Hi, CV! Like my mother, I find it easy to be a parent. Sometimes I think it’s because of my age; I don’t need to live through my child. My mom gave me space. I would come home from school and watch the same soap opera, “Another World,” as she was watching only I was […]
By Jason KUROSU Classic cars will once again line the streets of Glendale for Cruise Night 2015, the 22nd annual event that is a must-see for Southern California car enthusiasts. On Saturday, July 18 from 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., hundreds of pre-1980 cars will be on display, filling Brand Boulevard with an array of […]
By Charly SHELTON and Mary O’KEEFE For those who attended the annual Crescenta Valley Fireworks display on July 4 at La Crescenta Elementary, there was a bit of a disconnect between the music, the sky and the audience. Music played in bits and pieces, fireworks went off out-of-sync and sometimes not at all. Many were […]
Feb. 16, 1924 – June 25, 2015 Born in Glendive, Montana, Howard was one of four children born to Mahlon and Estella Heath. He spent his early childhood there on a small ranch before the family moved to Marion, Iowa. Howard enjoyed playing the saxophone in the band and orchestra at Marion High School where […]
Jan. 5, 1934 – June 22, 2015 With a song in his heart and love of God, family and friends in his soul, Donald Hugh Friesen took his final train to join Carolyn Ruth Friesen, his wife of 54 years, on June 22. Don was born on Jan. 5, 1934 in Washington, Iowa, the fourth […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A young girl is nursing a painful reminder that California is “rattlesnake country” after she encountered one while hiking with fellow campers at Tom Sawyer Camps on Monday. The girl was bitten on the ankle by a rattlesnake while hiking on a road in the Hahamongna Watershed Park in Pasadena. “They were […]
By Jason KUROSU Even though summer is not officially a month old, the Montrose Search and Rescue volunteers have kept busy as activity has yet to slow down in the Angeles National Forest, as wondrous as it is perilous for motorists and hikers. During the months of June and July, noteworthy incidents in the Angeles […]
By Mary O’KEEFE During July’s Montrose Shopping Park Assn. meeting on Thursday morning, Jess Duran, director of Community Services and Parks, and Chris Peplow answered board questions concerning the recent clearing and planting of areas along Honolulu Avenue. The board’s overwhelming concern was the long barren areas along the avenue where plants had been taken […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A new Assembly District Election Meeting (ADEM) will be held for the 43rd Assembly District on Sunday, July 19. “The reason the ADEM is being held again is due to a decision of the CDP (California Democratic Party) Compliance Review Commission, as modified on appeal by the CDP’s Credentials Committee,” according to […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Community meetings begin tonight to gather input from the public on the characteristics, attributes, and skills that the next GUSD superintendent should possess, according to a GUSD statement. The first meeting is being held at Crescenta Valley High School MacDonald Auditorium in the 4400 block of Ramsdell Ave. in La Crescenta. The […]