By Mary O’KEEFE The Annual Prom Plus Boutique will be held on Nov. 12 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the St. Luke’s of the Mountains Episcopal Church. “The Prom Plus Holiday Boutique is a fantastic event that has a lot of unique gifts for the winter holidays. I am always surprised at the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE California voters are going to be asked to vote on 17 propositions this Tuesday. CVW has covered a few of the propositions in prior weeks. Here is a brief description of those left that voters will be asked to decide on: Prop 55. This is called “Extend Tax on High Income,” […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Although nurse Agnes Richards, by all accounts, was not one who complained about facing hardships when she opened her sanitarium for women, known as Rockhaven, in 1923 it is most certain that there were obstacles she had to overcome, particularly being a woman who owned and operated a business. And one might […]
All are invited to the annual celebration at the CV Dog Park on Saturday at 10 a.m. By Mary O’KEEFE Although it may be difficult to remember a time when the Crescenta Valley Dog Park was not a part of CV Park, it has actually only been a short four years since it opened. It […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY and Mary O’KEEFE Lisa Woung from the Programs Development Division of the County of Los Angeles Dept. of Public Works gave an update on the progress of medians along Foothill Boulevard at the monthly meeting of the Crescenta Valley Town Council. A traffic study concluded in July and, based on the results […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Halloween Fun Run was Saturday when runners and walkers of all ages got up early and headed to Two Strike Park in La Crescenta to run the foothills, either in costume or traditional running gear. The annual run started at 8 a.m. and everyone from the community was invited to participate. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Office is getting ready for the big night – Nov. 8 – but workers at the RRCC have been working steadily for some time as mail-in ballots arrive and early voting has begun. The criteria to vote in California are, according to the California Secretary of […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Crescenta Valley Town Council meeting is tonight, Thursday, at 7 p.m. in the La Crescenta Library community room, 2809 Foothill Blvd. It is an important meeting to attend for those in the community who are concerned about the median project along Foothill Boulevard. The original number of medians planned for the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE There are two propositions on the Nov. 8 ballot that deal with the death penalty. The first, Prop 62, repeals the death penalty as maximum punishment for a person found guilty of murder and replaces it with life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. It would apply retroactively to persons already sentenced […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A future ornithologist is one of 16 young people from the nation awarded the Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes. The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes celebrates inspiring, public-spirited young people from diverse backgrounds across North America. Established in 2001 by author T.A. Barron, the Barron Prize annually honors 25 outstanding […]