CV’s First Inhabitants – What Did They Eat? Let’s imagine ourselves in the pre-European Crescenta Valley, walking up the dusty trail (today’s Honolulu Avenue) that ran between the villages strung along the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains. We’re walking on the edge of a large oak forest (that is today Crescenta Valley Park) […]
Ask Phyllis! Selling Off Market Dear Phyllis, I must get three or four letters from Realtors® each week. They are pretty much the same. They have a buyer for my home and I can save on the commission. I am retiring next year and will be selling. If I opt to sell to […]
Elizabeth Bacino and Patrick Goldsworthy, both graduates from Crescenta Valley High School, married in a private ceremony on Catalana Island on June 23.
By Charly SHELTON There are lots of Halloween events around LA. Home haunts, festivals, park haunts, haunted museums, etc. But the big budget, big name events are at the theme parks. And between Disneyland’s Not-So-Scary take on the season, Knott’s classic haunt approach, Six Flags’ more teen/adult focused horror and thrills and Universal’s IP-heavy tribute […]
JPL has won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Interactive Program for its coverage of the Cassini mission’s grand finale at Saturn. The award was presented Saturday, Sept. 8 at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Accepting the award were members of the JPL Media […]
On Wednesday Sept. 19, the free admission Glendale Noon Concerts will feature the Calico Winds performing Ladder Variations by well-known Los Angeles composer and educator George Heussenstamm and premier a quintet written for them by noted film composer John Scott. The performance takes place at the Sanctuary of Glendale City Church from 12:10 p.m. to […]
QUESTION: Is there a nice way to discourage unwanted attentions? I went to a wedding in June and met several people I hadn’t met before. Although I had an interesting, engaging conversation with a man I met there, as far as I was concerned there was no reason to take it any further. A mutual […]
By Charly SHELTON With 71 years in business at the same location, local meat market Harmony Farms has realized one thing – it is its loyal customer base that keeps the store around. Founded sometime around 1948 as La Crescenta Meat Lockers, the name was changed to Harmony Farms in 1972 when current owner Sonny […]
St. Bede Branch 374 of the Italian Catholic Federation was awarded two prestigious awards at the ICF National Convention held at the Town and Country Resort in San Diego over the Labor Day weekend. Both awards are related to the branch efforts over the past two years to increase membership, particularly family membership. The St. […]
The Glendale Historical Society is holding an illustrated presentation, “A Romp Through the Revivals – Hollywood’s European Fantasyland” on Thursday, Sept. 20 at 7 p.m. at the Downtown Central Library Auditorium. Presented in conjunction with the upcoming “Royal Revivals” home tour to mark the 10th anniversary of Glendale’s first historic district on scenic Royal Boulevard, […]