By Mary O’KEEFE Mountain Avenue Elementary students were asked to start a chain reaction of kindness at an assembly on Friday. The Rachel’s Challenge program was presented to the elementary school kids as part of Red Ribbon Week and a year-long, district-wide anti-bullying campaign. Rachel Scott was the first person killed at Columbine High School […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A helicopter landed in the parking lot of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the 4500 block of Raymond Monday as a medical transport for a child involved in an early morning accident. The accident occurred at the intersection of Mountain and Briggs avenues at 7:15 a.m. The female […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Nov. 14, the CV Drug and Alcohol Prevention Coalition will present a seminar on marijuana including past and future attempts to legalize the drug in California. Current law about medical marijuana will also be discussed. “I believe this is one more step to educate our community of the hazards of prescription […]
Nov. 8 4700 block of Oakwood Avenue, La Cañada Flintridge, several construction tools were stolen and a pane window was shattered at a residence between 11:15 a.m. and 12 p.m. Nov. 7 800 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada, two iPhones were stolen from an AT&T store. An employee reported that the suspect, described […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Three suspects are under arrest and a juvenile suspect is being sought concerning an early morning burglary at La Cañada High School on Oct. 31. Joshua Oleas, 21, of Tujunga turned himself into the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station on Tuesday afternoon. According to Sgt. Ray Harley, Oleas knew he was wanted in […]
Pedalers Welcome So how did I find myself before the sun came up last Saturday morning, sitting on a hard, painfully narrow bicycle seat, waiting with my wife and thousands of other cyclists for the start of a 50-plus mile “fun ride” through the Santa Inez Valley, in 38-degree, fog-laden air with nothing more than […]
War Memorials in CV Like many American communities, we have honored our young men and women who have served their country in our military forces. One of our first war memorials was a “service roll” mounted on the side of a drug store in Montrose near the end of WWII. It consisted of a large […]
Disappointment with TJ’s As much as I appreciate having a Trader Joe’s in Montrose, it was disappointing to watch another new building go up without solar panels. For anyone concerned with clean energy, this was a missed opportunity. With the City now drafting plans to develop north Glendale and Foothill Boulevard, I urge fellow residents […]
Crescenta Valley Adventist Junior High students took a day out of the classroom to learn about giving back to our communities. The students worked with the Glendale Parks and Recreation Depart. to plant trees and water existing trees that are part of the experimental forest in the Verdugo Mountains. With the help of parents and […]
Monte Vista Elementary School Foundation announced in mid-October that it raised $44,080 through its $1 Dollar a Day Campaign. The Foundation asked Monte Vista families to contribute $1 per school day for a total donation of $180 per student. The goal is 100% participation. Monte Vista Foundation’s campaign goal is to raise $100,000 to provide […]