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 […]
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 […]
By Mary O’KEEFE William Warren Hail, Lt. Colonel, U.S. Air Force, from Glendale, Missing in Action, last seen during post-maintenance test flight out of Da Nang Air Force Base on Aug. 2, 1965. Jerry Ray Murphy, Specialist 5th Class, U.S. Army, from Tujunga, Killed in Action May 4, 1966 in Ving Long, Vietnam. Gary Nels […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Crescenta Valley Dog Park re-opened to the public on Saturday, June 16 during normal hours of operation from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Pet parents and their dogs were very happy when the gates swung open after being closed for four days. The CV Dog Park was closed after CV Town […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Those who think middle school students are superficial have not met Nicholas Cabalo or Megan Lee. These two artists/philosophers who recently promoted from Rosemont Middle School looked deep into issues that affect kids their age and society in general. They shared their artistry through the PTA Reflections project, a national arts recognition […]
The Vietnam Memorial at Ocean View and Honolulu serves as a reminder of troubled times. By Mary O’KEEFE America 1968 was turbulent. Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy were assassinated within two months of each other. The battles in Vietnam intensified, and protests against the fighting increased. Caught in the politics of the era […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Crescenta Valley Dog Park has been closed due to reports received concerning dogs becoming ill after attending the park. The Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation closed the park “out of an abundance of caution.” CV Town Council President Harry Leon said the council began receiving calls concerning sick dogs. He […]
Lion’s Club Fire House Fundraiser 2 By Mary O’KEEFE The Crescenta Cañada Lions Club is hosting a mixer for the Fire House youth center tonight. All are invited to attend and learn about the youth center, who it is they serve and what the future plans are including new programming. The Fire House youth center […]