By Mary O’KEEFE Rockhaven has been a rollercoaster ride for both city officials and the nonprofit organization Friends of Rockhaven since the city purchased the site in 2008. At that time there were talks of the property becoming a library and park, but those plans gave way when the economy began to suffer. In 2014 […]
Oct. 30 2600 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Crescenta, an employee reported witnessing two men enter the store and walk toward the aisle where alcohol beverages are displayed. The employee saw the men take a total of four bottles of whiskey from the display. The employee lost track of the men in the store […]
The election season kicks off with the Crescenta Valley Town Council election this week. There are nine candidates running to fill three seats. Ballots can be cast by registered voters in the unincorporated portion of Los Angeles in La Crescenta and Montrose. This year, two days have been set aside for voting: Friday, Nov. 6 […]
Veterans Day provides plenty of opportunities to thank a vet. By Mary O’KEEFE Twenty-one years after the “war to end all wars” – World War I – Adolf Hitler’s German army invaded Poland and World War II began. WWII spanned from 1939 to 1945 and, at the 70th anniversary of the end of the war, […]
By Jason KUROSU After pledging to raise $100,000 over a 10-year period to help fund the construction of a new children’s orthopedic center, members of the La Cañada Flintridge Orthopaedic Guild announced Tuesday that they were only $17,000 short of their goal in far shorter time than expected. The Guild held its annual Book & […]
By Jason KUROSU Clark Magnet High School recently celebrated women’s accomplishments in STEM with an assembly on Ada Lovelace Day, founded in 2009 in recognition of women in the fields of science, engineering, math and technology. The Ada Lovelace Day event was organized by Clark teacher Fred Blattner, who teaches math, computer programming and tech […]
The Boy Scouts of Troop 317 held their Court of Honor on Oct. 16 at Healy Hall of Holy Redeemer Church in Montrose. This was to celebrate and acknowledge the many achievements of the Scouts over the past few months. Numerous merit badges, representing what the Scouts have learned and worked hard for, were […]
Tournament of Roses named Erika Karen Winter as the 98th Rose Queen in an official ceremony at the Pasadena Convention Center. Presented by Citizens Business Bank, the announcement concluded a month-long process that began with more than 900 Pasadena-area young women who participated in the Royal Court tryouts. Rose Queen Erika and the Royal […]
Earlier this month six Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy novices (first-years) competed at a fun speech and debate league tournament called Package Deal at Arcadia High School and showed much promise and success. The FSHA team took ribbons of Superior (top 10% of the 230 novices from 12 schools in the league) and Excellence (top 20%). […]