By Mary O’KEEFE The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) is holding a training session from Oct. 1 to Oct. 8. For 21 years Paul and Lisa Dutton have trained about 800 people on how to get ready, stay ready and respond to emergencies. This October will be their 40th CERT class. The Duttons have dedicated […]
CVCA to Meet Tonight The Crescenta Valley Community Association will have its monthly meeting tonight, Thursday, Sept. 22 at 7 p.m. via Zoom. The meeting will include a discussion of the revised plans recently submitted for 3411-3437 Foothill Boulevard (at the NW corner of New York Avenue), the Verdugo Hills Golf Course property lawsuit and the […]
By Ruth SOWBY Council members put safety first at their general meeting on Thursday, Sept. 15. The meeting, held at the La Crescenta Library, described the formation of a task force that will assist residents in unincorporated La Crescenta to become prepared for future disasters including wildfires, earthquakes, and “floodsand” debris flows. “Our goal is […]
By Julia KOHUT LA County Parks and Recreation is offering an “Every Body Plays” drop-in adventure program for children between the ages of 7 and 17. This program includes offers plenty of activities such as arts and crafts, sports, nature hikes and such more. Perhaps the best part is that all of it is free. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office has released the identity of the victim involved in a fatal pedestrian vs. vehicle accident on the Foothill (210) Freeway on Sept. 13. Isel Molina, 42, was on the eastbound 210 Freeway when she was struck by a vehicle. California Highway Patrol received a call at […]
Los Angeles City Fire Dept. responded to a fire in the Shadow Hills area near 10018 North Sunland Boulevard. The call came in at 1:03 p.m. on Wednesday. As of 4:26 p.m. it burned about 107 acres in light-to-medium brush. The fire moved uphill in about eight mile an hour winds. “However, the forward progress […]
Sept. 16 4300 block of Oakwood Road in La Cañada Flintridge, a glass window of a rear door at a residence had been broken and several rooms were ransacked. Nothing was reported stolen at the time. The burglary occurred between 5 p.m. on Sept. 16 and 11 p.m. on Sept. 17. Sept. 15 Angeles […]
The Crescenta Valley 9/11 Patriot Day Rembrance Motorcade made its way through La Crescenta, far north Glendale and La Cañada Flintridge on Friday, Sept. 9. The motorcade consisted of classic vehicles and emergency responders, including fire and law enforcement vehicles, that drove past local schools and organizations as students and community members waved flags and […]
Nov. 21, 1929 – Aug. 21, 2022 Gertrude (Trudy) Lutherine Lucey was born Nov. 21, 1929 in Fargo, North Dakota. She was the eighth child born to Reverend August Hoeger and Amelia Hoeger. Surrounded by family, God called her home at the age of 92 on Aug. 21 in La Crescenta. Trudy grew up in […]
Last week I featured a piece by Dave Kimball, who grew up at Kimball Sanitarium, which was owned by his parents. Dave sent me something he wrote that described the neighborhood around Rosemont Avenue and Foothill Boulevard 75 years ago. It gives a view into what that area was like in the ’40s and ’50s: […]