A group of students from Crescenta Valley High School recently conducted a survey regarding gender prejudice. The students – Philip Song, Jocelyn Chia, Kayleigh Carrillo, Marcus Monterroso, and Zoey Marroquin – wanted to spread awareness of gender prejudice to increase recognition of situations in which it is prevalent, and possibly help prevent it. They asked […]
Valley View principal Carla Walker had a unique way of congratulating the first grade students in Holly Woodward’s class who reached or surpassed their accelerated reader goals – she kissed a pig. This year the students chose a balloon launch for their reward if they achieved the first grade benchmark, and asked if their principal […]
Fireworks, Flags, Food and Freedom Well, toast my buns and bake my beans! Next Wednesday is already the Fourth of July. Seriously? How in the name of John Phillips Sousa did we get this far into the year this fast? Will somebody tap the brakes just a little, please? Be that as it may, the […]
Sanitariums in CV – Hillcrest Sanitarium, Part 1 Hillcrest Sanitarium was one of the larger sanitariums in the valley, housing from 50 up to nearly 200 patients in several buildings between the late 1920s until the late 1960s. Although they started as a tubercular sanitarium, they treated a wide variety of chronic illnesses, and morphed […]
Pension Reform Voter anger [at] the constant raising of property taxes to feed government needs came to an abrupt end with the passage of proposition 13 over 30 years ago. June 5, 2012 will also be remembered as the beginning of the long decline of the public sector unions brought about by voter anger. The […]
And Down She Goes I’m beginning to think that exercise is definitely over-rated. On Sunday, I had my day planned. Get up, take a walk (which up here in the foothills can be rather taxing), shower, head to church, then catch up on some work at the office. I got up okay, but then everything […]
“When the night has come, and the land is dark And the moon is the only light we will see …” – Ben E. King Add fireworks to the above and you have the 4th of July – Independence Day! Wednesday it is, right smack in the middle of the week! No three-day weekend this […]
It appears that Meatball has made his way back home to the Crescenta Valley. By Mary O’Keefe A local resident had a familiar visitor last week in her backyard – a bear. Though not that uncommon to see a bear in the foothills, there was just something about him, however. It was his earring: […]
Schiff to Take Part in Flag Replacement On Sunday at 11 a.m., Congressman Adam Schiff and other community leaders will join with members of the St. Luke’s of the Mountains Episcopal Church to help replace the flags that were stolen on May 19 from the church. The stolen flags represented the Korean-American and Mexican-American communities, […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Today on the main floor of the Verdugo Hills Hospital, ASTER will continue its speaker series, this one designed to help seniors mentally, physically and emotionally. From 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., ASTER (Assisting Seniors Through Enhanced Resources) will have three guest speakers talk to seniors, and then there will be a […]