BLESSING THE HOLIDAYS WITH SANTA DRIVE-THROUGH The La Crescenta Woman’s Club is hosting a Santa drive-through event that will allow children and their families to see – contact-free – Santa and Mrs. Claus. This free event is being held on Saturday, Dec. 12 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the Club parking lot at […]
Each year, the Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce honors members of the community who make the Crescenta Valley the special place it is to live. This year’s honorees were recognized on Thursday evening at the chamber’s annual Recognition Awards ceremony. Held virtually, this year’s honorees were Woman of the Year, Marianne Jennings; Man of the […]
Resiliency By Adria E. Navarro, PhD, LCSW Resilience means overcoming adversity by successfully adapting to negative life events, trauma, stress or risk. As we experience the holiday season this month, coupled with these grim days of the coronavirus pandemic, let’s work together to make our foothill communities resilient. The Community Resource Center for Aging (CRCA), […]
As Los Angeles County enters the holiday season, the virus continues to be the focus of everyone’s attention and, unfortunately, this means that theaters are still not allowed to offer live performances. However, theaters continue to expand their online platforms with more and more events to experience on a virtual level. These online events are […]
Local elementary school Fremont, which boasts a student body of 642, was the recent recipient of $2,000 by the Assistance League of Glendale (ALG). The funds will be used to support the school’s library. The donation was made as part of the ALG Authors and Illustrators program. Presenting via Zoom were authors Frans Vischer, Tim […]
By Mary O’KEEFE For 29 years the La Crescenta Woman’s Club has held its holiday Breakfast with Santa. For the price of a ticket, the community could come to the Clubhouse to have lunch, kids got a chance to see and talk to Santa and everyone enjoyed music from the Crescenta Valley High School Charismatics. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Tomorrow, Friday, Dec. 11 a toy and food drive will be held by Crescenta Valley Instrumental Music and Prom Plus Club, along with the Fire House youth center. Toys collected will benefit the Glendale Police Dept. and Glendale Police Officers Association and the food will benefit the Bailey Center in Tujunga. Each […]
Food Drive Benefits District Mountain Avenue Elementary Student Council is hosting a food drive for the GUSD food bank. The food bank supports families within the GUSD schools who are struggling during these hard times. There is an easy, contactless and socially distanced drop off box for donated items in the drive-through lane in front […]
How History Can Repeat Itself This is a true story. It was during the winter when city residents started to sicken and die. At first, the illness was confined to a few people in one neighborhood, but over the next few weeks spread to more people in more places. The municipal authorities, responsible for the […]
With All Best Wishes for the Holidays and New Year! Dear Crescenta Valley Friends, Let me start this month’s column by congratulating all seven candidates who ran in the Nov. 13-14 Crescenta Valley Town Council election. We had a tremendous turnout with 468 votes counted spread over 287 voters … so many in fact that […]