By Mary O’KEEFE Convicted sexually violent predator (SVP) Calvin Grassmier has a new proposed placement in a residence in Sun Village in the Antelope Valley. Prior to Sun Village the proposed placement for Grassmier was in a house in the Briggs Terrace area of La Crescenta. Neighbors started a grassroots effort called Briggs United in […]
“The truth, I do not stretch or shove When I state the dog is full of love. I’ve also proved, by actual test, A wet dog is the lovingest.” ~ American poet Ogden Nash The predicted thundershowers eluded us. Billowing thunderheads built over the mountains, but came no closer. Not a drop of rain […]
Park Cockerill, 81, passed on July 6 at Kaiser Hospital, Panorama City, from a stroke. He had been a teacher at San Fernando High School, a tennis coach at Flintridge Prep, and a member of the Altadena Senior Men’s Golf Group. Park had been active earlier in local tennis groups. He also taught tennis camps […]
Are You Kidding? Here We Go Again On Saturday night at 11:59 p.m., Los Angeles County declared that masks must be worn – again – inside all public places regardless of a person’s vaccination status. This is not in alignment with the State of California, by the way. The reasons outlined on the LA Public […]
Photos courtesy of Blue Origin Media By Mary O’KEEFE Blue Origin successfully completed New Shepard’s first human flight on Tuesday with four private citizens onboard. The crew included Jeff Bezos, Mark Bezos, Oliver Daemen and Wally Funk. The Blue Origin program was founded by Jeff Bezos, who also founded Amazon. The New Shepard is a […]
For the second year in a row, Jehovah’s Witnesses have moved their signature annual convention to a streaming platform and will perform thousands of baptisms at private homes, lakes and ponds. The “Powerful by Faith!” convention is translated into over 500 languages in 240 countries worldwide. Baptisms are the highlight of all Jehovah’s Witnesses’ conventions. […]
This Week at LCIF Lutheran Church in the Foothills invites the community to worship in the church’s Worship Center. On Sunday, July 25 at 10 a.m. Pastor Scott Peterson will deliver the message called “Has Anyone Seen My Plate?” The service will also be live-streamed at 10 a.m. on the church’s YouTube channel. For those […]
Community Life Church at La Crescenta held a fun-filled vacation Bible School program for neighborhood children ages pre-school through sixth grade. All COVID safety precautions were followed so that everyone could have a safe, and good, time. The high-tech-themed VBS program, called “Press Play,” used music, Bible story time, crafts, missions, games and skits to help the […]
By Justin HAGER The last time a Crescenta Valley High School student was recognized as a Gatorade Player of the Year, Titanic had just won 11 Academy Awards and become the first film in history to gross $1 billion. But now, 23 years after future WNBA star Michelle Greco was named the Gatorade Girls Basketball […]