By McKenna MIDDLETON Crowds of devoted Harry Potter enthusiasts gathered in local bookstores Saturday night, anticipating the midnight release of the newest book in the wizarding saga. Flintridge Bookstore and Once Upon a Time Bookstore hosted release parties that night for fans who had preordered the book. “I think I’m most excited for what I […]
By Mary O’KEEFE and Pat KRAMER It was all about community and emergency responders at Tuesday night’s National Night Out across the Crescenta Valley and Glendale. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. held its NNO event at the CV Sheriff’s Station on Briggs Avenue. There were booths from local law enforcement and emergency responders there […]
By Mary O’KEEFE There are a few seats left for “An Evening of Stories & Songs” with Janet S. Blake taking place on Saturday evening at St. Luke’s of the Mountains Episcopal Church in La Crescenta. The CV Fire Safe Council is sponsoring the event with CV Ready. Admission is free. The event is being […]
“We can speak without voice to the trees and the clouds and the waves of the sea. Without words they respond through the rustling of leaves and the moving of clouds and the murmuring of the sea.” ~Paul Tillich, a German-American theologian and philosopher Clouds of smoke were thankfully replaced as a gentle onshore […]
Parks and Music So I’ve discovered the secret to having an excellent weekend – start on Thursday. This past Thursday Steve and I headed out for a two-night, three-day getaway. We had access to a lovely 22-ft. Navion RV, so we loaded it up and headed to Emma Woods State Beach near Ventura. Delays kept […]
Why Social Media is a Must for Your Business As we all know, social media is everywhere and you can’t run from it. Social media is the top Internet activity participated in online by your consumers; it even surpasses email. Who would have ever believed that? This means that the public is spending more and […]
Nominees Solicited for Annual Banquet The Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce is seeking deserving community members to honor at its annual recognition banquet taking place in October. Categories are woman of the year, man of the year, volunteer of the year, business of the year, organization of the year and educator of the year and […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Friday the owners of the Flintridge Bookstore and Coffeehouse were recognized for their small business ingenuity and determination. Assemblymember Mike Gatto presented a certificate to Peter and Lenora Wanier recognizing their business. Gatto told the couple that he wanted to make certain before he left office that he recognized their store […]
By Charly SHELTON At the first Glendale Unified School District Board of Education meeting for the coming school year, held on July 26, the board passed an item on the consent calendar that caught the eyes of some in the Crescenta Valley. The motion approved was to hire the accounting firm of Vincenti, Lloyd and […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Angeles Crest Highway in the Angeles National Forest has a lot of winding roads where many accidents occur. Emergency responders who work the area know all too well how a day out in the forest can end in tragedy. This week one of those trips to the forest ended tragically when […]