apple pie. In my book of cultural icons, the quintessence of Americana is the 4th of July trinity made of flags, fireworks and fried chicken (make mine with panko flakes, please!). Oh, and I’d definitely drop a dollop of potato salad on that patriotic […]
Best Student Film Festival Ever! The Best Student Film Festival Ever is coming July 12 to the Sparr Heights Community Center. This festival is organized entirely by students and will showcase over 15 short films made by students from Crescenta Valley High School, Clark Magnet High School, La Cañada High School, Rosemont Middle School and […]
Here is the paper for Thursday, July 04, 2013. Check back every Friday to get your copy on your computer, Smartphone, eReader or tablet to take with you on-the-go! If it works or doesn’t work on your device, let us know and we can make a note of it to improve the experience, or if […]
Mysteries and Questions on CV History, Part 2 Question: Now that the Verdugo Hills Golf Course has been declared an historic landmark, does that mean the golf course is saved from development? Answer: Unfortunately, no. The developer who owns the golf course is still determined to build 200-plus homes there. The historic designation requires the […]
As the workday grows ever longer, an increasing number of companies are offering alcohol as an office perk, as per the Wall Street Journal. Do we really want employers to inadvertently trigger risky behavior or alcohol addiction? In the spirit of independence from alcohol abuse, here’s the story of Leigh Steinberg as shared by our […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Another step has been taken toward the completion of the Two Strike Park Memorial Wall. On Tuesday morning, the Los Angeles County Dept. of Parks and Recreation met veterans at the Crescenta Valley Water District Rosemont Reservoir to move the two tall flagpoles stored there to Two Strike Park. After seven years […]
By Michael YEGHIAYAN Congressman Adam Schiff met on Capitol Hill with a number of local high school students who have been selected to participate in the National Young Leaders Conference in Washington, DC. Kevin Lentz from La Crescenta, Markar Agakanian from La Cañada Flintridge, Argeen Ghazarian from Glendale and Kayla Guzman from Los Angeles attended […]
Congressman Adam Schiff will be busy today going from one 4th of July event to another. He will begin his day at 10 a.m. participating in the 31st Annual Sunland Tujunga Shadow Hills Parade. The parade begins at the corner of Summitrose Street and Mount Gleason Avenue and continues down Foothill Boulevard to Sunland Park. […]
The Crescenta Valley Fireworks Assn. is holding its annual fireworks event at the La Crescenta Elementary School field today with gates opening at 4 p.m. The event is fully funded by the community and local businesses. There will be food trucks, carnival rides and the fireworks show with the traditional patriotic theme. Tickets are $7 […]