Pumpkins – and More – Provide Fall Fun

Pumpkins – and More – Provide Fall Fun

Pandemic aside, students throughout the Crescenta Valley prepare for Halloween fun. By Lori BODNAR, intern Despite the pandemic local elementary schools are hosting pumpkin decorating contests including one at Valley View Elementary School. Pumpkins can be cute, creepy or crazy. “Let your creativity flow, for anything goes” seems to be the call of the day […]

Weather in the Foothills

“A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes.” ~ Joseph Addison, 1672-1719, English politician and writer It may have begun one morning when the first man stood at the mouth of his cave dwelling, looking over his domain. Was the wind […]

Local Artist Creates Monster Masks for Delightful Frights

Local Artist Creates Monster Masks for Delightful Frights

By Brandon HENSLEY Back up and mask up have been an ongoing theme this year for unfortunate reasons, but it may soon take a more fun, yet spooky, turn, especially if you’re a fan of classic movie monsters. La Crescenta artist Mark Enright has been hard at work this year developing monster masks for NECA […]

In Brief

CVCA Meets Tonight The Crescenta Valley Community Association will have its monthly meeting tonight, Thursday, Oct. 22, at 7:30 p.m. via Zoom. The time was changed due to the public meeting on the Palmdale to Burbank section of the California High Speed Rail from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00. More information is available at https://tinyurl.com/y63grvyk. On […]

Correction

A story that appeared in the Oct. 15 issue titled “Crescenta Valley Deputies Nab La Cañada Burglary Suspect” continued onto the bottom of page 18.

Crime Blotter

Crime information is from  LASD-CV Sheriff’s Station. Oct. 17 4900 block of Hillard Avenue in La Cañada Flintridge, jewelry and other personal items were stolen from a locked vehicle overnight. 4200 block of Beulah Drive in La Cañada Flintridge, a vehicle was stolen from a closed garage. Another vehicle at the home that was parked […]

ELECTIONS 2020: Meet the Candidates: Eric Early and Adam Schiff

By Mary O’KEEFE Representative Adam Schiff is the incumbent for the 28th Congressional District in California. Prior to being elected to Congress in 2001, he served as a prosecutor in the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California from 1987 to 1993 and was a member of the California State senate […]

Trader Joe’s Robbed

On Sunday, Oct. 18 at approximately 9 p.m., officers were dispatched to the Trader Joe’s on the 2400 block of Honolulu Avenue regarding a robbery that had just occurred. Upon arrival, the suspect had already fled the location and was not located by responding officers. Witnesses inside of Trader Joe’s stated at approximately 8:50 p.m., […]

Library of Congress Will Recognize the Armenian Genocide

On Wednesday, Reps. Adam Schiff, Frank Pallone, Gus Bilirakis, Jackie Speier, and Dina Titus announced that the Library of Congress will recognize the Armenian Genocide by amending the catalog entry that previously referred to the Armenian “massacre.” This decision from Dr. Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress was announced after bipartisan letters to the Library […]