Walk for a (Local) Cause

Walk for a (Local) Cause

By Mary O’KEEFE Every year JohnHart Real Estate supports some type of charity event as a way to give back to those the company serves. This year the company’s philanthropic effort will reach further into the community, said Robbyn Battles, real estate agent with JohnHart. This year’s event is the JohnHart Walk for a Cause […]

K-Pop Brought to Rosemont

K-Pop Brought to Rosemont

By Mary O’KEEFE For centuries art has brought people together. It is the one thing that can lift people above the political debate and bring cultures together. That was evident during a recent lunchtime break at Rosemont Middle School when a K-Pop group from the University of Minnesota performed for seventh and eighth graders. K-Pop, […]

The Human Toll of the Lack of Honolulu Manor Elevators

By Mary O’KEEFE The residents of Honolulu Manor Senior Apartments are waiting for Oct. 30 when the building’s owner returns to court in Glendale to update Judge Beverly Bourne on the progress on repairs of the building’s two elevators. It has been about a year since one of the elevators broke down in the apartment […]

Hearing All Kinds of Birds as Students Walk to School

By Mary O’KEEFE Walk to School Day is an international event that focuses on students, and parents, to take time to walk to school instead of rushing to deliver students in vehicles. It is centered on creating better health for the student as well as being good for the environment. Walk to School Day on […]

Possible Development of La Crescenta Motel Property Brings Out Stakeholders

By Julie BUTCHER A packed crowd gathered at the La Crescenta Library for Thursday night’s meeting of the Crescenta Valley Community Association (CVCA). Most came to hear an update on plans to develop what is now the La Crescenta Motel at Briggs Avenue and Foothill Boulevard. Many of the attendees voiced opposition to the prospective […]

Chamber Hosts Annual 5K

By Mary O’KEEFE Students and adults from Crescenta Valley spent Saturday morning Running Under the Oaks, a 5K that supports local events and a scholarship program. The annual 5K run is sponsored by the Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce and the funds raised go to local schools and the Chamber’s scholarship program, among other interests. […]

Saved by Santa

Saved by Santa

By Mary O’KEEFE A year ago local resident Mario Licu parked in the Big Lots parking lot in La Cañada preparing for a normal day of shopping, but the day did not go exactly as planned. “It just happened by chance that, as I walked through the parking lot, I noticed a shopping cart heading […]

Family Fun Found at OLL

Family Fun Found at OLL

By Mary O’KEEFE For 44 years, Family Fun Days at Our Lady of Lourdes School has brought an authentic family carnival to its family and the community. “It is a fundraiser for our school,” said Veronica Carrillo, the school’s principal. There were rides, games, music with live bands and lots and lots of food. This […]

50 Years of Community Support

50 Years of Community Support

“Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone else planted a tree long ago.” Warren Buffett By Mary O’KEEFE There is a family business in the Crescenta Valley that has taken the idea of planting a tree, figurative and literally, to heart. Many may not notice the people who are seen walking quietly down […]

Honolulu Manor Senior Apartment Owner in Court

Honolulu Manor Senior Apartment Owner in Court

By Mary O’KEEFE The owner of the Honolulu Manor Senior Apartments appeared in Glendale court yesterday, Wednesday, before Judge Beverly Bourne. The City of Glendale brought criminal charges against Honolulu Manor owner Elias Shokrian and Montrose LP in June after residents who reported in May that both elevators in the complex had stopped working contacted […]