The foothills host several Memorial Day ceremonies to remember those who died in service to their country. By Mary O’KEEFE Members of the community are invited to two local Memorial Day observances on Monday at 8 a.m., one at Two Strike Park at 5107 Rosemont Ave. in La Crescenta and the other at the Vietnam […]
By Charly SHELTON Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and former Mexican President Vincente Fox are two of the most influential people in the world. Both former world leaders, their post-public office lives are now occupied in philanthropic work. One example is the World Leaders series of lectures and debates, presented in part by President […]
Goddard On His Last Adventure School assemblies are notorious for being many things: boring, lame, tedious, unintentionally hilarious and other even less charitable classifications. But on rare occasions, students get to attend a presentation that is not only fun and fascinating, but it winds up being potentially life changing. Such was the case for untold […]
By Jason KUROSU Foothill Boulevard received a tidying-up on Saturday morning thanks to the Foothill Boulevard Spring Clean-Up, sponsored by the Clean and Green Committee of the CV Town Council. Volunteers from First Baptist Church-La Crescenta, CV Robotics and the Fire House turned out for Saturday’s clean-up effort and could be seen along Foothill from […]
By Ted AYALA The Glendale Fire Dept. (GFD) will soon be getting a little tech savvier in their future fire code inspections. Glendale City Council – with Councilmember Laura Friedman away – approved a plan that would allow fire code inspectors to use iPad technology to input and process the results of their inspections. According […]
Honoring and Being Honored As you know, after producing the paper I’m dog-tired. Some Wednesday nights, I am barely able to drag myself home to plop in bed, asleep it seems before my head hits the pillow. Understandably, my Thursdays are precious as I catch up on phone messages, mail and general business. Last Thursday, […]
“On thy graves the rain shall fall from the eyes of a mighty nation! Long as the sun doth shine upon it … Long as the stars do gleam on it … Shall memory come to dream upon it,” ~ Thomas William Parsons 1816-1892 It’s Memorial Day weekend and considered the “unofficial beginning of summer” […]
By Tyler BIDDLE On Saturday, the Onondarka riding club celebrated the 60th reunion of its famous original drill team and many of its students who once rode and trained there. The Onondarka trails and stables have been a part of Montrose history for about 80 years and have seen three generations of the Simington family […]
Casino Night Kicks Off Fiesta Days Kicking off La Cañada Fiesta Days, the LCF Community Center’s Casino Night will take place on Friday, May 24 from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Advance tickets are available at www.cclcf.org for $25. Casino Night games will include a poker tournament, Black Jack, roulette, craps, and spin-to-win. Prizes that […]
By Brandon HENSLEY The unincorporated area of La Crescenta has $10 million to work with via L.A. County Public Works, and the Crescenta Valley Town Council was presented with several spending options during its May 16 meeting. John Walker from Public Works presented ideas the county has been working on for projects concerning the area. […]