Mackenzie Knight of La Crescenta is one of approximately 8,775 Iowa State University students recognized for outstanding academic achievement by being named to the fall semester 2016 dean’s list. Students named to the dean’s list must have earned a grade point average of at least 3.50 on a 4.00 scale while carrying a minimum of […]
Las Candelas members celebrated the holidays with a formal dinner for the group and their guests at a private club in Pasadena on Sunday, Dec. 11. After a one-hour reception, a seasonal three-course dinner consisting of butternut squash soup, tenderloin of beef and filet of salmon followed by sticky toffee pudding was enjoyed by over […]
Submitted by Andy Gero Veterans Administration Emergency care of nonservice-connected conditions Title 38 United States Code (U.S.C) § 1725 (also known as ‘Mill Bill’) allows the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (VA) to make payment or reimbursement to a claimant for emergency treatment provided to a veteran for nonservice-connected conditions in certain circumstances. In such case, […]
PUBLIC RECEPTION FOR ‘DREAM PORTAL’ The Adams Hill Neighborhood Association is sponsoring a public reception for “Dream Portal: Once Upon a Time” by artist Colleen M. Kelly. The reception will be held at the Adams Square mini-park at 1020 Palmer Ave. in Glendale on Sunday, Jan. 29 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Kelly’s […]
For those who love it, it can be a maddening, painful thing to hear how classical music is dismissed by popular culture as relaxing, inoffensive pap. By no means is it high-brow elevator music. Mozart and Beethoven, I’m sorry to say, didn’t sweat and slave over their scores so some kid 200-odd years later could […]
By Pat KRAMER hree years ago, Sunland–Tujunga resident Eve Sinclair tore out her lawn and replaced it with a drought-tolerant landscape, including native plants, after learning how they attract pollinators and wildlife, which then leads to a healthy food web. Since doing so, she said she now has a partnership with the native plants and […]
By Charly SHELTON n America and many westernized countries worldwide, the coming New Year is celebrated on Jan. 1, the beginning of the Gregorian calendrical cycle. In China, the widely used calendar is the lunar calendar, based on the phases of the moon. It is very foreign and complicated to the uninitiated but it has […]
By Charly SHELTON It’s that time of year again … the time in mid-February to indulge in cookies and candy and pastries and chocolate and sweets of all kinds. No, not Valentine’s Day; I mean something really important. It’s almost time for the LA Cookie Con and Sweets Show. Once a year, the Los Angeles […]
By Mary O’KEEFE In a continuing effort to reach out to students and parents concerning pressures that kids face in school and in life, the Crescenta Valley High School administration and community are presenting “Parent Informational Session: Student Anxiety.” The meeting will be hosted by Pam Erdman, a marriage and family therapist. For years Erdman […]
By Nestor CASTIGLIONE Piano Spheres continues its 2016-17 season with a recital on Tuesday, Jan. 31 by pianist Vicki Ray. Among the works on her wide-ranging program of contemporary music will be pieces by Pulitzer Prize winning composers David Lang and Julia Wolfe. Both have entrusted Ray with the world premieres of their “spring and […]