By Mary O’KEEFE Every Wednesday morning during the school year I am at the Fire House youth center from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. cooking breakfast for Rosemont Middle School students. I have been part of a volunteer workforce that, for years, has flipped thousands of pancakes and served hundred of kids. It is so […]
Spooky Nights in the Crescenta Valley It’s funny how things change as time passes. It was last week when I told you about the days when I decorated my house in Sun Valley for Halloween, even buying dry ice from Conwin Carbonics to create fog. Our boys were also Halloween-philes (I don’t know if that’s […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY It started with a walk around the block for David Blasucci and Mandy Williams. The local residents and musicians, like just about everyone else during the early days of the pandemic, kept away from friends and neighbors as they grappled with the uncertainty of COVID-19. But even a pandemic couldn’t keep […]
Lions Club Holding Food Drive On Saturday, Nov. 5, the Crescenta Valley Lions Club is hosting a food donation drive to support the Bailey Center of Tujunga. The Bailey Center, which serves over 1,000 individuals weekly, is in desperate need of non-perishable food items. The food drive will take place from 10 a.m. to noon […]
By Ruth SOWBY The award ceremonies were marked with truck ladders raised high with the American flag fluttering between them as a greeting to guests at the entrance to the departments’ Oak Street headquarters. Their enthusiasm sparking, dozens of firefighters, their families, friends and city VIPs including Mayor Ardy Kassakhian and city councilmembers, filled the station […]
The Museum of Neon Art has acquired a big piece of history from America’s first theme park. The neon spectacular is a double-sided capital K for Knott’s Berry Farm that features serifs and a sweeping curve. It is 20-feet tall with a base measuring 10 feet by 12 feet, and was animated to fill with […]
By Mary O’KEEFE CVW spent two days this week with California Highway Patrol officers in the unincorporated area of Los Angeles County/La Crescenta-Montrose. Local residents contacted CVW regarding traffic safety around schools. Crescenta Valley Town Council (CVTC), Glendale Unified School District and law enforcement have all worked together to educate drivers on how to safely […]
During its tour, the CVWD reviewed the history of water in the Valley and shared some possible future insights. By Charly SHELTON The Crescenta Valley is shaped by water. In a physical sense by the erosion of the mountains by rain, in a cultural sense by the ever-present reminders and memorials of major floods […]
Elections remind us not only of the rights but the responsibilities of citizenship in a democracy. ~ Robert Kennedy By Mary O’Keefe It may have seemed like it would never arrive but Election Day is only 12 days away; however, early voting in Los Angeles County has already begun. The LA County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s […]