By Charly SHELTON La Cañada Unified School District Board of Education President Andrew Blumenfeld presided over his last Board of Education meeting Tuesday night. Blumenfeld’s term of four years ended and new board member Brent Kuszyk was installed on the board. With Blumenfeld’s departure, members of the board fondly reminisced and sent him along […]
By Charly SHELTON At the top of Rosemont Avenue sit 7.75 acres of preserved wilderness, saved from development. The Rosemont Preserve was founded in 2012 by the Arroyos and Foothills Conservancy to preserve this land for future generations. But preservation is not a one-time event. It is an ongoing battle to keep the land pristine […]
By Charly SHELTON Last Friday was Black Friday at many of the stores around the country, but in the Montrose Shopping Park it was White Friday. On the biggest shopping day of the year, Montrose Shopping Park welcomed visitors with a nighttime tree lighting, snow falling along Honolulu Ave and a visit from Santa Claus. […]
Nov. 30 4500 block of La Crescenta Avenue, a gym bag, watch and other personal items were stolen from an unlocked vehicle between Nov. 28 and 30. 4400 block of Briggs Avenue in La Crescenta, an iPod was stolen and the fornt driver’s window was smashed on a vehicle overnight. Nov. 29 2900 block of […]
By Mary O’KEEFE For the past 26 years the staff, volunteers and deputies of the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station have placed donation bins throughout La Crescenta and La Cañada to collect toys and food for those in need. “We served [about] 120 families in the Montrose, Glendale, La Crescenta, Tujunga and Sunland areas,” said Sgt. […]
“Imagine being magically transported to Bedford Falls [the town in “It’s a Wonderful Life”]. The Montrose Christmas Parade would be there.” Anonymous Parade-goer The first Saturday night in December, our community comes together. Like the great animal migrations, we move. With the same ferocity of the wildebeest and caribou, our human-herd converges on Honolulu […]
Finding Inspiration I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there’s purpose and worth to each and every life. ~ Ronald Reagan I hope your Thanksgiving was wonderful. We had 13 for dinner making for a full house and I was thankful for the all […]
The family of Arshalouise Muradian and the Glendale Police Department are asking the public’s assistance in locating 71 year old Ms. Muradian, a Glendale resident. Arshalouise Muradian was last seen on Wednesday, December 2, 2015, at approximately 2:00 p.m. in the 2500 block of East Chevy Chase. Ms. Muradian has not been seen or […]
Assemblymember Mike Gatto announced today that he won’t be running for the State Senate in 2016. He cited in a statement that “campaigning at this time would not be in my family’s best interest” as the primary reason for not running. He elaborated by stating that being […]
On Nov. 5 at 11:15 a.m., the two unknown male suspects entered the Mardo K Fine Jewelry store at 2269 Honolulu Ave., Montrose. The males verbally identified themselves as “Rene” and “Juan” and communicated in Spanish. While being shown jewelry, suspect Rene reached into an open jewelry drawer and grabbed earrings valued at $3,939, placing […]