People Making News

Emmanuel College has named Olivia Garland of La Cañada Flintridge to the dean’s list for the spring 2021 semester. To earn a spot on the dean’s list, Emmanuel students must achieve a grade point average of 3.5 or higher for a 16-credit semester. Emmanuel College is a co-educational, residential institution with a 17-acre campus in […]

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TGHS PRESENTS ‘HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT WITH MONA’ Tonight, Thursday, Sept. 30 at 7:30 p.m., MONA (Museum of Neon Art) Executive Director Corrie Siegel will make a presentation for Glendale Historical Society. She will use neon art from Glendale and surrounding areas as a model to consider what is saved and built from as the […]

News from the CVWD

CVWD 2021 Drought Update In mid-August, the federal government declared a water shortage on the Colorado River due to the ongoing drought. This is the first declaration of this type and will trigger mandatory water consumption cuts for states in the southwest. Lake Mead is the largest reservoir in the U.S. by volume. This Colorado […]

Spiritually Speaking

Question: We have a neighbor in his late 70s who is constantly complaining about something. Sometimes it’s his health and other times politics. Many of us in the neighborhood volunteer in various capacities in our community. We don’t have time to complain because we’re too busy. We’ve suggested to our complaining neighbor that he could volunteer […]

Treasures of the Valley <<< Mike Lawler

La Cañada’s ‘Mexican Quarter’ From the 1880s through the ’20s, La Cañada had a neighborhood of poor laborers, mostly people of color. Most people don’t realize that La Cañada, now one of the highest income suburbs of Los Angeles, started out as a largely rural and working-class community. It was mostly small farms and ranches […]

Notes & Nods

This Week at LCIF  Lutheran Church in the Foothills invites the community to worship in the church’s Worship Center. On Sunday, Oct. 3 at 10 a.m. guest Pastor Deborah Andersen will lead worship with a message titled “Lessons Learned and Spiritual Truths. What Are: Things We Tend to Forget?” The service will also be live-streamed […]

Letter to the Editor

Applauds Hager’s CVWD Coverage Reporter Justin Hager’s coverage of CVWD’s public hearing on proposed rate increases (Sept. 23) is an excellent example of good journalism – thorough and fair, yet demonstrating critical analysis as well. Reporter Hager did not just take the superficially rosy picture that CVWD presented of water rates only increasing from 1 […]

LA Kings Partners with Local YMCA to Bring Hockey to Youth

The Crescenta-Cañada Family YMCA has partnered with the Los Angeles Kings Ball Hockey Program and is offering a free clinic on Friday, Oct. 8 at CCY. Two 45-minute sessions will be offered: the first from 5:30 to 6:15 p.m. and the second from 6:30 to 7:15 p.m. Each player will receive a free hockey stick […]

Local Boys Attain Eagle Rank

Local Boys Attain Eagle Rank

Ten La Crescenta boys were recognized on Sept. 4 in a Court of Honor for achieving the distinguished rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America. Charlie and William Allen, Chase and Ryan Becker, Lukas Elze, Ben Hart, Hayden, Nelson and Quincy Lunt, and Grant Smith are all members of Boy Scout Troop […]

Fires to the North Darken Local Skies

The skies above the Crescenta Valley have been darkened by drifting winds from the Windy Fire and the KNP Complex Fire near the Sequoia area. The winds are drifting into the Southern California area. “Currently the smoke is high and not a lot on the surface,” said Bradley Whitaker of South Coast AQMD. South Coast […]