THEN » In 1978, hillsides above the Pinecrest neighborhood that had burned three years previously cut loose after sustained rains, overwhelming the Shields Canyon debris basin, and roaring down Pinecone Road. In this view looking up Pinecone at the intersection of Pinelawn, a young family comes out to look at the devastation. THEN »This is […]
By Charly SHELTON This year, the theme parks in the southern California area have gone all out for the holiday season. Disneyland offers its annual decorations and fireworks display, as well as the Haunted Mansion Holiday, a tradition for the park. And Universal Studios Hollywood has Grinchmas, the celebration based on its children’s Christmas time […]
By Charly SHELTON For those of you who have seen “Chicago” and loved it, this is a movie-musical for you. Director Rob Marshall, who also directed “Chicago,” takes up this adaptation of the stage musical of the same name, which was itself an adaptation of the classic Fellini non-musical film, “8 ½.” The story of […]
By Charly SHELTON This is probably the most highly anticipated film of the year, maybe even the last few years. Everyone was holding their collective breath as we awaited this release to see if director James Cameron kept his word by making photo-realistic creatures for this film. Nothing else mattered as much as this; the […]
Universal Studios Who-lywood is celebrating Grinchmas this season with the Grinch, his dog Max, and Cindy Lou Who. Events include celebrity story readings, a nightly tree lighting, and a blanket of fresh snow. Reporter Charly Shelton went to the opening ceremonies. To view on the web, click here. To view and download on iTunes, click […]
THEN »This beautiful stone house was built on 10 acres up in the sagebrush just off New York above Foothill by the Hope family from England. No one knows when the eight-room mansion was built, but it has several Victorian architectural features, which would put it at 1900 or before. In the ‘30s it was […]
Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and […]
The Montrose Shopping Park is a great alternative to the rush and clutter of the malls this holiday season. Check out the video!!! To view the video on the web without downloading, click here. To view and download on iTunes, click here.
THEN »Onandarka Ranch was built at the base of the Verdugos by Col. Homer Baldridge near the turn of the last century. It operated as a fruit orchard and vineyard, and later as horse boarding and rental stables. The big show ring in the flats at the entrance to the Ranch off La Crescenta Avenue […]
By Mary O’KEEFE In case you haven’t read a newspaper, watched television or spoken to a teenager in the past few weeks you may not have heard the second in the “Twilight” vampire series has been released. “New Moon” was released on Nov. 20. Since then it has brought in $230.7 million. Ah, the power […]