By Mary O’KEEFE Some elderly residents of the Honolulu Manor Senior Apartments at 2500 Honolulu Ave. have been unable to leave their apartments for about a week since the second elevator in their apartment complex stopped working. One of the elevators has not worked for several months, according to a resident who added that, because […]
Former Jet Propulsion Laboratory director Edward Stone – currently the David Morrisroe professor of physics at Caltech and the project scientist for NASA’s Voyager mission for the past 47 years – has been awarded the prestigious Shaw Prize in Astronomy “for his leadership in the Voyager project, which has, over the past four decades, transformed […]
Teaching the importance of news gathering and presenting was behind this Boy Scout’s Eagle project. By Mary O’KEEFE Community news at its foundation covers issues that are of interest to the neighbors it serves, it helps to give voice to their concerns and bring those stories to light in a factual way. This is a […]
May 25 2100 block of Crescent Avenue in La Crescenta, an unlocked vehicle was ransacked overnight. May 23 1800 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada, the front passenger side window was shattered and personal items were stolen from a vehicle between 5:50 p.m. and 6:20 p.m. 1900 block of Foothill Boulevard in […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Captain Todd Deeds is getting accustomed to his new position as the head of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept.-Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station. He began his new job on Sunday and made the rounds at the local Memorial Day and Fiesta Days events, but isn’t unfamiliar with the area. “I used to […]
By Jake BOWMAN May is National Stroke Awareness Month and provides important facts in educating the public about the causes and ways to prevent a stroke. According to the National Stroke Association, fewer than half of 9-1-1 calls dealing with strokes are made within an hour of the event, and fewer than half of those […]
Crescenta Valley Water District was one of two agencies to recently receive the prestigious Clair A. Hill Agency Award for Excellence from the Association of California Water Agencies. Shown from left are Derek Romer of Cannon; David Friese of APTwater; Terry Applebury of APTwater; David Gould of CVWD; Kerry Erickson of CVWD; Ron Mitchell of […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Montrose Shopping Park will be celebrating all things artistic with this weekend’s 36th anniversary of the Montrose Arts and Crafts Festival. The event will be on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Honolulu Avenue will be closed to vehicular traffic in the […]
A Different Charge of the Light Brigade I don’t know about you but I was curious when I saw random solar lights starting to dot the mountainsides surrounding the Crescenta Valley. I know many of our local residents have seen them, too, because CV Weekly has gotten emails and notes regarding the strange little lights. […]
“To be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird’s nest or a wildflower in spring – these are some of the rewards of the simple life.” ~ John Burroughs, naturalist and essayist No May grey here, at least not caused by the expected seasonal overcast skies and fog. Our gray […]