QUESTION: Our 15-year-old daughter was recently caught shoplifting and I was called to the store where she was arrested. My heart sunk when I got the call because, although we’re not wealthy, our family is privileged to have income that takes very good care of us. We have three children. The other two are […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Tuesday patrons at Town Kitchen and Grill in Montrose got a little extra service as Glendale police officers waited tables. The GPD officers were on hand as part of a Tip-A-Cop fundraiser for the Special Olympics Santa Clarita and Tri-Valley athletes. Officer Matt Zakarian is on the Special Olympics committee […]
By Charly SHELTON The June meeting of the Montrose Shopping Park Assn. welcomed two business owners who introduced themselves to the MSPA board and gave demonstrations of their businesses. Katie and Erick Padilla of Arthur Murray Dance Center showed off some of their dance moves with an impromptu tango across the conference room floor on […]
Community commitment and striving for the best make our community a wonderful and unique place to live. Though election week may have us focused on just a few big names, the people who make some of the biggest changes in our neighborhood are you! Our local residents, our volunteer activists, committee chairs, and neighborhood groups […]
‘Problem’ is Full of Hot Air Once again our legislators rush in to solve a “problem” without taking the time to think. The Mylar balloon issue is so huge that they have to ban them from use. Come on folks, the problem is the balloons float up in to the power wires and short circuit […]
Ask Phyllis! For Sale By Owner Dear Phyllis, My husband is being relocated back East and we need to sell our home. The market is great, why shouldn’t I try to sell it myself. Why don’t more people try this? PJR Dear PJR, Most sellers hire Realtors® because selling a home is extremely complicated. […]
By Alessandra LUCKEY, intern In a decisive election, more citizens of Los Angeles County took to the polls to have their voices heard on the presidential nomination, vacant government positions and important measures on Tuesday than in the previous Presidential Primary. In 2012, only 21.87% of the registered 4,450,035 voters cast their ballots. This year […]
July 13, 1939 – May 24, 2016 Nancy Jean (Wilson) Ellyson passed away at Villa Gardens Health Center in Pasadena on May 24 after a short illness. Nancy was born in Bakersfield on July 13, 1939 to John L. and Grace K. Wilson. The family, including her brother Robert, moved to La Crescenta in 1943. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE For over 200 years the American flag has flown across the United States, first as a statement of defiance and of a new beginning, then as a reminder of our nation’s hard fought freedom. But for one Montrose man the flag represents home and liberty. “The flag is the symbol of our […]
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