As you graduate high school

Tomorrow at 5:30 in the afternoon – in the usual, oppressive mid-June heat – our fourth and youngest kid will walk across the well-trodden grass of Stengel Field to accept his diploma affirming graduation from Crescenta Valley High School. Although I know many pairs of eyes are reading along, I direct the following thoughts specifically […]

Pampering diaper divas

Last week I wrote about being overwhelmed with too many choices while shopping for baby paraphernalia at a specialty store in Glendale. Who knew there had been so many leaps and bounds in toddler technology since my own kids were certified curtain climbers some 25 years ago – give or take a gray hair or […]

LAPD may have La Cañada bank robber

By Mary O’KEEFE Los Angeles Police Department has arrested a suspect that may be the man who entered and robbed a teller at the Bank of America at 537 Foothill Blvd. in La Cañada on April 19. On April 24, LAPD in Hollywood arrested Daniel Nardine, 31, of Sunland during a narcotics investigation, said Sgt. […]