By Mary O’KEEFE Two Glendale City Councilmembers were at the Montrose Shopping Park Assn. meeting on Thursday. Councilmember Vartan Gharpetian and Zareh Sinanyan attended the meeting to listen and discuss issues of concern to the merchants in the shopping park. “We talked about the closing of Citibank,” said Steve Pierce, Market Place manager. The Citibank […]
This article was modified on March 10. By Leonard COUTIN The CV Falcon track team squared off against the strong team from Santa Clarita, the Golden Valley Grizzlies, in a post-season meet on Thursday. Golden Valley sits on a bluff overlooking the valley, and is continually plagued by extreme gusts of winds. The windy conditions […]
By Brian CHERNICK Glendale City Council initiated the first steps toward the development of a new and expansive soccer field and multipurpose park at Wilson Middle School by rewarding PlaceWork, Inc. with an environmental impact report (EIR) contract. The Professional Service Agreement (PSA) with PlaceWorks includes a budget of $127,784, plus a 10% contingency of […]
Women ♀ For those who don’t know, March is recognized as Women’s History Month. This is a time to celebrate the contributions women have made to our nation for the betterment of their gender specifically and to our culture overall. Yesterday was International Women’s Day and many women were encouraged to take the day off […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Friday night the Friends of Rockhaven held a fundraiser that went back to the basics. Since the 1950s, Tupperware parties have been a fabric of America so it seemed a perfect way to raise funds for the historic woman’s sanitarium. Nurse Agnes Richards opened Rockhaven Sanitarium in 1923 exclusively for women […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A group of concerned community members met on Thursday at the Crescenta Valley United Methodist Church to discuss hate crimes and how to take a proactive step to protect neighborhoods from these acts. Rev. Steve Marshall, Marisol Medina and Kayli Blundell organized the evening. Recently several Jewish Community Centers and cemeteries across […]
Gladiator Youth Football and Cheer Signups As of March 1, the La Cañada Gladiators Youth Football and Cheer programs opened registration for the 2017 football season. Registration and payment are online. Football and Cheer applications will be available on the Gladiator webpage at www.lcgladiators.org. The Gladiator program is open to girls and boys ages […]
“May you have warm words on a cold evening, a full moon on a dark night and a smooth road all the way to your door.” ~ An Irish Blessing, attributed to St. Patrick – 433AD A weak cold front spread showers across the foothills on Sunday. Only 0.2 inches fell. The season’s […]
Montrose Search and Rescue – Campers Saved By the Whistle On Wednesday, Jan 2, 1974, John Larson took his 3-year-old son John Junior on an adventure – a “cold-camping” excursion into the San Gabriel Mountains. Larson was an experienced outdoorsman with proper gear. He planned to camp on a trail a few miles out of […]
March 3 100 block of Lamour Drive in La Cañada, jewelry, a gaming system, cash and laptop computer were stolen and the rear sliding glass door was shattered at a home while the residents were gone overnight. 900 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada, the owner of a restaurant entered his business in the […]