By Charly SHELTON Halloween is nearly upon us and, to celebrate the spirit of the season, the local theme parks go all out to bring scary fun to boys and ghouls searching for a good fright. So far, we’ve seen all that Knott’s Scary Farm, Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights and Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Another Oktoberfest has come and gone. With an estimated crowd of between 20,000 and 25,000 people, the event filled every inch of Honolulu Avenue on Saturday. It was the Montrose Oktoberfest’s 40th anniversary, which was recognized by dignitaries including Senator Anthony Portantino, Glendale City Councilmembers Ara Najarian and Vrej Agajanian, and representatives […]
By Charly SHELTON The recent hurricanes that hit the east coast and Caribbean have leveled those areas. Entire buildings were ripped apart and blown away by high winds, streets were flooded and services like fresh water and electricity were nearly non-existent. These were the scenes rescue and relief crews walked into when arriving with air. […]
By Charly SHELTON Space – the final frontier. Just because humans in the futuristic society of the “Star Trek” universe have headed into the stars doesn’t mean they have escaped grappling with the same issues we Earthbound humans deal with every day. Issues that include what is right, how to behave in certain circumstances and […]
By Charly SHELTON Halloween is nearly upon us and, to celebrate the spirit of the season, the local theme parks go all out to bring scary fun to boys and ghouls searching for a good fright. So far, we’ve seen all that Knott’s Scary Farm and Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights have to offer. This […]
Local students and parents join together to celebrate Walk to School Day. By Mary O’KEEFE Children and adolescents should have 60 minutes or more of physical activity daily, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Yet fewer than three in 10 high school students get at an hour of physical activity a […]
By Charly SHELTON Halloween is nearly upon us and, to celebrate the spirit of the season, the local theme parks go all out to bring scary fun to boys and ghouls searching for a good fright. Last week, we saw all that Universal Studios Hollywood had to offer with its Halloween Horror Nights. This week, […]
By Charly SHELTON Bill Nye the Science Guy and co-author Gregory Mone made a stop at the Flintridge Bookstore and Coffeehouse on Sept. 14 to sign copies of their new middle-grade book, “Jack and the Geniuses: In the Deep Blue Sea.” This is the second in the series that follows boy and girl geniuses as […]
Thousands are expected to come to Montrose to celebrate the 40th anniversary of local Oktoberfest. By Charly SHELTON It’s that time of year again – time for chicken hats, warm potato salad and German oompah music. It’s time for Montrose’s Oktoberfest. The annual Montrose event, now celebrating its 40th year, is back once again with […]
By Charly SHELTON The Cassini spacecraft, after 20 years in space, ended its long mission last Friday in the early hours of the morning, 890 million miles from home. At 3:31 a.m. PST, Cassini plunged into Saturn’s atmosphere as it gave in to gravity and was pulled into the clouds of the gas giant. By […]