By Mary O’KEEFE The Prom Plus Taste of Montrose was held on Sunday, made possible by the complete generosity of local restaurants. Prom Plus began over 20 years ago after a Crescenta Valley High School student was murdered while she slept at an unsupervised after-prom party. CVHS seniors had rented rooms in an Anaheim hotel. […]
By Charly SHELTON The drought may be over and the hills may be green, but the lasting effects of a five-year water shortage can still be seen in the trees of California. With reports of huge trees toppling over becoming more and more commonplace, it is safe to say that we are not done losing […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Tuesday at 8:19 p.m. the Crescenta Valley Station received a call from a resident whose home in the 400 block of Paulette Place in La Cañada security alarm had activated. The resident was not at his home at the time. When deputies responded they saw two men running from the location. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The annual Hometown Country Fair was held on Saturday, a success despite the winds that preceded the event. “I think it went well under the circumstances,” said Kaipo Chock, president of the Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce, the organizer of the event. The circumstances that Chock spoke of were the strong winds […]
By Mary O’KEEFE After over three hours of deliberation, a bit of confusion and a vote reversal, the Los Angeles County Committee on School District Organization voted to accept the petition for territory transfer of the Sagebrush area from Glendale Unified School District to La Cañada Unified School District. Sagebrush is the far west section […]
Volunteerism and collaboration celebrated at Mountain Avenue Elementary 50th anniversary gala. By Mary O’KEEFE Parents dropping off their child for the first time at Mountain Avenue Elementary School may notice a different feel from other elementary schools. After all, to get to this school parents and students travel down a cul-de-sac in a tree-lined neighborhood. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Recently Crescenta Valley High School’s PTSA and administration hosted Myron Dembo, Ph.D. at the school to discuss a variety of issues facing students today. Dembo is the emeritus professor of educational psychology at the University of Southern California where he has taught for 41 years. His credentials also include being a fellow […]
By Mary O’KEEFE In the spring of 1861, the United States began a war that tore the country apart. For four years the United States Civil War pitted family against family, neighbor against neighbor and in the end took the lives of an estimated 620,000 soldiers. This “war between the states” occurred over 150 years […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Physics, construction, science, creativity and mathematics are just a few of the attributes used by physics students at Clark Magnet High School when they competed in the Build A Better Bridge contest. The challenge for the students was to build a bridge made out of basswood and glue. Students were judged on […]
By Mary O”KEEFE Clark Magnet High School students learned about genocides, past and present, at an emotional event last Thursday when Camp Darfur tents lined the area of the outdoor auditorium. The interactive awareness and educational event gave students an opportunity to see that genocide was not limited to one culture or one area of […]