The annual La Crescenta tree lighting ceremony is tonight, Thursday, Dec. 12 at the library. Festivities begin at 3:30 p.m. when participants create LED cards with MakeMo. At 4:30 p.m., Buster Balloon will amaze guests followed by live music in the courtyard at 5 p.m. Free photos with Santa begin at 5:15 p.m. and at […]
On Saturday, Dec. 14 from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., the community is invited to the La Crescenta Woman’s Club annual Breakfast with Santa. Prepaid tickets are $15 per person (children under 1 are free). Tickets include breakfast, which is served until 10 a.m., of homemade pancakes, eggs, sausage, pastries and more; entertainment of festive […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Members of the Glendale Police Dept., through the Glendale Police Officers’ Association Cops for Kids, readied Christmas trees last week that were delivered to local families who are struggling during the holidays. There were 17 trees donated by a local company that were delivered by GPD officers and staff to 17 families. […]
Caroling in Adams Square Mini-Park On Saturday, Dec. 14 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., the Adams Hill Neighborhood Association will sponsor community caroling and a visit from Santa Claus in the Adams Square mini park, 1020 E. Palmer Ave. Light refreshments will be served. Street parking is limited and all visitors are encouraged to […]
“The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach.” ~ Henry Beston, American writer & naturalist It rained on our parade! Ordinarily, and for some of us, that may have been a bad omen. No […]
Kicking Off Our Holiday Season For many, the holiday season kicks off with Black Friday but, up here in the Crescenta Valley, we instead look to “White Friday” to launch our holiday season. White Friday is the term for the Friday after Thanksgiving when many Montrose merchants “white-out” the sales tax on customers’ purchases. Friday […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Crescenta Valley residents are used to seeing snow on the mountaintops in nearby Angeles National Forest. To play in snow it usually takes a trip up the mountain and, oftentimes, chains are needed for car tires. But for families on Saturday at Two Strike Park all it took was a sled and […]
Glendale Police Dept. responded this morning to a single vehicle accident. The driver and her dog report no injury. She was heading southbound in the 3900 block of Markridge Road and lost control of her vehicle. The street is closed while a tow truck clears the scene.
Close enough to the big city without being overwhelmed by it, the Crescenta Valley offers a charm that is hard to come by. By Mary O’KEEFE Even though Crescenta Valley is only a few miles from downtown Los Angeles, the small town feel can be found everywhere especially during the holidays. Storeowners decorate their […]
By Julie BUTCHER Glendale has always considered the 1929 subdivision of Mountain Oaks to be an illegal subdivision through the 1952 Glendale annexation of the 401 lots that make up the 44.7-acre property at the terminus of New York Avenue near Park Vista Drive. The city insisted that the original 1930 subdivision of Lot A […]