By Mary O’KEEFE Crescenta Valley is set in the beautiful foothills, between Angeles National Forest and the Verdugo Mountains. The community is known for its volunteer spirit, its great schools and its fierce defense of keeping things just the way they are despite CV being a strange mixture of unincorporated county and Glendale annex areas. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. Captain Christopher Blasnek has been announced as the new captain of the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station. Capt. Bill Song has been promoted to commander and will be transferring to the Technology and Support Division after serving as CV Sheriff’s captain for four years. Song was raised in […]
By Brandon HENSLEY At the Crescenta Valley Town Council on March 16, Haig Kartounian from Southern California Edison said electrical infrastructure improvements would be moving to La Cañada in late March. SoCal Edison is improving circuits in the foothills, and will move work from La Crescenta Avenue east to Angeles Crest Highway. Kartounian said Edison […]
With the number of homes for sale down, prices continue to climb. By Mary O’KEEFE For decades Crescenta Valley has been one of the best-kept secrets in the Los Angeles area but that secret has appeared to have gotten out … in a big way. “There is a shortage,” said Jana Wunderlich of Podley Properties, […]
By Pat KRAMER Sunland-Tujunga has nearly always had a rough reputation and one resident has thought of a way to turn that into community pride. Painter/graphic artist Joseph Kenck of Tujunga has created a T-shirt design that immortalizes the strength and no- holds barred attitude of his hometown. “It’s quite recognizable,” said Kenck, who lettered […]
The Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station prepares for a new captain. By Mary O’KEEFE After about four years of leading the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station, Los Angeles County Sheriff Captain Bill Song will be moving on. There is an intention to promote [him] to commander, said Majory Jacobs, operations lieutenant at the CV Station. It has […]
By Pat KRAMER If you were a woman or child living in northern Uganda, chances are that you would be walking two miles or more to the nearest well, every day, with a five-pound jerry can on your head weighing about 40 pounds when full. Sadly, this is the life in many parts of Africa […]
By Mary O’KEEFE “I feel guilty if I smile.” That is how Susan Park has felt for 44 days. That is how long her daughter Elaine has been missing. Her normal routine has changed; now every morning she wakes up and her first thought is of Elaine and that maybe this will be the day […]
Valley View Elementary School held its annual reading night on March 2 to celebrate Read Across America Day and Dr. Seuss’ birthday. Students and families were treated to a pancake and sausage dinner, sponsored by the Valley View Foundation. Reading night followed and readers, such as Principal Dr. Brook Reynolds, school librarian Maribel Sibulo and […]
Drug-fueled crimes and fear-inducing encounters with methamphetamine users in the Sunland-Tujunga community will be the focus of the next Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Watch meeting, taking place on Tuesday, March 21 at 6 p.m. at North Valley City Hall, 7747 Foothill Blvd., Tujunga. This meeting brings together residents who have experienced run-ins with those on drugs and […]