By Michael J. ARVIZU The city of Los Angeles Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) committee on Tuesday decided to extend the amount of time needed to reach a vote on whether or not to include the site of the former Tujunga Canyon Detention Center on the list of historical-cultural monuments. The Los Angeles City […]
By Michael J. ARVIZU On a small, seemingly barren plot of land next to the Foothill (210) Freeway in Sunland, at the intersection of Fenwick Street and Sunland Boulevard, a group of local residents gathered on Saturday morning to inaugurate the town’s first Sunland Welcome Nature Garden. Located on the northwest corner of the intersection […]
By Michael J. ARVIZU Crescenta Valley High School senior Maya Alvarez would like to announce that her senioritis support group will meet every Thursday. Senioritis is the end-of-the-school-year affliction that strikes many outgoing seniors. Symptoms include decreased motivation for schoolwork and study, watery eyes, and feelings of being burned out. As such, she plans to […]
By Michael J. ARVIZU For the past seven years, the Rev. Paige Eaves has held the reigns as pastor of Crescenta Valley United Methodist Church in La Crescenta (CVUMC). On July 1, Eaves will officially take on a new pastoral assignment at University United Methodist Church in Irvine, replacing lead pastor Rev. Eric M. Smith. […]
By Michael J. ARVIZU La Crescenta holistic chiropractor Dr. Mark Anthony is set to hold a series of classes on the ayurveda system of traditional medicine at Center for Spiritual Living, beginning with an introductory class on May 15. For the past seven years, Anthony has studied this 5,000-year-old form of alternative medicine native to […]
By Michael J. ARVIZU The 2013 Crescenta Valley Prayer Breakfast will be held on May 21 beginning at 6:30 a.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in La Crescenta. Organized by the Crescenta Valley Town Council, in conjunction with the Crescenta Valley High School PTSA, Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Clergy Council, and area […]
By Michael J. ARVIZU Despite passionate pleas by Sunland-Tujunga residents and individuals who identified themselves as having familial connections to the World War II Japanese concentration camp, the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission unanimously recommended against declaring the former Tuna Canyon Detention Station in Tujunga a historical monument. The decision by the five-member commission came […]
By Michael J. ARVIZU Since October 2012, Montrose Church members Susan and Brett DeLawter have visited Sunland Park in Sunland on the last Saturday of every month as part of their outreach ministry, Because You Matter. So on March 30, armed with loads of food, clothing and other items, and with the assistance of church […]
By Michael J. ARVIZU St. George’s Episcopal Church in La Cañada hosts a Music for Charity concert at 7:30 p.m. on April 20 benefitting the Red Shirt Project, a nonprofit organization that each summer sends young adult volunteers on a mission and work camp to support the Oglala Lakota tribe at Pine Ridge Reservation in […]
By Michael J. ARVIZU It was still dark as people lined up at the corner of Hillhaven Avenue and Foothill Boulevard on an otherwise quiet Easter Sunday morning to hitch a short ride up to the peak of Mt. McGroarty in Tujunga for the 88th annual Sunland-Tujunga Community Easter Sunrise Service. Hosted by the Verdugo […]