By Bethany BROWN Veterans from the American Legion Post 288 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1614 in La Crescenta, along with the Los Angeles Chapter of the Military Order of the World Wars (MOWW), partnered with Operation Gratitude to package and deliver gift bags to local first responders throughout the month of April. The […]
By Bethany BROWN The Montrose Shopping Park hosted its 4th Annual Spring Wine Walk on April 9 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Community residents who purchased their tickets in advance were given wristbands upon arrival that allowed them to sample a variety of wines from the many pour stations hosted by participating MSP merchants […]
By Bethany BROWN Glendale Unified School District will hold its 21st Annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration on Thursday, April 21. The event – presented by GUSD Armenian Clubs from Clark Magnet, Crescenta Valley, Glendale and Hoover high schools – will begin at 6:30 p.m. and will be broadcast live on television and online. For those who […]
By Bethany BROWN Glendale Police Dept. hosted its first “Big Saturday” – a day filled with mural-painting and conversation – at Horace Mann Elementary School on Saturday, April 2. From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., officers worked alongside 50 selected fourth and fifth grade student leaders to paint a total of eight murals throughout the campus. […]
By Bethany BROWN USC Verdugo Hills Hospital hosted 50 students from Crescenta Valley, Eagle Rock and La Cañada high schools for the hospital’s Healthcare Day of Discovery on Friday, March 25. Students were given an opportunity to learn more about career opportunities in the healthcare field including, among others, nurses, physician’s assistants, physical therapists, radiologists […]
By Bethany BROWN The Glendale Community Services & Parks Dept. has incorporated and welcomed since 2013 the pickleball community at various locations within the city. On March 11, it introduced its newest addition for individuals with Parkinson’s and their caregivers at Pacific Park & Community Center, 501 S Pacific Ave. Volunteers from Glendale’s pickleball players […]
By Bethany BROWN La Crescenta resident Jake Zawacki Goff was one of 18 national winners of the NASA Deep Space Food Challenge. The Challenge invited teams or individuals to create novel and game-changing food technologies or systems that require minimal inputs and maximize safe, nutritious and palatable food outputs for long-duration space missions, and which […]
Prior to the heat of competition, CV High School hosts an informal get together with local robotics teams. By Bethany BROWN Crescenta Valley High School’s FIRST– For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology – robotics competition team, Falkon Robotics (FRC 589), hosted its annual pre-competition season “scrimmage” for teams in the area to come […]
By Bethany BROWN In 1885, immigrant French winemaker – Georges Le Mesnager – purchased land in the Dunsmore Canyon area of La Crescenta, now known as Deukmejian Wilderness Park. He planted vines and grew grapes for a winery he opened and ran in downtown Los Angeles … until Prohibition hit. He further developed the land […]
By Bethany BROWN The Montrose Shopping Park Association held its annual Valentine’s Day rose giveaway on Saturday, Feb. 12. “Charlie Chaplin” was present on the corner of Ocean View Bouelvard and Honolulu Avenue to hand out roses to passersby between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Further entertainment was provided by the seven-woman musical group Monday@JoJo’s, […]