By Mary O’KEEFE On Saturday, hair stylists at Bruce K. Smith Salon in La Cañada spent the day buzzing heads for a good cause. The second annual Buzzathon was in support of the Katherine Evans Scholarship Fund. Katherine was 14 years old on June 12, 2011 when she was attending an eighth grade graduation party. […]
State Senator Carol Liu (D-La Cañada Flintridge) and Assemblymembers Mike Gatto (D – Los Angeles) and Anthony Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge) will be recognizing 30 exceptional businesswomen at the 13th Annual Women in Business Legislative Update and Awards luncheon on Aug. 17. Each year, the Women in Business Awards honor local women whose exceptional abilities […]
Linda Clayton of La Cañada Flintridge earned a master of Business Administration degree in financial planning from California Lutheran University at the graduate commencement ceremony on May 11. ____________________ Samara Cahill from La Cañada earned a Bachelor of Arts from Villanova University during a spring commencement ceremony held on May 20. Since 1842, Villanova University’s […]
By Maddy PUMILIA More than 350 people attended the Crescenta-Cañada YMCA’s inaugural barbecue on Sunday night. “It’s a place for the community to get together,” said Jackie Schaumyan, YMCA’s membership director, of the Y. “It’s a place for current members to make relationships with other members they might have never [met] before, to bring the […]
The Desi Geestman Foundation and the Crescenta Valley Sheriff Support Group held their Annual Golf Classic on July 16 at the La Cañada Flintridge Country Club. Ninety-one members of the community participated. Thanks to the major tournament sponsors, the Cal Tech Employee Credit Union and Xerox, the event raised almost $20,000 that will be split […]
Questions About Today’s Real Estate? Ask Phyllis! As is home sales Dear Phyllis, We just opened escrow on a home and had our inspector out. There are a lot of things wrong with the house, and many will cost a lot of money to fix. The plumbing is galvanized, the roof is near the end […]
The Assistance League of Glendale is gearing up for its biggest sale of the year, Christmas in July, at Thrift Alley, 314 E. Harvard St. in Glendale. Sylvia Kowal and Claire Collins are preparing all the silver to make holidays most elegant. The entire front building will be filled with lighted trees, wreaths, fur coats […]
Cornell University’s Jean Van Buren of La Cañada has been placed on the dean’s list of the College of Arts and Sciences for Excellence in Scholarship for the spring 2012 semester. The College of Arts and Sciences is Cornell University’s largest undergraduate college. __________________ The following students have graduated from Loyola Marymount University, joining more […]
Six members of the Kiwanis Club of La Cañada recently attended the Kiwanis International convention in New Orleans to join forces with Kiwanis members from around the globe in an effort to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT). This painful disease kills one baby every nine minutes. The disease is typically contracted through unhygienic childbirth […]
On April 14, the wedding of Jessica Sherman to James Present was celebrated on the Queen Mary of Long Beach. The bride’s mother is Kim Van Ausdal of Glendale. The bride went to the Art Institute for Graphic Design and later received a degree as a gemologist and a degree in Applied Jewelry Arts. Susan […]