By Michael J. ARVIZU Community Christian Church of the Foothills in Tujunga touts this year’s Drive-Thru Nativity Scene as one of its most successful, after an estimated 900 visitors attended the two-day weekend event on Dec. 13 and 14. Visitors to the Drive-Thru Nativity Scene included residents from the cities of Sunland and Tujunga and […]
By Michael J. ARVIZU At precisely 9:35 a.m. on Saturday, the tolling of the wrought-iron bell at St. George’s Episcopal Church in La Cañada pierced the morning silence. It took only a few moments for the bell to toll 26 times, once for every victim of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, […]
By Michael J. ARVIZU Six years after a devastating fire destroyed its sanctuary, members and leaders of Christian Life Church in La Crescenta gathered on Sunday morning to break ground for a new worship space. Sunday’s groundbreaking ceremony marks a new chapter for the 84-year-old church. Christian Life members and leaders hope that the new […]
Christian Life Church will be holding an official groundbreaking ceremony on Sunday, Nov. 24 at 10 a.m. at the site of the future construction of a new worship center located at 3013 Montrose Ave. (at Ramsdell Ave.), La Crescenta. The public is invited to join community and church leaders who will be present to break […]
By Michael J. ARVIZU Founded in 1897, La Cañada Congregational Church is the city’s oldest house of worship. Inside visitors are greeted first by the sight of original stained glass windows. The church’s altar, organ pipes, creaky floors and pews complete the picture. La Cañada pioneers Jacob and Ammoretta Lanterman were the couple responsible for […]
By Michael J. ARVIZU Religious leaders from the Crescenta Valley and neighboring communities and about 200 guests gathered on Thursday at the YMCA of the Foothills in La Cañada for the 2013 early-morning Community Prayer Breakfast. As is common practice, the program gives community religious leaders an opportunity to offer prayers in their native tongues. […]
By Michael J. ARVIZU What did the former Tuna Canyon Detention Station in present day Tujunga look like in its prime? Who was housed there? Why did the camp exist? And why is the community so interested in preserving its memories? The answers to these and other questions were answered on Monday night by researcher […]
By Michael J. ARVIZU Parents and residents gathered inside the Mountain Avenue Elementary School auditorium on Tuesday evening to listen to Glendale Unified School District Supt. Dr. Richard M. Sheehan speak on the latest efforts to transfer control of the Sagebrush area of La Cañada from his district and bring it under La Cañada Unified […]
By Michael J. ARVIZU On a beautiful and bright sunny morning at St. Luke’s of the Mountains Episcopal Church in La Crescenta, the 10 a.m. service ended up going to the cats and dogs (and one parakeet) as the church held its fourth annual Blessing of the Animals in celebration of the feast day of […]
By Michael J. ARVIZU As two of the seven young women chosen on Monday morning to represent the 2014 Tournament of Roses as members of the Tournament of Roses Royal Court, 17-year-olds Katherine Diane Lipp and Elizabeth Katie Woolf, students at La Cañada High School, hope to use their new role as a springboard to […]