CVCA Meets Tonight The Crescenta Valley Community Association will have its monthly meeting tonight, Thursday, June 28 at 7 p.m. The CVCA is a cross-jurisdictional, volunteer organization that encourages collaboration between community groups so that the Crescenta Valley can be represented with one voice. All are invited to the La Crescenta Library at 2809 Foothill […]
Update as of 5:30 p.m. Gas leak is contained; roads still need to be repaired in La Crescenta. A trench dug on La Crescenta Avenue is where gas leak occurred. Road needs to be repaired before traffic will be allowed. Road closed from Paraiso to Henrietta. Workers still in area. By Mary O’KEEFE BRKICH, a […]
Hot Topic Leaves Burning Question Heard on nearly every newscast this week has been the issue of separating families who illegally cross into the United States. Most of these immigrants are coming to the United States in search of a better life; some are running from oppression that includes the threat of violence and […]
“A low line of shore was visible at first on the right between the movement of the waves and fog, but when we came further it was lost sight of, and nothing could be seen but the mist curling in the rigging, and a small circle of foam.” ~ John Millington Synge, 1871-1909, Irish author, […]
Food trucks, kid activities and an expansive fireworks display await the Crescenta Valley community. By Mary O’KEEFE Members of the Crescenta Valley Fireworks Association are working hard as they prepare for the Fourth of July Star Spangled Celebration at Crescenta Valley High School. The longtime traditional hometown Independence Day fireworks celebration costs $50,000 to bring […]
By Mary O’KEEFE California Highway Patrol has lately been up on the Angeles Crest Highway trying to get drivers to slow down as they make their way along this twisting and turning mountain road and commuter path. “We had received calls from commuters that were worried about the Angeles Crest Highway,” said Office Bejar. “As […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Scientists and engineers at Jet Propulsion Laboratory are listening every day for a signal from Opportunity, the “little rover that could.” The Martian rover has powered down as a fierce storm covers the Red Planet. “We got notice on Friday, June 1, of the storm,” said Bill Nelson, engineer manager for the […]
On June 13 at 9:26 a.m., the Glendale Police Dept. AB109 Task Force and the Los Angeles County Probation Armed Unit conducted a probation compliance check in the 1300 block of Blossom Street in the City of Glendale. The team was conducting a compliance check involving two brothers, 24-year-old Vahe Harutyunyan and 22-year-old Garik Aroutiounian. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE An attempted carjacking was thwarted by good Samaritans and an advanced ignition system. At about 7:40 p.m. on June 15, a woman was sitting in her silver Mercedes SUV in the Ralphs parking lot in La Cañada. Her daughter was asleep in the backseat of the vehicle when suddenly a 19-year-old Los […]
Senator Anthony J. Portantino received an Honorary Service Award from the First District PTA. Portantino, a PTA member, has been a lifelong advocate of K-12 public school education. He worked closely with the First District PTA throughout his years in office. Portantino is the father of two daughters, one who completed her K-12 education in […]