Our Special Valentine (Story provided by Craig Durst) It’s several days before Valentine’s Day and the Crescenta Valley Weekly time machine has just transported you back to the year 1872. You see a young married couple in the living room of their home in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The woman, Hetty, is laughing as her […]
Firefighting in Old Crescenta Valley As we know, fire is a natural part of our ecosystem. The chaparral and sage that once covered our valley floor was adapted to low-intensity fires that occurred on a regular basis. In fact, the Native-Americans who lived here for thousands of years actually conducted controlled burns on the chaparral […]
Our region and those from all around came together to provide support through the incredible losses of the recent wildfires. We will be living with this for many years through the recovery and rebuilding process. Our neighboring water companies, Rubio Cañon Land & Water Association and Lincoln Avenue Water Company, sustained severe losses including their […]
Project UFO Lands in Tujunga Recently I was sent two newspaper clippings with brief mentions of filming being done in Tujunga for the television show “Project UFO” in 1978. The program featured Air Force investigators charged with examining UFO sightings and the show aired on NBC for two seasons. The initial filming was during the […]
Barger and Horvath Seek Evaluation of Emergency Notifications During Eaton and Palisades Wildfires In the wake of this month’s devastating Eaton and Palisades wildfires, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chair Kathryn Barger and coauthor Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath successfully introduced a motion calling for an independent after-action review of the emergency notification systems used […]
Meet Assemblymember Nick Schultz Happy New Year! My name is Nick Schultz. As of Dec. 2, 2024, I am honored to represent you in the California State Assembly’s 44th District, which includes the cities of Burbank and Glendale, alongside the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Sunland Tujunga, North Hollywood, Sherman Oaks, Studio City and Valley Village. As I […]
A Cold-blooded Killer Who Was Just A Child Happy New Year! Let’s start the new year right with perhaps the most horrifying murder in the history of the valley. The pre-meditated killing was carried out by a 14-year-old kid right here in La Crescenta. I’ve covered this story before but it’s been many years, and […]
Looking Ahead in 2025 As we welcome the New Year, the Crescenta Valley Town Council is excited to share some updates and highlights from our recent activities. In December, we hosted our inaugural “Jingle and Mingle,” an event organized by our outreach committee, led by Kerri Brautigam and myself. This gathering provided a wonderful opportunity […]
The Lamson’s Lair Over the years I’ve made a point of going on eBay to search the various names that interest me hoping to uncover something historical in nature – La Cañada, Lake View Terrace, Montrose, Sunland, La Crescenta, Tujunga – to name a handful. Most often there is nothing to find but sometimes it’s […]
Some Twelve Oaks History Thank you to Mary O’Keefe for her Jan. 2 article on Twelve Oaks and the residents who will be relocated during the pending reconstruction of this long-standing senior living center. As a past president of National Charity League of Glendale, I’ve followed the saga of Twelve Oaks Lodge from the 1930s […]