By Jason KUROSU It was a victorius luncheon enjoyed by supporters of Measure S who came out en masse to celebrate its passage at the Oakmont Country Club on Wednesday, May 11. Just over a month had passed since Measure S was decidedly voted in (the measure passed with 69.9% of the total vote while […]
Retired Rosemont Middle School history teacher Lynn McGinnis told me recently that he was walking in the Montrose area, and came on a family gathered around a streetlight, one of them crouched down examining the base of the lamppost. Lynn said he knew what was up immediately, as it’s an issue that gets ugly in […]
Last week when we left our tale of the uninvited Mother’s Day visitor (a big rat, in case you missed it), my wife and I continued on with brunch preparations for our human guests – thinking that we had trapped the crafty critter upstairs in our bedroom behind closed doors. But no-o-o-o. As I would […]
Memorial Day Celebration I rarely speak publicly about my military experience in Viet Nam because I feel lucky to be one of the soldiers who returned home in one piece and in sound mind. I was in my early 20s, naive and fresh out of college, when I volunteered for the army. The politicians call […]
By Mary O’KEEFE This Sunday a local violinist will take the stage at the Alex Theatre for her first solo with the Glendale Youth Orchestra. The performance is the orchestra’s season finale of their 22nd season. Sarah Worden is a Crescenta Valley High School freshman. She has been playing violin for seven and a half […]
Contributed by WAW Eight-year-old Maddy Berger won first place in the 2nd Annual WAW California Starz Talent Contest held Saturday, May 7 in La Cañada Flintridge. Singers participated from La Cañada, Pasadena and Glendale schools. Pictured above with judges Peter Santana, of the Madeline Group, Lyn Eriks, of Howard Talent West and Laura Pallas of […]
CVHS Presents Music Dept. Finale The CVHS Instrumental Music Department presents its final concert of the year on Friday, May 20 in MacDonald Auditorium at 4400 Ramsdell Ave. The theme for this year’s pops is “Magical Mystical Music.” Audiences will be treated to music from movies such as “Lord of the Rings” and “Harry Potter” […]
The eighth grade students of Chamlian Armenian School in La Crescenta recently traveled to Yerevan, Armenia to commemorate the 1915 Armenian Genocide at the historical Genocide Memorial Monument in Dzidzernagapert, a city just outside of Yerevan. The Armenian Monument in Dzidzernagapert was constructed in 1965 to commemorate the 1.5 million Armenians who were victims of […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Sunday an example of why baseball is known as America’s pastime was presented at the Babe Herman Field in Glendale. Coach Joe Fitzpatrick and his team, the Dodgers, took to the field to play their third game of the season. It would be difficult to find any player more excited than […]
By Leonard COUTIN The CIF prelims for track and field were held Saturday at Trabuco Hills High School in Irvine. For the audience and participants it proved to be a record-scoring day. Division 1 is known as one of the toughest and strongest competing divisions in CIF. Though the Falcons performed gallantly in the prelims, […]