By Mary O’KEEFE On Friday, Oct. 28 some Sunland-Tujunga residents gathered in front of the North Valley Neighborhood City Hall in Tujunga to protest the transfer of a police captain who they had come to trust and respect. Capt. Johnny Smith was recently transferred from the LAPD’s Foothill Division to the 77th Street Community Police […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY & Mary O’KEEFE Trick-or-treaters and those who just like to dress up return to their favorite haunts. Halloween, on Monday this year, ended an entire weekend of ghoulish festivities. Trunk-or-treat events and Halloween parties over the weekend culminated in trick-or-treating and walk-through mazes on Halloween night. Trick-or-treaters were eager to revisit some […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The building that held Faye’s Intimate Apparel at 2295 Honolulu Ave. for 73 years has been sold but will stay in the hands of a Montrose family business. For nearly 39 years Executive Jewelers (2289 Honolulu Ave.), owned by the Anserlian family, has been next door to Faye’s. They were renting their […]
By Ruth SOWBY The Hollywood Burbank Airport has a rich history. In 1930 the airport opened. In fact, some of the old buildings are still in use today. In 1977 the cities of Glendale, Burbank and Pasadena together first owned and operated the airport. The airport was legally and formerly marketed as the Bob Hope Airport after […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Every Wednesday morning during the school year I am at the Fire House youth center from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. cooking breakfast for Rosemont Middle School students. I have been part of a volunteer workforce that, for years, has flipped thousands of pancakes and served hundred of kids. It is so […]
Spooky Nights in the Crescenta Valley It’s funny how things change as time passes. It was last week when I told you about the days when I decorated my house in Sun Valley for Halloween, even buying dry ice from Conwin Carbonics to create fog. Our boys were also Halloween-philes (I don’t know if that’s […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY It started with a walk around the block for David Blasucci and Mandy Williams. The local residents and musicians, like just about everyone else during the early days of the pandemic, kept away from friends and neighbors as they grappled with the uncertainty of COVID-19. But even a pandemic couldn’t keep […]
Lions Club Holding Food Drive On Saturday, Nov. 5, the Crescenta Valley Lions Club is hosting a food donation drive to support the Bailey Center of Tujunga. The Bailey Center, which serves over 1,000 individuals weekly, is in desperate need of non-perishable food items. The food drive will take place from 10 a.m. to noon […]
By Ruth SOWBY The award ceremonies were marked with truck ladders raised high with the American flag fluttering between them as a greeting to guests at the entrance to the departments’ Oak Street headquarters. Their enthusiasm sparking, dozens of firefighters, their families, friends and city VIPs including Mayor Ardy Kassakhian and city councilmembers, filled the station […]
The Museum of Neon Art has acquired a big piece of history from America’s first theme park. The neon spectacular is a double-sided capital K for Knott’s Berry Farm that features serifs and a sweeping curve. It is 20-feet tall with a base measuring 10 feet by 12 feet, and was animated to fill with […]