July 18, 1956 – Jan. 17, 2012 Curt Noland, who grew up in La Crescenta and gained an early measure of fame for delivering a local newspaper on horseback, died Jan. 17 at his Carlsbad home after a six-week battle with esophageal cancer. He was 55. Noland, who was born July 18, 1956 in Pasadena, […]
Roberta Lee Burkenheim passed away peacefully on Jan. 8. She was 66 years old. Roberta (Robbie) was the second of seven children of Jay and Dale Drayman of La Crescenta. Born in Maryland, at age 4 she accompanied her father on a cross-country California road trip in search of a new family homestead. The Draymans […]
Ray Sierra, aka “Frenchy,” 86, was a long time Montrose business owner and resident who passed away peacefully in his home on Jan. 18. A veteran of the Korean War and World War II, he was a highly decorated paratrooper in the 101st airborne division serving on Bastogne and D-Day. He was a loving father, […]
Tolerance, Trash, TV & Me So, where were we? Well, in addition to receiving vitriol-soaked missives attacking me for daring to voice an opinion different from theirs, and – in the name of tolerance and civil dialogue, ironically – demanding the removal of my column from this paper and the silencing of my views (I […]
John Steinbeck’s Life in Montrose I wrote previously about the amazing discovery that one of America’s greatest writers, John Steinbeck, spent a few months living on Hermosa Avenue just east of Rosemont in a little shack that still exists as a rental unit behind some apartments. Since then, my former CV High School teacher, now […]
Applauds Kilpatrick Well said, Doug Kilpatrick, (Letters to the Editor, He’s “Gone Too Far,” Jan. 19). Jim Chase’s words do indeed “spread misinformation, foster intolerance, and spread hurt, and hatred.” Many Chase columns cry out for a little or a lot of correction or clarification, but the entertainment value is rarely worth that close a […]
By Agnes CONSTANTE Getting up at the crack of dawn during the wintry weather can be a challenge, but there were days when five Crescenta Valley High School students had to be up and about hours before sunrise. The group – one junior and four seniors from the CVHS marching band – gladly greeted the […]
Locals Achieve Eagle Rank Three Crescenta Valley youths have earned the rank of Eagle Scout. John Daniel Hales, a 15-year-old sophomore at Crescenta Valley High School, is a member of Troop 390, associated with the La Crescenta Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Hales is a member of Charismatics Chamber Choir […]
By Misty DUPLESSIS On March 12, 1912, with just 18 girls, Juliette Low started an organization that has since grown to over 50 million participants worldwide over the course of 10 decades. When Low formed the Girl Scouts, it was with the idea that girls all over the world would be able to develop into […]
St. James Holy Redeemer announced that the school has been the recipient of an anonymous donation that will allow the purchase of two Apple iPad trays with each tray containing 10 iPads. The school was also awarded by the Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce, through the Mary Pinola Fund, a grant of $500 for tetherballs […]