By Charly SHELTON Ebenezer Scrooge has recently had a make-over. He started in the imagination of one man, Charles Dickens, then moved onto paper in the short novel, “A Christmas Carol.” Then into various films and cartoons, at least one of which was made by Walt Disney Studios. And now he has made the leap […]
This week, we have a special Halloween edition of the Week in Review Podcast. Stories include the Duck Races, Anti- Drug Video for CVTV, and some Halloween Fairs at the local Elementary schools. Also, reminders on this weekend’s happenings. Click here to view and download the podcast in iTunes. Click here to view on the […]
By Shana LiVIGNI The First Baptist Church of La Crescenta, with help from the Christ Armenian Church, is once again celebrating Halloween in a kid-safe and family-friendly surrounding in their upper and lower parking areas this spooky Saturday night from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Last year’s event brought in hundreds of people throughout the evening […]
Kidspace Children’s Museum is offering $5 admission to all children (14 and under) who come to the Museum in costume on Saturday, Oct. 31. Halloween festivities will include science experiments and art projects using candy, making edible gak, and a costume parade and contest. Kidspace is open on Halloween from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and […]
Then This is the view in 1973 looking west on Manistee Drive, the last side street at the top of Ocean View. A heavy rain had overwhelmed the Mullally Canyon debris basin, and the mud and rocks flowed into the street and through the yards and houses on the south side, causing extensive damage. Historically […]
By Charly SHELTON Since it’s Halloween time, we at the Crescenta Valley Weekly have decided to go for an older film, not one that came out this week. But “Paranormal Activity” will scare the pants off of you. The film revolves around a young couple who just moved in together. But she has a curse […]
THEN » St. Luke’s of the Mountains Episcopal Church was built in 1924 from native stone. Its design came from the imagination of a famous artist, Stephen Seymour Thomas. He set up his easel across from the empty lot that had been donated for the church and with his oils painted a concept of what […]
By Shana LiVIGNI “For years, I’ve been joking with Emily, my teenager, about some of her music. The lyrics of some songs are just atrocious and the music is derivative and repetitive with little melody,” La Crescenta resident Claudette Moody said. “Now don’t get me wrong. I like good rock ‘n roll, soul music and […]
By Susan James Fantasies are like soufflés. They require a light touch to reach perfection. Spike Jonze’s new film, “Where The Wild Things Are” takes the magical, minimal children’s classic by Maurice Sendak and turns it into a self-obsessed study of a group of melancholy misfits in critter costumes. Tapping their child within, Jonze and […]
THEN This is the view looking up Pinecone Road from the intersection of Markridge in late February of 1978. This is the route the debris flow of the Pinecrest flood took after it unexpectedly overflowed its channel. It swept Pinecone Road clean of a dozen or more parked cars. NOW As Los Angeles County Flood […]