A Great Escape is Carmel-by-the-Sea

A Great Escape is  Carmel-by-the-Sea

By Charly SHELTON You know what’s nice? Getting away. Vacations are nice, too, but sometimes you just need to get away. The difference is that vacations usually include an agenda. Folks are scrambling around with things to do, they spend little time in the hotel room that they paid for, they go walking about all […]

Break-a-Thon Breaks Bad Habits

By Charly SHELTON Master’s Taekwondo Club, located in the Montrose Shopping Park, celebrated its first year in Montrose by raising funds for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. On Oct. 19, MTC hosted friends and families of its taekwondo students to join in a “break-a-thon.” “As martial artists,” said Master Ahn, head instructor for MTC, “we understand […]

Happy Halloween!! from Our Local Schools

Goblins, ghosts, witches and ghouls roamed the playgrounds and fields of the local elementary schools this Halloween. And Iron Men, minions, Harry Potters, Marios, cats, creepers and hobbits, just to name a few more. Despite the commotion caused by a chase through the Crescenta Valley area, and with some of the schools postponing or pausing […]

Suspect Pleads Not Guilty in Halloween Pursuit Charges

By Mary O’KEEFE On Monday in Pasadena Superior Court, Bryan Mackey, 33, of Glendale pled not guilty to charges brought against him after a Halloween early morning pursuit that led law enforcement from Sun Valley to La Crescenta, on and off the Foothill (210) Freeway and weaving in and out of traffic, past schools and […]

Murder and Mayhem in Mayberry?

Murder and Mayhem in Mayberry?

By Mary O’KEEFE and Charly SHELTON On Saturday, authors Mike Lawler and Gary Keyes spoke to a packed house at the La Crescenta Library about their latest book, “Murder and Mayhem in the Crescenta Valley.” Although CV is a bedroom community with a “Mayberry” personality, it also has a dark side – so dark in […]

It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Anniversary

By Charly SHELTON Fifty years ago, the world was introduced to two icons, both of which would quickly become household names: the film, “It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World” and the Cinerama Dome. The first film ever shown in the Dome as well as the first premiere, “It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World” […]

‘Titanic’ From An Otherworldly Perspective

‘Titanic’ From An Otherworldly Perspective

Limited time interactive tour offers ticketholders a ghostly experience. By Charly SHELTON R.M.S. Titanic was the ship of dreams. More luxurious and larger than any ship up to the time of its launch in 1912, it had the space to carry 3,547 passengers and crew in its record-breaking 46,328 ton, 882½ foot long body. Much […]

‘Gravity’ is Heavy Stuff

By Charly SHELTON It’s something we try not to think about when we think about astronauts and space travel. What if they fall? Granted, they are falling the entire time they are in orbit; essentially that’s all they are doing – falling very fast in a circle, traveling at about five miles a second around […]

Celebrating the Red Bull Flugtag

By Charly SHELTON If you’ve ever had a Red Bull energy drink, then you know the familiar feeling of wanting to do something reckless right now! Like skydive from a space ship. Or drive 100 miles an hour. Or build a dragon and fly away with it. That is the spirit of Red Bull – […]

Sagebrush Transfer May Be Sooner Than Later

Sagebrush Transfer May Be Sooner Than Later

After decades of waiting, a territory transfer may come as quickly as next month. By Mary O’KEEFE The Sagebrush area of La Cañada Flintridge has two identities: One as a member of the city of La Cañada Flintridge and the other as a member of Glendale Unified School District. Some La Cañada Flintridge residents, backed […]