By Jackie HOUCHIN On June 6, 215 jubilant “at risk” students from the San Gabriel District Options For Youth Public Charter School received high school diplomas – some graduating with honors – in an exuberant, emotion-packed ceremony at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. Thirty of those graduates were from La Crescenta Options For Youth, one of […]
By Jackie HOUCHIN When Tim Morelli, owner of Bonner’s Equipment Rental in Tujunga, got a call from his friend Rhett Walker asking him to join a volunteer team headed to Alabama to help tornado victims, he quickly agreed. Less than 48 hours later he was winging his way to the disaster area with nine other […]
By Jackie HOUCHIN The Flintridge-La Cañada Guild’s Annual Children’s Horse show is the oldest children’s Class A show in the nation. For 90 years, kids from across the nation have come to compete, show their horses and meet the requirements for later participation in the Olympic trials. Over the weekend of April 29-May 1, nearly […]
By Jackie HOUCHIN On April 15, governmental, environmental and corporate leaders, along with a large media crowd, gathered at the previously burned-out Wildwood Picnic Area in the Angeles National Forest east of Tujunga to celebrate a unique multi-agency partnership which is working to restore the area to its pre-fire vitality. National Forest Foundation spokesperson Bill […]