Get ready – It’s time for the Hometown Country Fair

By Mary O’KEEFE The fifth Annual Hometown Country Fair will be held at Crescenta Valley Park this Saturday, April 17, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The event harkens back to old time country fairs with arts and crafts exhibits, rides and, of course, pie baking and eating contests. As for the weather? “We have […]

In briefs

CRAIG LEVRA TO SPEAK AT GCC “From Defense to Offense – A Strategic Approach to Business Success during Difficult Economic Times” is this year’s Business Lecture Series presentation on April 29 from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Glendale Community College auditorium. The lecture features Craig Levra, president and chief executive office of Sport Chalet […]

CITY WRAP

Two in runoff for Assembly The top Democrat and  Republican in the race Tuesday for the 43rd Assembly District finished in almost a dead heat. The vote was to choose a successor for former Assemblyman Paul Krekorian, now Los Angeles city councilmember. Top vote getter was Republican Sunder Ramani, who received 10,403 votes, for 31.79%. […]

Letters to the Editor

GLENDALE EMPLOYEES: CAN WE AFFORD THEM? For the past two years the Glendale City Council has been aware of the financial difficulties of this city, county, state and country. It answered our financial problems by slashing city services, raising utility fees, parking fees, library fees, rubbish fees, etc. Also, we have passed bonds and approved, […]

Clark Magnet High School – Who was Clark anyway?

The Crescenta Valley, because of its location, has been fortunate in having some of the great names in America as residents. Being near Hollywood and the entertainment industry has supplied us with a never-ending stream of famous names, and the proximity to Disney made us home to some of the greatest animators of all time. […]

An unvergesslich time was had by all

The last time I was in Germany, I was 4 years old. In spite of the considerable number of years that have passed since then, I still remember a surprising amount about my family’s travels that summer long ago. During the three months that my dad was in Europe on business, my mom, two older […]

Alexis Morgan de Lucia presented

Alexis Morgan de Lucia, the daughter of Frank and Beverly de Lucia, was recently presented as a debutante with the Daughters of the American Revolution, California State Society. She is the granddaughter of Dorothy Sundbye, the late John E. Bowen, Arch de Lucia and the late Rosary de Lucia. Alexis is a 2009 graduate of […]

Making their school beautiful

Mountain Avenue Elementary students, families, teachers and principal brought their tools and gloves to school on Saturday, March 27 to volunteer at the school’s semi-annual Beautification Day, sponsored by the PTA. The event beautifies the school grounds as the regular budget for gardening by school maintenance staff is limited to mowing the grass. Families donated […]