Who Are You Calling Oenophile? Oenophile: A Lover or Connoisseur of Wines We’ll find out who the local oenophiles are come Saturday, March 18 when from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. the Montrose Shopping Park will host an evening of wine tastings and hors d’oeuvres at our first annual Montrose Spring Wine Walk. We are […]
Glendale City Council Forum Monday Night On Monday, March 13 the Montrose-Verdugo City Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a City of Glendale candidates’ forum starting at 6:30 p.m. sharp. All 10 candidates are expected to be in attendance. At this forum we will be asking the candidates questions that are specific to the Montrose/La […]
Day at the Races 2017 If it’s March, it must be time for Day at the Races. We love this event because it’s a chance for the CV Chamber to work together with the Montrose-Verdugo City Chamber of Commerce and the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Support Group. We’ve once again secured the Top of the Stretch […]
On March 1 at its 7 p.m. worship service, the Lutheran Church in the Foothills (also known as the “Touchdown Church”) held an Ash Wednesday service to mark the beginning of the church season of Lent and to celebrate a day of penitence. It included the imposition of ashes made by the church’s youth group. […]
All parents and grandparents are invited to the Cook Prayer Chapel of the La Cañada Presbyterian Church on Sunday, March 12 at 9:30 a.m. to hear Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist Jennifer Shim Lovers. In this talk parents will learn about what brain research reveals about child development and how parents can help their […]
July 3, 1929 – Feb. 27, 2017 Barbara Ellis Colby was born in Sydney, Australia on July 3, 1929. Barbara passed away Feb. 27 at the age of 87. She was a retired kindergarten teacher who taught at La Crescenta Elementary School since 1965. She retired in 1994, but continued to teach part-time until January […]
Nov. 13, 1928 – Feb. 27, 2017 Dick was raised here in Crescenta Valley. He graduated from Glendale High in 1947. His education at UCLA was interrupted by the draft. After two years in the U.S. Army, he returned to UCLA and graduated in 1957 with a BA in education. This was followed by a […]
By Nicole MOORE On Feb. 23, Dignity Health-Glendale Memorial Hospital celebrated select members of its Cardiac Fitness Center during the 22nd Annual King & Queen of Hearts event. Honored were Suzy Zavala who was crowned junior queen, Joe Selph, crowned junior king, Karo Avanessian honored as senior king and Anik Narinians was recognized as senior […]
A legacy of automobile sales and service reaches a milestone. By Mary O’KEEFE In 1917 Southern Californians enjoyed their third Rose Bowl and U.S. President Woodrow Wilson was inaugurated. In April, the United States declared war on Germany and entered WWI and Walt Disney graduated from Benton High School. In San Francisco the memory of […]
By Julie BUTCHER On a nearly dreary Sunday, Feb. 26, a day generally reserved for Oscar watching preparations, more than 400 members of the foothills’ communities found the parking structure and trekked across the well-kept landscape of the campus of Glendale Community College to attend a packed, spirited community swearing-in for recently elected California State […]