March Madness Leads to April Showers (Lots of Wonderful Activities!) The CV Chamber of Commerce held its annual fundraiser Smart-a-Thon on March 7 and the Crescenta Valley Town Council once again sent Councilmembers Lisa Griffin, Mariam Barnes, Desiree Portillo-Rabinov and me to compete as a team. It was great to mix, mingle and compete […]
May 29, 1921 – March 19, 2018 Etta Lee Flaherty, wife of John Flaherty and daughter of Earnest F. and Sadie Leach, passed away last month in Orange, California. She was 96. Etta was born in Oil City, Oklahoma and moved to Montrose in the early 1920s with her parents. Her father and uncle (Grey) […]
Feb. 23, 1960 – March 28, 2018 David Wacker was born in Santa Monica and moved to La Crescenta with his family at age 4, destined to become a life long resident of that community. The foothills were a perfect place for an inquisitive boy to grow up. Climbing the check dams and finding tadpoles […]
The Allen Lund Company (ALC) of La Cañada announced the passing of company founder and its leader for the past 42 years, Mr. D. Allen Lund. Recently diagnosed with a very rare and fast moving cancer, Allen was surrounded by family and friends as he said his good byes. Allen founded his company in 1976 […]
Sick and Tired of Taxes I am so sick and tired of hearing of how our government in Sacramento needs to increase our taxes. [As if] we, working or retired Californians, are not paying our fair share to help keep this state going. They have already added more to our gas tax (the highest in […]
The Allen Lund Company (ALC) of La Cañada announced the passing of company founder and leader for the past 42 years, Mr. D. Allen Lund. Just recently diagnosed with a very rare and fast moving cancer, Allen was surrounded by family and friends as he said his good byes. Allen founded his company in 1976 […]
BY STEVE ZALL AND SID FISH April 2018 Here are some of the shows you can see in our local theatres this month: OPENING “Medea” Medea is a wife, a mother, and an immigrant. When her husband abandons his family for a new life, she exacts an appalling revenge and destroys […]
From the County of Los Angeles: The 5.3 magnitude earthquake that struck near the Channel Islands at 12:29 p.m. today, April 5 (Source: U.S. Geological Survey) reminds Los Angeles County residents and businesses that an earthquake could occur at any time. The County of Los Angeles Chief Executive Office, Office of Emergency Management (OEM) wants […]
Hit – Again Much to my disappointment, it appears that the dreaded cold/flu (depending on who you speak to) has tackled me once again – and I do not have the time for this nonsense! As you might remember, I headed over to the new Adventist Urgent Care over by the Montrose Vons back […]