Since its inception, the JROTC program has been building leadership skills and loyal friendships. By Mary O’KEEFE The Crescenta Valley High School JROTC has been a leadership program at the school for 27 years: however, its roots go much deeper. It was over 100 years ago when U.S. Army Lt. Edgar R. Steevers envisioned a […]
By Mary O’KEEFE This week parents with children at Crescenta Valley High School were notified there had been a case of Pertussis, or whooping cough, reported at the school. “There is one [case] that has been diagnosed and two to three other [students] who, upon receiving the letter from CVHS, went to the doctors and […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The man thought to be responsible for several robberies including one in the 4100 block of Pennsylvania Avenue was in court on Wednesday where he was charged with robbing three convenience stores, armed with a blowtorch and a Taser. Jameile Hairston, 41, faces three counts each of second-degree robbery and criminal threats […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A vehicle traveling at a slow rate of speed on Ocean View Boulevard and Florencita Avenue on Wednesday afternoon hit a pedestrian who was transported to the hospital. At about 4 p.m. a vehicle was traveling westbound on Florencita Avenue and stopped at the intersection waiting to make a left turn. The […]
Young and old are encouraged to put on their dancing shoes to enjoy a night of Big Band music. By Mary O’KEEFE The Big Band Era was from the 1930s to the 1940s. It was born of a time when the country was climbing out of a depression only to face a World War, but […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. Air 5 has been on hundreds of rescues and recoveries and are used to seeing just about everything in the Angeles National Forest, but on Sunday they encountered something a little different. Air 5 was responding to a vehicle over the side of the road in the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Rosemont Middle School is going all out for Yellow Ribbon Week by putting kindness above all and making it fun, and cool, to be kind. Throughout this week, Rosemont students have celebrated being nice to one another with a series of events from signing a pledge banner to offering free lemonade and […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Montrose Search and Rescue team responds to a variety of emergencies, but one of the most common is hikers who go out into the wilderness and either lose their way or become injured and can’t make it back to their starting point. Dr. John Rodarte knows all too well what can […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Between 8:45 a.m. and 9:45 a.m. on Wednesday morning, a person/persons broke a small window of a home in the 5300 block of Pineridge Drive and gained entrance into the residence. No one was home at the time. When the resident returned home she found her home safe had been stolen, said […]
By Mary O’KEEFE To understand the impact of the Nicholas Brothers one only needs to watch “Be a Clown” performed with Gene Kelly in 1948’s “The Pirate.” Those lives filled with talent, fame and grace is being celebrated at the Alex Theatre this Sunday at 7:30 p.m. There will be a show of clips in […]