By Captain Robert Hahnlein, CV Sheriff’s Station We all want to feel safe and secure in our own homes. Although La Crescenta has historically been a safe community, burglaries still occur and we all can do something to eliminate an easy opportunity. It is important to take precautions to ensure your house is safe and […]
June 13 2400 block of Harmony Place in La Crescenta, a resident heard loud noises from outside her home. She witnessed a car idling behind her parked vehicle. A person got into the passenger seat of the waiting car and it drove away. She went out to her vehicle and noticed the radio was on. […]
1934 – 2022 Harry Avant always had something interesting to say and an interesting way of saying things. While working for Aeronutronic, a defense related division of Ford Aerospace, in the 1960s he helped rebuild the electronics at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. He worked for the California Institute of Technology at the Jet […]
May 15, 2022 On May 15 we lost our precious mom, Deanna (Dee) Ailes, at the age of 78. Besides being an amazing mom/sister/aunt/grandmother/great-grandmother/friend/neighbor, she was also very much a part of her community. She may have been seen on one of her daily walks, saying hello to neighbors and strangers alike, and cheerfully picking […]
Dec. 12, 1929 – June 4, 2022 Do you remember the lady who, for decades, would walk on Foothill Boulevard? Do you remember the lady who for many years gave away samples at Ralphs Grocery Store in La Crescenta? Those two ladies were the same person! Fairy Elizabeth Darthula Davis Brown, 92 years old, was […]
Summer is Almost Here! This year’s high school and college graduates have accomplished a lot during particularly difficult circumstances. After all the challenges they have faced, it is finally time to celebrate! Hearty congratulations to the Class of 2022 at Crescenta Valley High School! The CV Town Council scholarship recipients from our community are Peter […]
Norma’s Mom in the 1934 New Year’s Flood – Part 2 Last week we heard about the travails of Norma Quinn Potter’s mom Leone Potter from an oral history recorded in 1977. Leone was in charge of the American Legion’s disaster relief efforts in 1933. As such she was called on to serve on New […]
LCIF News Recent high school and college graduates will be celebrated this Sunday, June 19 at Lutheran Church in the Foothills. Among the local graduates being recognized are: Todd Anzelon, PhD in chemical and biological sciences from Scripps Ranch Institute; David Banfi, BS degree in finance from Arizona State University; Christian Gropper, BS degree in […]
Old Glory was raised above the Rockhaven Sanitarium property for the first time since it closed in 2006. Howard Anderson, shown here, is a regular on the Friends of Rockhaven cleanup crew. From his collection, he donated this flag that has flown over the White House. The Friends of Rockhaven will raise this flag anytime […]
Oregon State University graduated more than 7,300 students during ceremonies on Saturday, June 11 at Reser Stadium on the Corvallis campus and Sunday, June 12 at the OSU-Cascades campus in Bend. Over 7,574 degrees were presented with 250 students receiving two degrees and three who received three degrees. Local students who graduated included from Burbank: […]