Damian Willard Ryan

Damian Willard Ryan

March 9, 1963 – Nov. 15, 2024 Damian Willard Ryan, beloved husband, father and friend, passed away on Friday, Nov. 15 with his wife and children by his side.  Damian, a lifetime La Crescenta resident, was born on March 9, 1963 to James W. Ryan and Suzanne Alys Ryan. The youngest of five sons, Damian […]

SPIRITUALLY SPEAKING

Question: I am having a struggle with prayers for myself! I can pray just fine for my family and friends but when it comes to myself, I don’t feel like my prayers are working for me at all! I don’t understand what seems to be the problem, but my prayers for myself have no results.  […]

Notes & Nods

Mt. Olive Offers A Breakfast Bible Study & A Community Lunch Mt. Olive invites the Crescenta Valley community to its monthly breakfast Bible study at Panera Bread Restaurant, 990 Town Center Drive, Suite A in La Cañada on the third Saturday of each month at 8:30 a.m. A study of the Book of Second Corinthians […]

VIEWS OF THE VERDUGOS <<< CRAIG DURST

VIEWS OF THE VERDUGOS <<< CRAIG DURST

More on the Ancient Grove In 2016, I visited Sunland Park to conduct a survey of the grove of oaks. A fact had come to light as to why this little forest flourished there. As rainwater drains down from the heights of Tujunga it sinks below the surface and, through circumstances of geology, a portion […]

Land Acknowledgment Ceremony Held at GCC Verdugo Campus

Land Acknowledgment Ceremony Held at GCC Verdugo Campus

Glendale Community College (GCC), in collaboration with the San Gabriel Band of Mission Indians Gabrieleño/Tongva, presented the college’s land acknowledgment in a ceremony held on Nov. 14 in the college’s Student Center and outside the college’s Tongva Building at the Verdugo campus. An introduction and speakers including representatives of the San Gabriel Band of Mission […]

A Moon Tree Planted at Rosemont

A Moon Tree Planted at Rosemont

  Rosemont Middle School students plant a tree that has roots that extend to the stars. By Mary O’KEEFE Rosemont Middle School science students gathered around a small tree on Monday. School custodians had dug a hole where the tree was going to be planted. The students were all smiles and excited when two girls […]

Council Urges Shopping Locally

By Julie BUTCHER At the beginning of Tuesday night’s meeting, the Glendale City Council adopted a proclamation recognizing Saturday, Nov. 30 as Small Business Saturday and urged Glendale residents to shop locally at small businesses, particularly on that day. “Sixty cents of every dollar spent at a small business goes back into the local community,” […]

Rockhaven and City Reach an Agreement

Rockhaven and City Reach an Agreement

By Mary O’KEEFE The Friends of Rockhaven and the City of Glendale have entered into an agreement regarding Rockhaven Sanitarium.  This will end a lawsuit that was filed over a year ago, in April 2023, by Friends of Rockhaven, the non-profit organization formed to help support and protect the Rockhaven Sanitarium site. Members of Friends […]

FROM THE DESK OF THE PUBLISHER <<< ROBIN GOLDSWORTHY

New Places, New Friends One thing about Crescenta Valley residents – we know that not everything is available to us here in town. For example, I have to call elsewhere to get a 3-yard bin to start cleaning out my garage (ugh – don’t even get me started on that chore!). We’ll travel for major […]