Schools carnivals celebrate the arrival of fall
By Hyung Seok LEE CV Weekly Intern Valley View Elementary kicked off the fall spirit with its annual Harvest Festival. After months of preparation by the school’s PTA, Valley View students were invited to school on Saturday, Oct. 30 where they were able to enjoy traditional carnival games right on their own campus. “All the […]
LETTERs TO THE EDITOR
Thank you, Crescenta Valley! On Saturday, Oct. 30, the Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce shipped out 186 Christmas stockings weighing over 600 lbs. to our troops in Afghanistan. When we were asked if we could count on enough community participation, our answer was, “Yes!” With only one month to complete this project, we received more […]
A pitch for short courses
I realize columns about golfing are usually published during the spring or summer months, not early winter. Then again, as evidenced by our recent string of near-one-hundred-degree days, winter in Southern California is all too often more a state of mind than a condition of the weather. It was one of those mid-summer articles that […]
Goodbye, Charles Bausback, and thanks for the memories
Our community recently lost one of its pioneer citizens, Charles Bausback. But fortunately, part of Charles will live on, as he left us a huge legacy in his personal memories. When first I met Charles years ago, he seemed to have nearly every day of his past on the tip of his tongue, and each […]
Two arrested, suspected of car burglaries
By Mary O’KEEFE Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s deputies/detectives arrested two Pasadena men on Tuesday suspected of committing several vehicle burglaries in La Crescenta. Emanuel Hernandez, 18, and Javier Cervantes, 18, both of Pasadena, were arrested just before midnight on Tuesday evening after a witness reported seeing two men attempt to burglarize a neighbor’s vehicle. “The witness […]
Three arrested at Fosters Donuts
By Mary O’KEEFE Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies arrested three men, two juveniles and one adult for allegedly walking out of Foster Donuts without paying for items they had taken. Deputies responded to Fosters Donuts in the 2600 block of Foothill Boulevard after an employee reported that three boys entered the store and allegedly stole […]
CV Arts Council Paint Out an explosion of art, talent
On Saturday, Nov. 6, the Crescenta Valley Arts Council held an artists’ reception for the 2010 Crescenta Valley Paint Out. Held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at St. Luke’s Church, the event featured the work of artists ranging from local professionals to “first-timers” at a Paint Out. The Saturday evening artists’ reception was a wine […]
Helping to bring the holidays to our military in Afghanistan, one stocking at a time
By Mary O’KEEFE It was truly a community affair. The CV Chamber of Commerce partnered with former La Crescenta resident Nancy Riehl, who now lives in Long Beach, to launch Stockings for our Troops in Afghanistan, an outreach to military personnel stationed in Afghanistan. Riehl’s son is serving in Afghanistan and she knows all too […]
Mr. Mario Goes to Washington: video game censorship
By Ted AYALA Last Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard contrasting arguments regarding the need to limit the availability of certain video games. The issue at hand is whether a 2005 California law that outlaws the sale of video games deemed “violent” or lacking “serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value” is constitutionally valid. The vague […]