By Joanna KIM intern On July 22, the Crescenta-Cañada Lions Club will be holding a drive to collect backpacks for its annual Kases for Kids donation event. The event, held in partnership with the Los Angeles Dept. of Children and Family Services, will take place in the parking lot of the Ralphs market at the […]
March 21, 1936 – July 4, 2017 Warren J. Boehm, 81, left this earth while asleep at home early in the morning on his favorite holiday. Warren was born at home in Le Center, Minnesota. His parents, Frank and Kathryn, and brother Lambert (deceased) left Minnesota when Warren was 2 years old to arrive in […]
By Julie BUTCHER The Outdoor Lighting Community Survey went out in the mail to Los Angeles County residents of La Crescenta-Montrose on Monday, July 17. Owners of each property should be receiving the survey from the County Dept. of Regional Planning to assess whether the current regulations for outdoor residential lighting are acceptable or if […]
The Campbell Center will be the site of the Third Annual Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament on Saturday, Aug. 26 starting with check in at 5:30 p.m. and the tournament at 7 p.m. This fundraiser debuted in early 2016 and quickly became a favorite of the organization’s supporters who helped raise close to $22,000 for the […]
Ask Phyllis! Planning My Sale Dear Phyllis, My youngest child graduates high school next year and will be going off to college. My husband and I plan to sell our La Canada home and move to a Pasadena condo. We are in a position to buy the condo without selling our home, but wouldn’t want […]
By Mary O’KEEFE At Tuesday’s Glendale Unified School District board meeting, two parents asked the board to take another look at the permits that had been rejected from Franklin Elementary School, a magnet school. They spoke of when they first arrived at Franklin and had signed an agreement to stay through sixth grade, something both […]
» MOVIE REVIEW By Charly SHELTON Comic book movies are all the rage right now. Avengers, Justice League, and even Aquaman have movies coming up. So it stands to reason that plumbing the depths of the medium to find anything yet untouched may pay off. Just slap a few writers on the script, find a […]
July 15 500 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada, a safe and cash were stolen from a business. A door appeared to be pried open with a blunt object. The theft occurred overnight. July 14 500 block of Freeman Avenue in La Crescenta, a wallet with personal information, keys, radar detector, dashboard camera, […]
“If you should rear a duck in the heart of the Sahara, no doubt it would swim if you brought it to the Nile.” ~ Mark Twain As August approaches, it’s clear that this summer is a hot one. Last week I began writing about summer weather and swimming pools. The allotted column space was […]
Verdugo Hills High School teacher and Glendale resident debuted songs from new album at The Rose last weekend. By Brandon HENSLEY Under warm lights flashing blue and red, there weren’t any noticeable slip-ups – no fingers sliding off the strings or drums sticks flying out of hands. Rather, it was as clean a show as […]