What is your main thing?

What is your main thing?

The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.” Stephen R. Covey What is your ‘main thing’ in business? Is your main thing to make money, to be successful in business, to meet as many prospective clients as you can? The Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce’s main thing is to promote the […]

It’s time to don the lederhosen

It’s time to don the lederhosen

There is nothing going on in my life other than Oktoberfest this week. Oh yeah: Happy Birthday, son. We’ll have to celebrate after Saturday. How many times do I dot the ‘i’s and cross the ‘t’s? It’s making me crazy. There are so many small details to attend to. I’m lucky I work with a […]

Faithful observe Yom Kippur

Faithful observe Yom Kippur

By Shana LiVIGNI “…In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and you shall not do any work … For on that day he shall provide atonement for you to cleanse you from all your sins before the Lord.” -Leviticus 16:29-30 This year, Yom Kippur began at […]

DON’T MISS

Celebrity gala tickets available Evening with the Stars Celebrity Gala benefiting the Desi Geestman Foundation takes place on Saturday, Oct. 10 at The Gilmore Adobe at The Grove; 6301 W. Third Street in Los Angeles. Tickets to this star-studded gala are $75 per person and include dinner, silent auction, entertainment and much more. Cameras will […]

Gazpacho recipe

Gazpacho recipe

1/2 watermelon 5 roasted bell peppers 4 cups of orange juice 1 litre of tomato juice 4 cucumbers (peeled and seeded) 1/2 red onion 1/4 cup of sherry wine vinegar 12 oz. of any regular bread (no crust ) Salt & pepper to taste Place all the ingredients together. Let them sit for 10 minutes […]

Helping our local forest land

Helping our local forest land

Kathleen Parenteau, a past president of the La Crescenta Woman’s Club, holds pine seedlings similar to those which will be used to re-establish local forests following the Station Fire. Members of the public who are interested helping in this effort can sponsor an acre of forest land for a donation of $68. This amount can fund up to 350 trees. […]

CV Park site of picnic, car show

CV Park site of picnic, car show

The Eagle Rock Trompers Car Club held its annual picnic and car show at Crescenta Valley Park on Saturday, Sept. 12. The club boasts a varied membership that includes residents of Crescenta Valley. An estimated 100-plus members and invited guests came to the park to view the many antique and collectible automobiles. The Trompers were […]

movies at the park

movies at the park

It was a Looney nighT » Laughter echoed from Two Strike Park on Saturday night as classic Looney Tunes cartoons filled the screen during Movie in the Park. The event is sponsored by the Historical Society of Crescenta Valley and Crescenta Valley Town Council.  After the cartoons came “The Long, Long Trailer” starring Lucille Ball […]

“An Evening of Entertainment” raises over $1,000

Over 100 of La Cañada and surrounding communities enjoyed an evening of fun and entertainment on Saturday, Sept. 19 while generously donating to the LCF Station Fire Thank You Fund.The firefighter fundraiser event, “An Evening of Entertainment” held in Memorial Park in La Cañada, resulted in over $1,000 being raised for the fund.The event featured […]

“Zal & Rudabeh” comes to the Alex

“Zal & Rudabeh” comes to the Alex

The premiere of the full-length ballet “Zal & Rudabeh” is created and directed by  choreographer Anna Djanbazian and performed by dancers from the Djanbazian Dance Company.The ballet is based on an epic tale “Shah-nameh,” the Book of Kings by Ferdowsi, an11th century Persian poet. It is a timeless tale of forbidden romance, war, triumph and […]