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HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE AND OPEN HOUSE Twelve Oaks Senior Living is hosting a holiday boutique and open house on Friday, Dec. 7 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Items for sale include Christmas scarves, sweaters, children books, greeting cards, toys and much more. Most items are $1 – $5.  Refreshments provided.    For more information, call […]

Patricia Mary Nicholson

Sept. 1, 1930 – Nov. 21, 2018   Patricia “Pat” Nicholson beloved Wife, Mom, and Nana, passed away at home surrounded by family after a short illness.  She was born in Los Angeles to Greta and Eugene Seeber. She married Samuel Nicholson in 1954 in Darmstadt, Germany while Sam was finishing his US Army obligation.  […]

Mario Ivan Dilores

Jan. 21, 1952 – Nov. 20, 2018   Mario passed away on Nov. 20 at Verdugo Hills Hospital with his loving wife at his side. He was a loving and caring husband. Mario owned a trophy business in Glendale for more than 35 years.  Some of his favorite things to do were boating, riding a […]

Spiritually Speaking

Question: I’m married to a wonderful woman who can’t say no. She’s involved in many organizations in our community and has stepped up to help leaders when others have let them down. Even with all of her volunteering, my wife is still a wonderful wife and mother. I just have a hard time seeing her […]

Anita Mae (Campbell) Sutton

March 23, 1923 – Nov. 21, 2018   Anita Mae was the only child born to William Vinton and Edith Gertrude (Johnson) Campbell on March 23, 1923 in Urbana, Illinois. She attended schools in Urbana and graduated from Santa Monica High in California. She met the love of her life, James C. (Jim) Sutton Jr., […]

VIEWS FROM THE VALLEY – SUSAN BOLAN

Crisis? What Crisis?   California leaders, from the governor on down to municipal city councilmembers, appear to be in “panic mode” as they scramble to do something about the so-called housing shortage. I am pretty sure that we are not on the brink of a market crisis as they claim. California’s high rents did not […]

Treasures of the Valley » Mike Lawler

CV’s First Inhabitants – What Happened to the Wiqangna Village Site To wrap up our series on the Native Americans who lived in our valley for perhaps thousands of years before we arrived, let’s examine what has happened to the village site. As written before, we are assuming the village was located at the far […]

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Looking at Who Contributes to CALPERS It is very unfortunate how people attack our police officers, council members or city staff regarding their retirement, or pensions, while not once mentioning the fact that our civil servants contribute to their own pensions from every single one of their paychecks. Aside from the fact that our officers […]