Crescenta Valley Strong This past month the Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce concluded two highly successful events … its May 18 mixer, which was combined with the Montrose-Verdugo Hills Chamber of Commerce and held at the La Crescenta Woman’s Club and our Vendors Silent Auction with over $12,000 in valuable gift items auctioned to the […]
URBAN WILDLIFE SPECIALIST TO SPEAK Dana Stangel, urban wildlife specialist and Shadow Hills resident, will be speaking about interacting with wildlife. She will be making a presentation at Bolton Hall Museum today, June 9 at 7 p.m. Stangel’s organization, Teranga Ranch, is a wildlife education organization helping those who live in wildlife habitat to understand how […]
National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced over 2,600 winners of National Merit Scholarships financed by U.S. colleges and universities. Officials of each sponsor college selected their scholarship winners from among the finalists in the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program who plan to attend their institution. These awards provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up […]
By Bethany BROWN In partnership with UCLA Health Sound Body Sound Mind (SBSM), Glendale Unified School District has created a state-of-the-art fitness studio at all secondary schools to benefit the health of the GUSD student community for years to come. The studios have officially been added to all middle schools across the district and studios […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Preliminary election results have been posted by the offices of the Los Angeles County Registrar and the California Secretary of State. Gov. Gavin Newsom cruised to a comfortable lead while it looks like Sheriff Alex Villanueva failed to secure more than 50% of the vote so he will be part of a […]
Question: Is it just me or has the world gone mad? Maybe the isolation created by the pandemic has gotten on everyone’s nerves. I’m a peace-loving person, and I attend church every Sunday where getting along with others is always included in the pastor’s sermons. I’m overwhelmed by the war in Ukraine and the recent […]
Sept. 26, 1933 – March 16, 2022 Born in Seattle, Washington to parents Clarence and Ina Mae Gibbs, Marlene Mae Gibbs Pollman Plummer passed from this world at her home of nearly 40 years in La Crescenta. She leaves behind her children, Sara Pollman Rector (Tom) of Thousand Oaks; Andrea Pollman Diamond (Richard) of Las […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept.-Crescenta Valley Station wants the public to know the department is working hard to mitigate burglaries in the area including vehicle and residential incidents. Deputies are patrolling the neighborhoods and reaching out to the community to work together to reduce burglaries. Lt. Ryan Vienna said there are some […]
June 3 2100 block of Foothill Boulevard, a woman reported that as she was shopping she noticed two adult males and one adult female shopping near her. She had her purse that contained her wallet on her left arm. The three suspects got very close to her a couple of times; each time she moved […]
Scholarship sponsor Jeanette Stirdivant, right, and her scholarship recipient Alexis Salazar were recognized at the Glendale Community College Donors & Awards Banquet held June 3 on the campus plaza. Salazar will transfer to Cal State Northridge and major in urban planning. More than 1,700 GCC students applied for scholarships during the 2021-22 academic year.