IN Brief

Energy Goals Met, Rebates Ending Energy Upgrade California in Los Angeles County announced it is nearing its projected goals for residential Energy Upgrade incentive payouts. Due to high interest in home energy upgrades offered through the program, in partnership with Southern California Edison and Southern California Gas Company, L.A. County’s matching incentive funds are expected […]

from the desk of the publisher

Happy Birthday? Anniversary? Notice anything different on the front cover today? Perhaps the volume number of this paper? This week marks the third anniversary? birthday? of the Crescenta Valley Weekly. The first issue hit the streets on Friday (the only day we ever came out that was not a Thursday), Sept. 4, 2009. For those […]

Weather in the Foothills

“Come September, when two of nature’s seasons live as one, where days of summer shed their final afterglow…” ~ Hazelmarie Elliot Last Saturday morning was like most others as I opened the French doors to take a look at the “new day.” My view is a typical and beautiful La Crescenta one: various pines, oaks, […]

CRIME BLOTTER

Sept. 4 500 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge, a window was shattered at Flintridge Pharmacy sometime between Sept. 1-4. 4400 block of Cornishon Avenue in La Cañada, an iPad, iPod, laptop computer and cash were stolen and several rooms were ransacked in a home between 11 a.m. and 2:55 p.m. Sept. 2 […]

Starbucks Readies for Opening

By Misty DUPLESSIS After months of construction at the corner of Ocean View Boulevard and Honolulu Avenue, it’s just down to hours when the area’s newest Starbucks will welcome customers to its store. According to a statement from Starbucks, “We look forward to opening the doors at our new location in Montrose this Friday, Sept. […]

City Explores “Exotic” Funding Options for Central Library Project

By Ted AYALA With redevelopment monies now being siphoned off from cities by the state, local projects that were in progress are being pressed to find new alternatives for funding. Glendale, which in 2010 allowed the use of $10 million in bonds to cover costs for improvements to the Central Library, is now grasping for […]

Neighbors Call Attention to Illegal Activity

By Mary O’KEEFE Alert local residents have helped Sheriff’s deputies  from Crescenta Valley Station conduct a drug arrest and reunite a custom bike with its owner. “We really appreciate what the neighbors have done,” said Sgt. Debra Herman. The neighbors referred to are residents who began to notice some unusual and suspicious activity at a […]

Meatball – Still a California Bear

Meatball – Still a California Bear

  By Mary O’KEEFE Meatball will not be moving to a wild life Colorado sanctuary as planned, said Andrew Hughan, spokesman for the California Department of Fish and Game. Meatball, the bear who received his name for his fondness for meatballs, had been a fixture in Crescenta Valley for several months. Though he had been […]

ARMED AND DANGEROUS

Attempted Murder On A Peace Officer Suspects and Getaway-Van Still At Large. Armed and Dangerous felony suspect, Darnell Washington, escaped from county jail in San Bernardino County with the aid of his wife Tania on Aug. 28, and is now wanted for shooting a deputy sheriff in Los Angeles County on Sunday as well as […]