Falcons – Students, Teachers and Employees – Recognized at CVHS Award Assembly

By Joyce LEE and Mary O’KEEFE With only a month left until graduation, the Crescenta Valley High School senior class is nearing the end of its high school memory- making. These memories would not be complete without the traditional presentation of the Falcon Award, CVHS’s sole school-wide and student-run scholarship program. The Falcon Award was […]

The Village Talks Campus Safety

By Mary O’KEEFE The Village will be holding its second roundtable discussion on Monday at 7 p.m. at St. Luke’s of the Mountains Sadler Hall, 2563 Foothill Blvd. The Village is an open forum for people in the community that want to discuss issues related to raising children in this community and hazards they may […]

CVHS Gets the Gold

By Mary O’KEEFE Crescenta Valley High School has been given a gold ranking from the 2014 Best High Schools US News report. The magazine teamed up with the D.C.-based organization American Institutes for Research to evaluate the schools across the nation in three phases, according to the US News report. Two steps “looked at the […]

Parents and Students Asked to be Alert

By Mary O’KEEFE The Glendale police are investigating a report concerning a “child annoying” suspect. On Friday, April 18 at about 3:15 p.m. in the 3000 block of Montrose Avenue, a 17-year-old girl from Crescenta Valley High School was approached by a man described as white or Middle Eastern in his 30s with a buzzed-style […]

GPD Asking for Public’s Help in Shoplifting Case

By Mary O’KEEFE The Glendale Police Dept. is asking for the public’s help in finding suspects relating to four shoplifting cases at Vons grocery store at 2039 Verdugo Blvd. in Montrose. In the incidents occurring between March 26 and April 15 from 6:30 p.m. and 9:15 p.m., suspects entered the store pretending to be grocery […]

Prayer Breakfast on Tuesday

By Mary O’KEEFE Tickets are still available for the Crescenta Valley Prayer Breakfast that is being held on Tuesday morning at First Baptist Church – La Crescenta. Rodger Kamstra will be the main speaker at the breakfast. Kamstra has worked as a youth pastor as well as with numerous inner city and international outreach programs. […]

These Games Are Special

Volunteers, spectators and lots of cheerleaders are expected to support the Special Olympics regional competition on Saturday. By Mary O’KEEFE In 2008, CV CAN (Crescenta Valley Committed to Athletic Needs) began a tradition that has become one of the more popular events in Crescenta Valley. It is an event where participants, spectators and volunteers all […]

Sagebrush Transfers Still Under Debate

By Mary O’KEEFE On May 6, the Glendale Unified School District Board of Education will once again listen to comments and discuss the Sagebrush transfer. Sagebrush is the westernmost region of the city of La Cañada Flintridge, which falls within the GUSD district. The discussion at both the La Cañada Unified School District and GUSD […]

GPD Asks for Public’s Help in Arson Investigation

By Mary O’KEEFE The Glendale Police Dept. responded to the 400 block of E. Harvard Street concerning a mattress that had apparently been set on fire, which resulted in fire damage to a carport that was adjacent to where the mattress was located. GPD believes there is a connection between this incident and a series […]

Law Enforcement Responds to False Call

By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale police and L.A. sheriffs responded to a call on the morning of April 17 concerning shots fired in the 3200 block of Henrietta; however, when law enforcement arrived, they discovered the call had been made under false pretenses and not by the residents of the home. Nearby schools were temporarily on […]