College Scholarships Available Also coming up is golf classic and scholarship fundraiser. If you are a graduating senior from either Crescenta Valley or Clark Magnet high school, we have scholarship opportunities for you! As a local chamber, we look forward to the opportunity to give back to our community, and helping our students is one […]
Celebrating Mother Earth “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” Albert Einstein Are you honoring Mother Earth this week? Even if each of us made small changes in our lives, the Earth would be a better place, especially for our children and our children’s children. Here are five small ways you […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Boston Mayor Tom Menino’s Twitter came across about 6 p.m. (EST) It simply read: “We got him.” An FBI release confirmed “Dzhokar Tsarnaev, suspect in bombing investigation, is now in custody.” Suspects Dzhokar, 19, and his brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, were identified by law enforcement as suspects of the Boston Marathon bombing. […]
By Ted Ayala How is musical excellence defined? Does a composer’s willingness to go against the grain of his times and fight for his personal convictions bespeak of “greatness?” When considering the latter question, one usually thinks of composers like Beethoven, Mahler, Stravinsky, Webern, and Cage for starters; all of them composers who struggled […]
By Mary O’KEEFE One of the perks of living in Crescenta Valley is all of the trees that line the streets and parks. Maybe it is because CV is at the base of a national forest, but there is a natural respect in the area for nature. A law was passed to protect oak trees. […]
Mountain Lions and Whirlybirds Look, up in the sky, it’s a … slow news day! You know there aren’t a whole heckuva lot of newsworthy things happening when the skies above the Crescenta Valley suddenly fill with helicopters. Typically, it’s due to yet another traffic nightmare on the section of the 210 Freeway that bisects […]
Foothill Riot: A Parent’s Story On June 12, 1975, the Crescenta Valley Ledger printed an interesting story written by one of the “participants” in the Foothill Riots. The anonymous writer was actually the father of a teenager. He was 44 years old, a college professor, and a self-described “law abiding citizen, a champion of our […]
On the Passing of Shirley Hite Earlier this month, an obituary ran announcing the passing of Shirley Ann Hite. Not too much was mentioned of her impact or her contribution to this area, especially in the foodservice industry. You probably knew her if you were in Glendale during the era of Bengie’s operation. Professionalism and […]
Softball team has won three straight games and will face rival Arcadia today. By Brandon HENSLEY Some wins that should be easy to come by simply don’t turn out that way. The Crescenta Valley softball team probably knew this after its close win over Hoover High School last month – Hoover is just 1-5 in […]
Opening the Eyes of ‘The Disillusioned’ By Sabrina WALENTYNOWICZ Usually when looking for a new book, I lean towards historical fiction. The setting is a real place, but the characters are imagined and there is likely some sort of fantastical element that could never be possible in our universe. Sadly, this is not the case […]