Harvest Program Helps Feed Needy at Foothill Unity Center

By Agnes CONSTANTE Using fruit picking sticks several feet long, students from Crescenta Valley High School (CVHS) and La Cañada High School (LCHS) probe at the highest branches of a citrus fruit tree. Once they manage to catch a fruit stem between the metal prongs at the top of the tool, it takes just a […]

St. Bede Kiwanis Builders Club Welcomes LCF Mayor and Their Pastor

Members of the St. Bede the Venerable Roman Catholic School Kiwanis Builders Club surround their new president Allison Pieroni, La Cañada Flintridge Mayor David Spence and St. Bede Pastor Monsignor Antonio Cacciapuoti at the installation lunchtime meeting of the club. The St. Bede branch is sponsored by the AM Kiwanis Club. Several members of the […]

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Kiwanis Honor Fellows

At a recent meeting, the Jewel City Kiwanis honored member Woody Lee with the Kiwanian of the Year award for administering a variety of social and fund raising projects for the club. These included, in part, the creation of the Ray Perkins Memorial Fund that allocated donations to the Full Force Basketball program in La […]

Women’s Council Welcomes New Members

The Women’s Council of Verdugo Hills Hospital Foundation (VHHF) recently held a luncheon at New Moon restaurant in Montrose to welcome new members who joined the group of dedicated women. These new members are Wendy Alane Smith, Freny Berkenbile, Adriana Mucic and Gloria Cotton. Joining the new members at the luncheon were Esther Mauries, Eileen […]

Evening of Wine & Roses a Success

Over 700 people attended the 24th annual Evening of Wine & Roses event, held on the Glendale Memorial campus on Oct. 3. The Foundation raised over $320,000 to benefit the Emergency Department. Guests were treated to a wide array of delicacies from local restaurants and wineries. Shown are (from left) Glendale Memorial Hospital President Mark […]

Las Candelas Holds Fall Party

The Las Candelas’ Fall Party was held in the gardens at the home of Bruce and Debbie Hinckley. The theme was Tropical Paradise. Fifty members and their guests honored Bobbi Gangi, outgoing president and welcomed Monica Sierra, incoming president. The members will again begin their volunteer efforts at Hillsides Education Center, Hathaway-Sycamores, Glendale Healthy Kids […]

CV Arts Council Presents Paint Out

By Brandon HENSLEY Landscape painters have a chance this month to show off their talents as The Crescenta Valley Arts Council is in the midst of holding its second annual “Paint Out” event. Registration began on Friday and continues through Nov. 4 at White’s Fine Art at 2414 Honolulu Ave. Artists can register up to […]

Glendale Presbyterian Church to Host Piano Recital by Harout Senekeremian

By Ted AYALA Glendale’s resident pianophiles would do well to keep this Sunday evening open. Local pianist Harout Senekeremian will be performing an eclectic recital of music spanning the 19th Century to the present day. Beginning at 7:30 p.m. and concluding at 9:30 p.m., the concert will feature music by Beethoven, Arno Babadjanian, Nikolai Kapustin, […]

Just In Time for Halloween – Dead Island

By Michael WORKMAN If there’s one thing that has been done to death in video games it’s having the undead itself as the main enemies. Zombies have been in the cross-hairs of countless games as far back as 1997 with the hit arcade shooter House of the Dead. Even though the whole zombie setting in […]