Scouts offering gift wrapping service

Members of Delphi Academy’s Troop 555 will be stationed outside Sport Chalet in La Cañada to provide gift wrapping throughout the holiday season beginning on “Black Friday,” Nov. 26 and from Dec. 13 every day through Christmas Eve, Dec. 24. The schedule will be posted at Sport Chalet La Cañada. This is the ninth year […]

Youngsters invited to hoop shoot competition

Glendale Elks Lodge No. 1289 invites all boys and girls ages 8 through 13 to participate in its annual Hoop Shoot basketball competition at 8 a.m. on Dec. 11 10 at Hoover High School gym, located at 651 Glenwood Road inGlendale. Winners who qualify will go on to represent their respective schools at district, regional […]

“Wax” figures found at school

By Mary O’KEEFE Mountain Avenue Elementary School campus came alive with historical figures on Tuesday – well, sort of. Harry Houdini shared a table with Elvis Presley, and Lucille Ball sat across from Lucille Ball. The occasion was the school’s annual wax museum exercise, which has sixth graders choose a person from history who has […]

Falcon Marching Band on a winning streak

With one more competition left in the season, the Crescenta Valley High School Falcon Marching Band has enjoyed an outstanding winning streak. In its first competition this fall, the Band earned its highest score ever for a first competition in a season. And it keeps racking up more “best ever” achievements. Last Saturday at the […]

Zack Hill comic strip has CV roots

The nationally syndicated Zack Hill has been a regular comic strip in these pages since this paper started, but how many of you knew the strip is locally produced? The strip is written by CV historian John Newcombe, who produced the very popular local history film “Rancho La Cañada.” Last week one of the “Letters […]

A city by any other name is … confusing

On the rare occasion that our semi-bucolic Crescenta Valley is featured on the evening news – for either good or bad news reasons – I’m often left staring at the superimposed type identifying the location of the (Live! On-The-Scene! Eyewitless News Exclusive!) talking-head reporter. Expecting to see a familiar name like La Crescenta, Montrose, or […]

Three arrested with burglary tools and drugs

By Mary O’KEEFE Deputies from Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station arrested three suspects after finding tools commonly used in burglaries, stolen property and drugs. At 2:50 p.m. on Saturday, deputies responded to a call at Briggs and Olive avenues about three males in a vehicle that may have been stolen. The three, Ian Kuh, 18, of […]

Grandma scam

By Mary O’KEEFE A local resident wants to warn friends and neighbors of an apparent phone scam targeting grandparents. “I got a call and the [man on the other end] said, ‘Hello grandma,’” said La Crescenta resident Loraine Locke. Locke said the man sounded very confident as he pretended to be her grandson but never […]

Crowd turns out for popular tasting event

By Jason KUROSU Booths populated the parking lot of the Marketplace Shopping Center on Wednesday evening, Nov. 10 and the air was filled with the rich aroma of all types of food as the Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce hosted the 3rd Annual Taste in the Foothills. The event brought La Crescenta residents (restaurateurs and […]

Briggs Terrace residents get ready – again – for Living in the Fire Zone

The residents of Upper Canyonside Road in the Briggs Terrace area of La Crescenta have rallied once again to get the word out about fire safety preparedness. Following their neighborhood clean-up day in August that was part of a commemoration of the 2009 Station Fire, the group has met each month to plan fire safety […]