Spring Concert at CVHS Save the date! The Crescenta Valley High School Instrumental Music Dept. is having its 2018 Spring Concert on Wednesday, March 14 at 6 p.m. in MacDonald Auditorium at CVHS, 4400 Ramsdell Avenue, La Crescenta. Note that change in time. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students. The concert will […]
QUESTION: I guess the older you get, the more you experience loved ones – family and close friends – passing away. I’m overwhelmed by so many recent losses (five) and, I have to admit, my faith is shaken and I’m very depressed. I pray, but nothing is happening. Jesus said, “Ask and ye shall receive […]
By Nicole MOORE The Crescenta Valley Community Assn. held its monthly meeting, with an unusually large audience, on Thursday, Feb. 22. The Association is a volunteer-based, multi-jurisdictional committee that focuses on land use issues in the La Crescenta, La Cañada, Montrose and Sunland-Tujunga areas. The February meeting had a higher than usual number of participants […]
The Best Story … 2018 Montrose Verdugo City Chamber of Commerce Welcome to our creative new executive director, Victoria Marie da Salla (office@montrosechamber.org), and to our committed co-president Christopher Charles (ccharles@ft.newyorklife.com) of New York Life Insurance Company, and our dedicated board of directors that include Dave Fink (davegfink@aol.com), Sparr Bar & Grill, Kristi Cohen […]
Dates: Save ’em and Bring ’em Well, this year is well underway and we have many events in the making. March is a busy month for us and I imagine it is for you, too. Deadlines are key to staying on track, so here are some important dates to remember. March 1 – This […]
The February meeting of the Crescenta Valley Community Association on Thursday opened with a discussion of the mixed-use condo/commercial project at 3037-3045 Foothill Blvd. in the unincorporated portion of La Crescenta. Sharon Raghavachary has reviewed the revised plans submitted by the developer to LA County Planning and determined the project is still not in compliance […]
The Rattlesnake Murders For those of you who have read “Murder and Mayhem in the Crescenta Valley,” this story will be familiar as it was written up by Gary Keyes for that book. But this murder was so bizarre, so twisted, that I just had to cover it again. In 1935, Robert James and […]
By Charly SHELTON A storefront recently opened on Brand Boulevard across from the Americana at Brand, in the old Masonic building area near Shake Shack, Philz Coffee and Mainland Poke. And while many will notice it as new, the name – Warby Parker – gives little away as to what it sells. It could be […]
By Steve ZALL and Sid FISH Here are some of the shows running in our local theatres this month: “Big Shot” unfolds on the eve of what could be a giant break for two aspiring writers — a face-to-face meeting with one of Hollywood’s heaviest-hitting producers. As the clock […]
The Alex Film Society presents “The Adventures of Robin Hood” (1938) starring Errol Flynn and Olivia De Havilland on Thursday, March 8 at 7:30 p.m. After 80 years, “The Adventures of Robin Hood” is still widely regarded as one of the all-time great action adventure epics. And it’s a TCM fan favorite! In the well-known […]