By Robin GOLDSWORTHY Rather than carbing up for an upcoming 5K, Monte Vista Elementary School members of Girls on the Run instead sold carbs – donuts – as a fundraiser for Prom Plus. The tasty fundraiser was held after school on Thursday, Nov. 29 at the Commons adjacent to the school at the corner of […]
Photos Courtesy Montrose Christmas Parade Association Thousands of spectators and those who just love a parade gathered on Honolulu Avenue on Saturday evening to cheer on participants of the 42nd Annual Montrose-Glendale Christmas Parade. Despite cold temperatures no one seemed to stay away from the annual kickoff to the holidays. This year, grand marshals Pete […]
The Rosemont boys’ basketball team, coached by Brent Ballard and John Peterson, celebrated another undefeated league season with a staff versus players scrimmage and team party in November in the Rosemont Middle School gym. The boys beat the staff, 69-67, on a winning basket by Evan Mulcahey. For the last eight years, Ballard […]
Nov. 27 3600 block of Karen Sue Lane in La Cañada, a wallet was stolen from an unlocked vehicle at 3:05 a.m. Nov. 24 800 Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada, an employee noticed a cellphone had been stolen from a display mount. He reviewed the surveillance footage and discovered three male suspects walk into the […]
The Crescenta Valley High School Falcon varsity boys’ basketball team won its Pacific League opener on Tuesday at Hoover High School when they downed the Tornadoes 79-47. In the easy win, Tyler Carlson had 22 points to lead the team, and he connected on five three-pointers. Andreyas Boghossian helped with 20 points. CV is undefeated […]
Rediscovering Framed in Montrose What’s old is new again! The owners of Framed in Montrose, formally FastFrame, left the FastFrame franchise in June 2018 and went independent. The frame shop opened in La Cañada on Foothill Boulevard in 1989 and the de Lucia family purchased the business in 2005. In 2015 they moved the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE “This is Christmas, the season of perpetual hope…” ~ Kate McCallister (Catherine O’Hara) Watching the national news, “hope” during this season is not what most people feel. This week the nation mourned the loss of the U.S. 41st President George H.W. Bush. For the most part, this has been a time […]
“Laughing, quaffing all together. Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la Heedless of the wind and weather. Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la …” ~ 16th Century Welsh melody, English lyrics written by Scottish musician Thomas Oliphant, 1862 The melody was a well-known one among Welsh miners, but its origins may date from the 16th century. In the 18th century Mozart used the […]
Last Saturday at Two Strike Park, families gathered for the treasured Winter tradition of playing in the snow. But in the Crescenta Valley, with temperatures comfortably in the 60°’s, playing in the snow is a rare treat. The Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation hosted a Snow Day by having ice brought in […]
Ascencia’s board of directors announced that Dr. Laura Duncan, the director of Programs who has been serving as the organization’s acting executive director since July, is the new executive director of the 12-year-old, nonprofit homeless services agency based in Glendale. As the executive director of Ascencia, Dr. Duncan “considers it a privilege to invest in […]