By Robin GOLDSWORTHY It was a night of elegance, celebration and dance when Glendale Memorial Health Foundation presented its 27th Annual Evening of Wine & Roses at the Langham Hotel in Pasadena on Oct. 5. While guests enjoyed nibbling on passed hors d’oeuvres and bidding on an array of tempting silent auction items before dinner, […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY Verdugo Park in Glendale was full of duck and dog fanciers on Saturday when the community came out to the 10th Annual Kiwanis Incredible Duck Splash and the 6th Annual K-9s in the Park. Things kicked off at 10 a.m. when the Kiwanis Club of Glendale welcomed guests to the K.I.D.S. event. […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY It wasn’t the chilliest of days nor was it (surprisingly) the hottest. In fact, the weather was nearly perfect for the 12th Annual Wine & Gourmet Food Tasting held on the afternoon of Sept. 28 at La Cañada Memorial Park. The annual event, sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of La Cañada, the […]
Plenty To Do Have you noticed how the calendar seems to ebb and flow with activities? Sometimes you can gauge how busy you’re going to be by comparing previous years; other times you feel like you’ve been totally blindsided. I remember being at The Finest & CVW Anniversary party at the end of September at […]
Finally – the Finest Has Arrived Today is the day that many in the foothills community have waited for: the day that the winners of the Finest 2014 are revealed! As in previous years, hundreds of ballots were cast reflecting the thousands of choices for everything from the Finest hair stylist to the Finest cardiologist […]
Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014 in the Crescenta Valley was surely a day to remember. The CV Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the Early Rodders Car Club organized the second annual Remembrance Parade, a commemoration of Patriot Day and an opportunity for the community to show its respect for those who died on Sept. 11, […]
9/11 and 9/12 Today we have the opportunity as a community to gather to remember the horrific events of 9/11/01. This we will do despite the sorrow, pain and – for many – rage it will reignite in us. But it’s important for us to remember, especially on this one day, so we can honor […]
Some Serious Stuff Going On Long ago I gave up watching TV news aside from local stuff and most of that I watched with caution. If I watched the news at night I’d have trouble going to sleep and in the morning – well, who wants to start their brand new day being told how […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY Civic leaders gathered in the Rosemont Middle School cafeteria on Saturday to discuss the heat – specifically a fictional heat wave that reached 110 degrees for multiple days. The scenario was one presented by the Rand Corporation as part of a tabletop exercise to explore how prepared the foothills community is if […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY t was a lucky night on Friday night – not just for the fortunate bingo players who matched the numbers called out to win cash prizes, but also for the American Legion and VFW that sponsored the third annual Community Bingo Night. “We had to keep bringing out more and more tables […]