A little known Labor Day destination is a short boat (or air) trip across the sea.
Camp Fox Labor Day Family Camp has been operated by the Glendale YMCA since 1969. Many a family has traveled the 26-mile ocean channel to step foot on the shores of Camp Fox, Catalina. Parents and children alike have enjoyed [...]
By Doug KILPATRICK
Welcome to At Home in the Foothills, a regular CV Weekly column featuring tips and information about maintaining and enjoying your home.
Now that the kids are back in school and summer vacations are over it’s time to make a top-to-bottom inspection of your home. While not a substitute for professional inspections this can [...]
By Brandon HENSLEY
They are not long, the days of wine and roses. And so, as the summer days dwindle, residents gathered at Deukmejian Wilderness Park Sunday evening to enjoy what the park’s vineyard had to offer in the form of grape picking and wine making.
The Stonebarn Vineyard Conservancy, a group whose roots are in the [...]
By Sue KILPATRICK
“In the good ole summertime … you hold her hand and she holds yours …”
— Ren Shields 1902
Glancing at the outside temperature, I am humbled – again – that weather prediction is not an exact science. A strong high-pressure system pushed its way into the southwest and shoved the low pressure and the [...]
Photo by George H. LEE
Some members of the La Crescenta Woman’s Club recently had some fun camping it up in fashions typically worn by members during past decades of the almost 100-year-old club. Top row from left are Carol Huntwork, Danette Erickson, Deanna Alfeld, Jeanne Long and Marianne Jennings. Middle row are Ellie Pipes, Gloria [...]
The Assistance League of Glendale once a year clears out its Thrift Alley store with a 50% off sale on everything. That sale is tomorrow, Friday, Aug. 27 at 314 E. Harvard in Glendale from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nothing in the store is held back.
The Thrift Alley is staffed entirely by volunteers with [...]
Join with the Stone Barn Vineyard Conservancy as it celebrates the “fruits” of its labors amongst the grapevines in Deukmejian Wilderness Park.
Led by Stuart Byles, vice president of the Historical Society of the Crescenta Valley, the Stone Barn Conservancy has used the vineyard owned by the City of Glendale to provide the community with a [...]
As part of the Crescenta-Cañada Family YMCA’s ongoing commitment to youth development, the YMCA encourages parents to enroll their children in afterschool programs.
According to the Afterschool Alliance, nearly 15 million children in the United States are unsupervised after school between the hours of 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. each day. During these hours, youth are [...]
By Mary O’KEEFE
Shoppers strolled down the boulevard looking for bargains and getting acquainted with local merchants on Saturday, which was exactly the goal of the first sidewalk sale sponsored by the La Cañada Flintridge Merchants Association.
“It was a big success. It was busy all day,” said Peggy Stevens, owner of the Apple Cart in the [...]
After 25-plus years at Crescenta Valley Insurance, Marilyn Ginn will be retiring at the end of August. She has held various positions at CVI over the years including customer service representative, senior underwriter, sales agent and office manager.
Originally hired by Gene Johnson, Marilyn was instrumental to the success of Crescenta Valley Insurance over the years. [...]