Authors to visit Once Upon A Time bookstore

By Mary O’KEEFE Three authors will be visiting  Once Upon A Time bookstore in the upcoming days. One rides herd on the range,  one solves mysteries along Parisian streets and another survives the trials and tribulations of growing up. On April 23, beginning at 2 p.m. mystery novelist Cara Black will be at a book […]

Recipe – Not Just Your Regular Egg Salad

Now that Easter has come and gone, what can we do, just what can we do, with all those hard boiled eggs? I say let’s make a lot of delicious egg salad! Anna Loutsos Ingredients: 2½ dozen hard boiled eggs, cleaned, roughly chopped and chilled 2 shallots finely chopped 6 celery stalks finely chopped 1½ […]

Recipe

This week’s recipe is provided by Judy Reilly of Mi Casa Cooking Workshops. Fettuccini and Lemon-Parmesan Sauce 1 half lb. fettuccine 2 tbs. extra virgin olive oil 1 medium onion, halved and thinly sliced 2 zucchini, sliced on the bias 1 package of frozen tiny green beans, thawed 2 tsp. grated lemon peel 1 1/4 […]

Springtacular held at Santa Anita

Members of Las Caritas Auxiliary of Assistance League of Glendale recently held their annual fundraiser “Springtacular” at Santa Anita Racetrack. Over 170 tickets were sold and those participating in this event enjoyed a day of camaraderie, fine food and a silent auction. This yearly event raises money to support the auxiliary’s three main projects: health […]

From the ashes

By Mary O’KEEFE Last year’s Station Fire filled the sky with smoke. Later every surface throughout the community was lined with ash. While some residents may have looked at the ash as a never ending cleaning process one local artist was inspired. “After the fire the wind blew so much ash. I collected some of […]

Woman’s Club welcomes guests to annual affair

By Shana LiVIGNI The La Crescenta Woman’s Club held its Annual Luncheon and American Beauty Fashion Show last Saturday at their clubhouse, hosting a sold-out crowd of members and guests that numbered about 170. It was a busy afternoon highlighted by a warm  welcome from President Rita Even then lunch, auctions and an impressive fashion […]

Recipe: Apple-Blueberry Turnovers

With winter fruits at there peak, take advantage of the freshness, apples and blueberries, pears , there all so delicious, people automatically walk to your kitchen wanting to eat. Anna Loutsos Ingredients: 4 Golden Delicious Apples –peeled, cored and sliced 2 tbls. butter 1 cup brown sugar or Splenda 1 tsp. cinnamon 1 tbls. cornstarch […]

Taking a new look at a historical landmark

By Mary O’KEEFE Eighty-six years ago this Easter the cornerstone was laid for the building of St. Luke’s of the Mountains Episcopal Church. Since then the church, located at the northeast corner of Foothill and Rosemont, has been a cornerstone of the valley. The Historical Society of Crescenta Valley highlighted that long history of the […]

J’s Maintenance chooses a PHAT solar solution

J’s Maintenance, a leading business in the Crescenta Valley, has taken a big new step in energy efficiency by making a commitment to a 21kW solar power plant for its headquarters on Foothill Boulevard in La Crescenta. PHAT Energy, also a locally based company, was selected to design, build and warranty the solar electric generator. […]