When the American flag was flying not so proudly at Crescenta Commons, in stepped the vets to lend a hand. By Robin GOLDSWORTHY Crescenta Commons, the small park on the southwest corner of Rosemont and Orange avenues in La Crescenta, has become an informal community meeting place since its dedication in 2014. It is not […]
By Mary O’KEEFE During the fiscal year 2015-16, 26,350 animals were adopted in Los Angeles County, which is good news; however, there were also 25,683 euthanized, according to County of L.A. Animal Care and Control. “During my first term on the Los Angeles City Commission, that was with Mayor [Sam] Yorty (in the 1960s and […]
The Boy Scouts of Troop 507, led by Scoutmaster Mike Divine, completed an Eagle Scout project on Cornishon Avenue in La Cañada Flintridge. The walls of the joint-use sports facilities along Cornishon were in need of a fresh coat of paint, so the Boy Scouts sprang into action. “Partnerships with community groups, like the […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Come for the T-shirt launchers and flying toilet paper, stay for the rock show. That might be a worthy tag line for the ongoing North American tour headlined by arguably the biggest band in pop-punk history. Blink-182 will wind down its tour with A Day to Remember in Southern California in late […]
La Crescenta Elementary’s Class of 1888 Last week I wrote about the La Crescenta Elementary School bell which was hung in the steeple of the new schoolhouse in 1890. But there was a school before that, in a little one-room cement structure on the northeast corner of Foothill and Dyer, where the library parking lot […]
Tickets are on sale for The Glendale Historical Society’s “Spanish Splendor” home tour on Sunday, Sept. 25 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The tour will showcase five Period Revival homes from the late 1920s and early 1930s. During that era, Spanish Colonial Revival – and to a lesser extent Mediterranean Revival – was the […]
By Charly SHELTON There is a universal symbol for bringing lunch from home – a brown paper bag. It has even become a turn of phrase; to signify when one has a premade lunch, one is “brown bagging it.” But not all brown paper bags are created equal. Graphic artist Dominick Cabalo has turned brown […]
Valley View Elementary welcomed the parents on the first day of school with its traditional Howdy Coffee. Principal Dr. Brook Reynolds welcomed everyone and talked about the key themes for this year. Encouraging students to have a “growth mindset” and compassion were at the top of the list. Tawni Smith, PTA president, introduced the PTA […]
By Brandon HENSLEY No matter who you talk to, members of the Crescenta Valley High volleyball team feel they are better equipped to handle this season than any recent one. It doesn’t have to do with just the attitude or the talent on the court. It’s also literally because the equipment itself is vastly superior […]
Stephanie M. Green of La Cañada has been named to the Wichita State University dean’s honor roll for spring 2016. To be included on the dean’s honor roll, a student must be enrolled full time (at least 12 credit hours) and earn at least a 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale. WSU enrolls […]