Each year students and staff at St. James-Holy Redeemer School celebrate Desi Geestman Day. Desi was an alumna of the school. Cards are made for sick children, the staff organizes fun games, and a yummy hotdog lunch is served. But perhaps the best part of the day is the popular soak a teacher! Thanks to […]
The La Crescenta Elementary School Foundation and PTA are hosting the annual Pancake Breakfast & Spring Campus Beautification on Saturday, April 27. The fun begins with breakfast from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. then beautification of the campus from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Come for breakfast and stay to help make the school beautiful. […]
Montrose Search and Rescue – Surviving a Plane Crash This tale chronicles an unusual event – a plane crash in the San Gabriel Mountains in which everyone survived! In June 1991, four young men in their 20s decided on a fun weekend in Laughlin, Nevada. One of the friends, Michael, was a good pilot. […]
We Will Not Remain Silent On April 24, we marked the 104th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, the systematic murder of 1.5 million innocent Armenians, and millions more who were raped, starved, tortured and displaced. Despite the horrific crimes perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire between 1915 and 1923, the United States Congress has failed to […]
By Mary O’KEEFE When Kimberly Bishop retired from her role as principal of La Crescenta Elementary School in 2014, she was looking forward to new adventures. Those adventures included enjoying time with her husband at their vacation home in Hawaii until Tuesday when a normal day in the beautiful South Seas ended with her being […]
Disappointing Demolition Imagine my dismay when I looked at the before and after photographs of a picturesque, Craftsman-era home, demolished to make way for a residential complex (Then and Now, March 28). The obituary for the 96-year-old decedent at 1912 Waltonia Drive paid tribute to its lost charm and grace. “Architecture like this with its […]
By Jake BOWMAN Los Angeles County has recently been hit with outbreaks of both pertussis, otherwise known as whooping cough, and the measles virus. Outbreak is a very serious term and can be scary, and according to Dr. Armand Dorian, chief medical officer of USC Verdugo Hills Hospital, that’s exactly what this is. “An outbreak […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The much anticipated May 1 meeting of the Los Angeles County Committee on School District Organization [LACCSDO] has been cancelled. Normally these meetings are canceled without making a ripple in the community, but this cancellation has made a splash. The May 1 meeting was to discuss the territorial transfer between Glendale Unified […]
By Charly SHELTON Last week, a pair of dogs was unfortunate to chance upon a rattlesnake at a dog park in Laurel Canyon. Both were bitten; one dog immediately died and, as of press time, the other dog is in stable condition after being administered two doses of anti-venom and given a blood transfusion. This […]
By Mary O’Keefe Saturday, April 27, the Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council Elections will be held from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. located at North Valley City Hall, Meeting Hall, 7747 Foothill Blvd., Tujunga, 91042. Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council is part of the City of Los Angeles. Neighborhood Council elections occur every two years. “While Neighborhood Council board […]