Changes Coming to Local Schools Staff

Updated on July 4. Change made in bold below. By Mary O’KEEFE There are several administrative changes coming to local schools. From the search for a new superintendent to a new principal and assistant principals, Crescenta Valley students will see some new faces. The first, as has been reported, is the hunt for a new […]

Real Heroes Found at Air Show

Real Heroes Found at Air Show

In addition to seeing helicopters and those who fly them, attendees to Saturday’s event became a part of history. By Mary O’KEEFE ero is a term used, at times, arbitrarily but last Saturday the term “hero” was the best way to describe the men and women who took part in the American Heroes Air Show. […]

Monument Outreach Conducted

By Mary O’KEEFE The first of five U.S. Forest Service public open house meetings was held on Monday at the Pacific Community Center in Glendale. The purpose of the meetings are to get public input on the development of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument Management Plan. On Oct. 14, 2014 President Barack Obama signed […]

Getting Ready for Fireworks … and More

Getting Ready for Fireworks … and More

By Seo Jin LEE, intern The Fourth of July celebration at La Crescenta Elementary School playground, 4343 La Crescenta Ave. in La Crescenta, is coming back for another year. The Crescenta Valley Fireworks Association (CVFA) in conjunction with event chairs and volunteer committees will be putting on the 9th Annual Fourth of July event for […]

Farewell, Wanda

Farewell, Wanda

  Friends, family and longtime customers filled City Hall Café to say goodbye and happy retirement to longtime City Hall waitress Wanda Bergstrom. It will be difficult to walk into the restaurant and not see Bergstrom, coffee pot in hand, greeting customers, joking with old friends and serving a hot cup of coffee … something […]

Meeting Held Regarding Local Crime

By Mary O’KEEFE About 100 concerned residents from the unincorporated area of Los Angeles County/La Crescenta met with the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station Capt. Bill Song and Sgt. Cynthia Gonzales on Monday evening. Their purpose was to ask questions concerning what some have perceived as a radical increase in residential burglary in the last few […]

DNA Testing Legislation Moves Forward

By Mary O’KEEFE The California Assembly is moving forward with legislation concerning criminal DNA testing [Proposition 69]. In December the California appeals court struck down the state law allowing the collection of DNA from anyone arrested on suspicion of committing a felony. Voters had originally approved the law in 2004. Collection is continuing after the […]

Bargains Found at CV Sheriff’s Rummage Sale

Bargains Found at CV Sheriff’s Rummage Sale

  By Mary O’KEEFE Bargain hunters started lining up early in the morning on May 30 for the Annual Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station Rummage Sale. CV sheriff volunteers and community officers Sgt. Cynthia Gonzales and Dep. Jesse Alcala worked for weeks to organize and prepare for the event. “It was very successful,” Gonzales said. “It […]

Golf Fun Planned

By Mary O’KEEFE Friday, June 26, is the Annual Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce Scholarship Golf Tournament at Scholl Canyon Golf Course. The annual event raises funds for scholarships given to local graduating seniors. Single player fees are $125, and teams of four are $440. The entry fee includes 18 holes of golf, a cart, […]