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DR. YVONNE RAMIREZ GUEST SPEAKER AT KIWANIS CLUB GLENDALE At the Friday, Nov. 16 meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Glendale Dr. Yvonne Ramirez will be speaking on “Joining Eastern and Western Medicine.” Guests are welcome at the lunch meeting. The cost to attend, which includes lunch, is $15. The Club meets Friday afternoons at […]

Remembering that ‘Life is Amazing’ at Prayer Breakfast

Remembering that ‘Life is Amazing’ at Prayer Breakfast

By Mary O’KEEFE There is no doubt there is a lot of negativity swirling around America and the world. Conspiracy theories, fake news and just plain hate seem to lead the headlines. But there are pockets where people put away their differences and look toward the positive in life. One of those calm islands of […]

Foster Care Subject Of ICF Presentation

Isabella Portantino was the guest speaker at a recent meeting of the Italian Catholic Federation Branch 374 at St. Bede the Venerable Church in La Cañada Flintridge. Portantino is working on her Girl Scout Gold Award project with the Friends of Foster Children. For her project she put together a cookbook with easy and inexpensive […]

NOTES & NODS

This Week at LCIF All are invited on Sunday, Nov. 18 at Lutheran Church of the Foothills for a time of education, worship, celebration, and fellowship. Regular education hour for all ages begins at 9 a.m. followed by worship as a family at 10 a.m. Stephen Robertson, CYF director, will lead the time of worship […]

Daryal Tillman Gant

Nov. 14, 1933 – Nov. 6, 2018 Daryal Tillman Gant passed away peacefully at home on Nov. 6 surrounded by his loving family. Daryal was born Nov. 14, 1933 to Maggie Pearl and Fount Tillman Gant in the country town of Blair, Oklahoma. He graduated from Dinuba High School in Dinuba, California, and received his […]

Update on Griffith Park Fire

Update on Griffith Park: The acreage estimate is now holding at 30 acres in heavy brush with steep and very difficult terrain to navigate; LA Zoo not currently open for business and no animal evacuations are underway; no structures burned and no injuries reported; over 127 LAFD firefighters assigned with additional air and ground support […]

Mars InSight Landing Site: Just Plain Perfect

NASA explores some of the most inspiring locations in the solar system and beyond. Once seen it’s hard to forget the majesty of astronaut Jim Irwin standing before the stark beauty of the Moon’s Hadley Apennine mountain range, the Hubble Space Telescope’s “Pillars of Creation” and Cassini’s mosaic of Saturn. Mars also plays a part […]

The Election Results – So Far

By Mary O’KEEFE This November’s election is finally over – sort of. In California, the counting of ballots continues and results will be updated throughout the next few days – and weeks. According to Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean C. Logan, a total of 1,975,855 ballots were processed and counted with 38% of eligible […]

Veterans Day – a Time to Remember, a Chance to Help

Veterans Day – a Time to Remember, a Chance to Help

The local American Legion and VFW posts need a helping hand.   By Charly SHELTON The Great War World War I was supposed to be the end, the “war to end all wars.” And when it came to a close and the armistice was signed on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the […]