Crescenta

According to the Historical Society of the Crescenta Valley, in 1885 two immigrant French winemakers – Georges Le Mesnager and Pierre Durancette – purchased land in Dunsmore Canyon from Dr. Benjamin B. Briggs, the founder of La Crescenta.

A free neighborhood shredding event takes place on Sunday, May 7 from 10 a.m. to noon at the La Crescenta Woman’s Club, 4004 La Crescenta Ave. All paper will be accepted; no plastic, X-rays or binders).

At a previous La Crescenta Library tree lighting Fifth District Supervisor Kathryn Barger (at microphone with a limited number of guests) lit the La Crescenta Christmas tree.

Wildfires are something that people in the Crescenta Valley and La Crescenta area worry about and so I’m very proud that in the last infrastructure bill there was $6 billion for wildfire management and mitigation.

As is common lately at many of the meetings regarding Glendale and La Crescenta roadways and projects, center stage seems to be about biking.

Burroughs finished behind Arcadia, Burbank and Crescenta Valley in league last season.

Head coach Phil Torres of Crescenta Valley walks to the mound in the second inning of a prep baseball game against Arcadia at Stengel Field in Glendale on Friday, April 28, 2023.

Several schools will have, or already have, new fencing including at Monte Vista, Lincoln and La Crescenta elementary schools, the field at Toll Middle School and CVHS.

Within the Crescenta Valley the loss of community leaders has been overwhelming.

From left, La Crescenta residents Millie Oka, 8, and Ivy Jameson, 7, limbo at the Pioneer Picnic in the Sunland building field.

Inquiries were made by the developer, a La Crescenta resident, to build on land bordering the canyon but the developer had not moved forward with the permitting process, according to engineers present at the meeting.

I’ve been a member of the Crescenta Valley community for over 40 years.

On Tuesday night, the Glendale City Council voted 3-2 to move forward on plans to rehabilitate La Crescenta Avenue as it previously discussed, eliminating travel lanes and adding bike lanes aimed at slowing traffic and enhancing the safety of the street.

Providence took on Crescenta Valley in a nonleague game and lost 15-1.

What was a close game for three innings was turned into a rout after the Providence High baseball team surrendered a 10-run fourth inning versus Crescenta Valley on Monday night.

After the Olympics, Cromwell spoke at a Nazi-organized German Day celebration at La Crescenta’s Hindenburg Park, which was filled with swastika flags and storm troopers, according to a report in the American Jewish World.

He enrolled at Hollywood High and took his first job pumping gas at a La Crescenta station.

Among those at the school for his visit were Glendale Mayor Ara Najarian, Glendale Unified School District President Jennifer Freemon, State Assembly member Laura Friedman, and Crescenta Valley Town Council President Harry Leon.

Crescenta Valley (19-8 and 4-1 in league) would capture the next two points including the set-winner by Santos (15 kills and four aces).

Since Culver City had played the Crescenta Valley freshman team in the last few years, they have a very cordial relationship, so Coach Wright decided to enter the tournament and tell the team immediately.