Happy Return to School Our “Welcome to La Crescenta” sign is back thanks to the Los Angeles County Public Works Dept. You can see it just east of Pennsylvania Avenue on Foothill Boulevard. I am privileged to honor Preston Midgley at our August general Town Council meeting. He achieved the Boy Scout rank of Life […]
The 2021 Brand Library Plaza Series will consist of five outdoor concerts, which will take place at Brand Library from Aug. 13 through Sept. 24. These concerts are free and are on Friday evenings at 7 p.m., and will feature music groups from Southern California and beyond. Seating is not provided; visitors are welcome to […]
Pioneer Memories: Ellen Burton We continue with our memories of various early residents of CV that were printed in a 1938 newspaper. This article was written from an interview with Mrs. Ellen Burton, wife of one of the builders of the Glendale and Montrose Railway, and one of the first residents of Montrose. In 1938 […]
By Justin HAGER The Tokyo Olympics came to a sparkling and hopeful finish on Sunday after more than two weeks of competition in 33 sports and 46 disciplines. After being pushed back a year, this year’s Olympiad offered both the uncomfortable reality of the ongoing pandemic, as captured by the empty stands in the still […]
From left, Ernie Demis, JD Speas and Tony DiGiovanni joined organizer Steve Pierce at the July cleaning of the La Crescenta Ave off-ramp. The cleanup is on the second Saturday of the month. Volunteers gather in the 2700 block of Altura Avenue at 8:10 a.m. to get tools and safety equipment. Cleanup typically lasts no […]
David and Dena Blood announced the eternal marriage of their daughter Joanne to Andrew White, son of Michael and Cynthia White of Bakersfield. The happy couple were sealed in the Provo City Center Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Wednesday, May 19. Annie and Andrew are full-time students at […]
It was a festive air that surrounded the members and guests of the Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce at the Chamber’s first mixer in over a year. Held at Alissa’s Ocean View Bar and Grill in Montrose, over 30 people attended the evening that included food, beverages, opportunity drawings and, of course, the chance to […]
GOLF TOURNAMENT BENEFITS CHAMBER AND SCHOLARSHIPS The CV Chamber of Commerce is hosting its annual scholarship golf tournament at Scholl Canyon Golf Course tomorrow, Aug. 13. The day starts with coffee and breakfast pastries, a thrilling putting contest, a bucket of range balls for practice, a “goody bag” from USC Verdugo Hills Hospital filled with […]
Responds to Recall Article [In response to Aug. 5 article “Understanding the Gubernatorial Recall”], the appropriate time and method to express dissatisfaction with Governor Newsom is by the scheduled election at the end of his term in November 2023, a mere 14 months away from the recall election. This recall is a gigantic waste of […]
You Can Never Have Too Much Fun! This past Thursday, Aug. 5, our Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce enjoyed its first mixer of the year at Alissa’s Ocean View Bar and Grill in Montrose. Owners Alissa and Eric Hwang provided their specialty food samplings and wines for our members and guests and the fun evening […]