MSR Responding to Body Recovery
UPDATE 7:55 p.m. : Montrose Search and Rescue was assisted by Los Angeles County Fire as well as LA County Sheriff’s Air 5 whose team extracted the man’s body from the area. UPDATE Saturday 5:30 p.m.: “We were told that a cyclist [discovered] the man’s [body],” said Janet Henderson, Montrose Search and Rescue member. There […]
A Message from CVHS Principal Michele Doll
December 21, 2012 To the La Crescenta Community, While the holidays bring a lot of cheer and happiness for many people, it can also be a stressful time. We understand that many students in our schools and some families in the La Crescenta community may be dealing with a variety of difficult emotions during the holiday […]
MSR Working in Snow and Ice to Rescue Hiker
UPDATE FRIDAY 6:45 a.m.: After a long,cold night Montrose Search and Rescue, assisted by Temple Search and Rescue, were successful in rescuing the hiker who had fallen off the trail at Pleasant View Ridge. He had slipped on the ice and fallen off the trail at about 3p.m., injuring his ankle. The man had minor […]
GCC Prayer Vigil Held
By Michael J. ARVIZU Glendale Community College staff held a brief prayer service at the school’s flagpole on Thursday morning for the victims of last Friday’s mass shootings in Connecticut. Jenny McMahon, who works in the college’s admissions and records office, organized the service. She was not at GCC the day of the shooting. […]
Weather in the Foothills
“Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won’t make it ‘white.’” – Bing Crosby Last week, Mt. Wilson had a light dusting of snow at its highest elevations. Short-lived perhaps but it brought the same delight as the first snows in other regions of the country. And […]
from the desk of the publisher
The Gifts We Need Traditionally the article I write for the Christmas issue of the Crescenta Valley Weekly focuses on the gift given to us through the birth of Jesus Christ. Regardless what you believe – whether he is the messiah, whether he was actually born sometime closer to April rather than in December or […]
Lawler Recognized for a Decade of Historical Society Service
By Brandon HENSLEY Mike Lawler sat down in a chair Monday night to answer questions about his decision to step down as president of Crescenta Valley Historical Society. The way he talked about how eager he was to move on, it’s no wonder he sat; he’s been standing way too long. Lawler was honored at […]
IN Brief
Ordinance in Effect Los Angeles County Supervisors Michael D. Antonovich and Zev Yaroslavsky announced that the County’s Rural Outdoor Lighting District Ordinance became effective Dec. 12. Also known as “Dark Skies,” the ordinance establishes outdoor lighting regulations and standards in select unincorporated communities in the Santa Clarita Valley, the Antelope Valley, and the Santa Monica […]
It’s Back to Work in Sacramento
By Mary O’KEEFE The new year will see a large class of freshman legislature filling the seats in Sacramento. In the November election, the Democrats attained a two-thirds majority in both the senate and the assembly and Assemblymember Mike Gatto is ready to get back to the Sacramento. “It will be really interesting,” he said […]