When Things Turn Ugly I don’t know about you, but the negativity surrounding the foothills – heck, most of the nation – is at an all-time high. Nationally, the horrific shooting deaths of 17 students in Florida pierce our souls. Questions abound of how to fix a situation that is difficult to define. “Certain […]
CVCA Meets Tonight The Crescenta Valley Community Association will meet tonight, Thursday, Feb. 22 at 7 p.m. in the community room at the La Crescenta Library. The agenda includes discussion of the planned measure to move Glendale elections to the date of the state primary. Contact Sharon Weisman, sharon@jetcafe.org or call (818) 248-4967 for more […]
By Nicole MOORE La Crescenta author and illustrator Tina Kugler received a 2018 Geisel Honor for her fifth book, “Snail and the Worm Again.” The prestigious Geisel Honor, named after Theodor Seuss “Ted” Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, is given to a handful of children’s book authors and illustrators in the United States. Kugler […]
Glendale High School has hired Cary Grant Harris to be its new varsity head football coach. Harris was a three-year starting cornerback for USC between 2006 and 2008 under Coach Pete Carroll. He was a two-time All-Pac-10 honorable mention player in 2007 and 2008 and was considered a top cornerback for the 2009 NFL Draft. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Rosemont Middle School Spartan football team finished the last game of the season on a high note on Thursday. They knew the 5-0 season is something to be proud of. The team was scheduled to play six games but due to the bus strike missed one that could not be made […]
The FPAC – The Foothill Performing Arts Council – celebrates the end of its 19th year of bringing musical theatre to the foothills with its presentation of the critically-acclaimed musical, “The Spitfire Grill” for four weekends only: Friday, March 2 thru Sunday, March 25. Friday and Saturday performances will be at 8 p.m. and Sunday […]
‘HAPPY HOUR’ FOR LCF ToR The La Cañada Flintridge Tournament of Roses Association hosts the next local float association happy hour on Feb. 23 at the Argue home, 1314 Descanso Drive in La Cañada Flintridge from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Residents and supporters over the age of 18 are invited to attend and no […]
Turkey’s Descent Into Authoritarianism There are few countries with which the United States has a more complex relationship than Turkey. Turkey is a member of NATO, hosts a major U.S. airbase in Incirlik, and has long boasted a vigorous, if flawed, democracy in a strategically important Muslim country. For decades, the United States has cultivated […]
Parking Major Concern As a Montrose business owner of Grayson’s Tune Town, established in 1953, and an active Montrose merchant for 40 years, I am writing about my parking concern for the 2300 and 2400 blocks of the Montrose Shopping Park. I learned just recently that Glendale College is in escrow to buy the vacated […]
The Granite Quarry at Devil’s Gate The mining and quarrying of minerals and stone has gone on in our local mountains since Europeans first arrived – gold, graphite, gravel and granite. One significant gravel quarry existed in the 1880s at Devil’s Gate in the Arroyo Seco at the eastern edge of La Cañada. Local […]