By Mary O’KEEFE “More than a century of burning fossil fuels as well as unequal and unsustainable energy and land use has led to global warming of 1.1°C above pre-industrial levels. This has resulted in more frequent and more intense extreme weather events that have caused increasingly dangerous impacts on nature and people in every […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Crescenta Valley Town Council held its monthly meeting on Thursday at the La Crescenta Library. The meeting began with the invocation by Father Guy Leemhuis of St. Luke’s of the Mountains. “Be stewards of this community where all are served,” Leemhuis said. CVTC members then honored Montrose Search and Rescue members […]
CVCA to Meet Tonight The Crescenta Valley Community Association will have its monthly meeting tonight, Thursday, March 23 at 7 p.m. via Zoom. The meeting will include discussion on local issues as well as an opportunity for Foothill area residents to bring their own concerns. Contact the CVCA at crescentavalleycommunityassn@gmail.com with questions and for Zoom meeting information. All […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Crescenta Valley Weekly is inviting the community to join in a celebration of life/Irish wake on April 1 at St. Luke’s of the Mountains Episcopal Church in Sadler Hall. As the neighborhood paper we have close ties to those leaders who volunteered and dedicated their time to this community. Recently we […]
By Richard SNYDER Car lovers have one thing in common – they love to congregate and show off their prized vehicles. That’s one reason a fundraising car show event is the perfect way to get the community mingling. Even those who can’t find enough folks with true classics, there are people in the community who […]
March 18 2800 block of El Caminto Street in La Crescenta, a homeowner reported finding black paint on the ground of his landscaping. He believes the vandalism was done by a family member who threw paint onto the landscape. The resident’s surveillance video captured the relative committing the vandalism by throwing paint onto the resident’s […]
How the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Grant Program will Benefit CA In 2021, Congress passed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law – a long-overdue and historic investment in our nation’s transportation and infrastructure. After four years of “infrastructure week” with no infrastructure, this bill will bring millions in funding to California and help communities up and down the […]
The Montrose Rodeo of 1947 – Part 1 Last week I covered the 1945 Montrose Rodeo that had promised to be a yearly event. It did continue in 1946, ’47 and ’48. But let’s focus only on the 1947 rodeo, which turned out to be the grandest of the four. Year to year, each rodeo […]
By Ruth SOWBY As part of the National Reading Month of March, the library at La Crescenta Elementary School could be considered “Dr. Seuss Central.” Murals of Dr. Seuss characters line the walls, costumes of Dr. Seuss characters hang from the ceilings and books by Dr. Seuss (the moniker of Theodor Seuss Geisel) are stacked on […]
The American Youth Soccer Organization’s 14 and Under Boys Sectional All-Star team won the 2023 Western States Championship. The team finished the All-Star season with a record of 14 wins and one loss then went on to win the Area 1C All-Star playoffs to finish second in the Section 1 Championship, which qualified them to […]