By Robin GOLDSWORTHY Americana at Brand last Friday was the site for the opening of duck season — the Glendale Kiwanis Incredible Duck Splash (KIDS) season that is. The annual duck splash, this year being held on Saturday, Oct. 24, is the biggest fund raiser for the Glendale Kiwanis Club. At Friday’s kick off, a […]
Though the Station fire dominated the news for most of the end of August and beginning of September, the Crescenta Valley Town Council was also making news with the installation of three new military heroes banners along Foothill Boulevard. A banner has been installed for Nick Steinbacher in front of Pickens Canyon Park where his […]
Forum being held for CVWD candidates The Crescenta Valley Community Association will hold a candidate forum for the six candidates for the Crescenta Valley Water District Board at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 23 at Dunsmore Park Community Room, 4700 Dunsmore Ave., La Crescenta. CV Town Council president Steve Pierce will be the moderator. The […]
It started as an idea more than five years ago. Lifelong foothill resident Tim MacDonald stood looking over the empty acreage just below his family’s estate high up on Canyonside Road in La Crescenta. Tim with his wife and five daughters moved into the home back in 1973 but it wasn’t until the early 2000s […]
As part of getting the paper out every week, I find that I have the chance to do some writing, much more than I did before as an editor. As an editor, I pretty much decided what stories needed to be covered, then found a writer to go and out and cover it. That’s not […]
Crescenta Valley residents may be seeing some smoke and increased activity of water dropping helicopters in the next few days due to the ongoing Station Fire, said Brian Grant, spokesman for the US Forest Service. “With the expected winds, high temperatures and low humidity in the next few days [the Station Fire incident commander] has […]
Officials walk Deukmejian Park to assess damage while preparing for rain, wind. By Charles COOPER, Mary O’KEEFE OnTuesday and Wednesday this week, Glendale city representatives from various departments met with officials from other local agencies as they began to structure a plan on how to take care of a post-Station fire Deukmejian Wilderness Park. The […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Members of Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station and Montrose Search and Rescue were among those recognized on Wednesday by Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca and the department’s executive committee for their efforts in assisting L.A. County Fire in the recovery of the two fire fighters who lost their lives in the line […]
At Thursday night’s Crescenta Valley Town Council meeting, Deputy Steve Toley told the audience of arrests that occurred at Crescenta Valley High School earlier that day. Toley first addressed the recent arrest of a Rosemont Middle School student who was arrested on suspicion of possession of a narcotic for sale. “The student was [allegedly] found […]
Deukmejian Wilderness Park remains closed due to the Station Fire. Saturday’s scheduled campfire program “Eight Legged Freaks” has been relocated to Dunsmore Park at 4700 Dunsmore Avenue. The program will begin at 6:30p.m.