By Rachel KANE Getting kids to focus on school work can be a daunting endeavor but Brainworks Tutoring in La Crescenta has got it down to a science. Since January of this year, patient tutors and facilitators provide individualized learning plans for each active mind that enters their program. Brainworks tutors specialize in all subjects […]
Recently Boy Scout Troop 319, which meets at Dunsmore Elementary every Tuesday evening, attended Philmont Scout Ranch, the Boy Scouts of America’s premier High Adventure™ base. The Ranch challenges Scouts and Venturers with more than 214 square miles of rugged northern New Mexico wilderness. From Troop 319, nine Scouts and three adults attended. One of […]
By Odalis A. SUAREZ Cost: $5.75-$11.00 (varies) Contact: (818) 241-3630 www.moonlightrollerway.com Whether they’re wheels or blades, Moonlight Rollerway in Glendale has a maple wood floor welcoming all types of roller skates – and skaters. “We are a family oriented business,” said Dominic Cangelosi, who has been the owner of Moonlight Rollerway since 1985. The […]
By Odalis A. SUAREZ It was all about music appreciation as kids from the La Crescenta Presbyterian Church day camp enjoyed a special visit from music enthusiasts Pete Ellison and Debbie Keith. The music duo are from One World Rhythm, a business that travels from city to city providing groups with an opportunity to make […]
CHASE PROVIDES A CHUCKLE I just had to write to say that Jim Chase’s column was hilarious [“Charity begins … at the supermarket?” July 15, My Thoughts Exactly]. It was his all time best. Every word of it was so true because we all go through this every time we go to the markets. And […]
Unlike my wife, I’ve never wished that our home had a pool. Maybe that’s because she grew up with one in her backyard and I didn’t. I just remember hearing my dad say time and time again that pools were nothing but a hole in the ground that you keep throwing money into. Or that […]
In my self-appointed role of local historian I’ve often said that although the Crescenta Valley has a relatively short written history, barely over 100 years, we make up for that with a dynamic history that reads like a supermarket tabloid. Its pages are filled with stories of UFOs, Nazis, grisly murders, sex scandals, racial prejudice, […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Paul Backes, shown here, joined fellow engineers and scientists at Jet Propulsion Laboratory for a demonstration of the Axel rover and the proposed scientific equipment that will be part of a future mission. The demonstration was on Wednesday afternoon at the Mars yard, a red planet model on the lab. Backes demonstrated […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Law enforcement is reminding residents to be aware of their surroundings and lock their homes after one burglary and two attempted burglaries occurred last week. On Friday, Aug. 6, a resident in the 2600 block of Mayfield Avenue in La Crescenta reported that his home had been burglarized between the hours of […]