By Nestor CASTIGLIONE Harry Zavos, professor emeritus at Loyola Law School and a regular presence at city hall, died on May 25 in San Diego from a terminal illness. He was 84 years old. Zavos was among the most prominent activists at city hall – which sometimes earned him the scorn of city council. Former […]
By Néstor CASTIGLIONE The popular image of Mozart is that of the precocious boy genius who composed astoundingly mature and original music at an age that most other children are barely learning to cope with basic arithmetic. The truth is a little more complicated than that. Mozart was no doubt a wunderkind: gifted with a […]
Do You Have a FOMO? It seems apparent that just about everyone today has a FOMO. It’s evident to me by the constant peering by folks – both young and old – at the little hand-held screens of their cellphones. And it doesn’t matter where they are or who they’re with; curiosity of what else […]
“Life is like Mother Nature, unpredictable. There are cloudy days and there are sunny days but you have the power to decide the weather of your life.” ~ Artyom Gross The first days of June arrived last weekend without the predicted fog and dismal gloom. These typical conditions had been forecast by the NWS; I […]
By Mary O’KEEFE With all the talk about American patriotism and immigrants there is one man in La Crescenta who has never, ever taken his path to citizenship for granted – Vito Cannella. Cannella immigrated from Italy in 1953 and in 1958 he opened Vito’s Barber Shop in Montrose. Cannella also served as the postmaster […]
By Charly SHELTON The ShakeAlert Earthquake Early Warning System has been stricken from the federal budget for the coming 2018 fiscal year. Despite a request for $16.1 million annually for maintenance and operations reaching the White House in December of last year, the budget has come back without funding for the system, leaving the nearly […]
On May 30, St. Monica Academy senior Jack Golbranson signed a National Letter of Intent to play baseball for the University of Puget Sound. Golbranson is a two-time League MVP and all-CIF first team catcher and captained SMA to its fifth consecutive league championship and CIF playoff appearance. St. Monica Academy, an independent, Catholic, coeducational […]
By Brandon HENSLEY High school students may know something about cramming the night before a big test, but members of the Crescenta Valley High boys’ basketball program are getting a taste of what cramming in the summer feels like. With 23 summer league games scheduled in June before the CIF-mandated dead period, many new Falcon […]
June 1 1000 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada, an employee at 7-Eleven realized there was a discrepancy with the sales and inventory of lottery tickets. He reviewed the surveillance footage and discovered that two suspects entered the store, acknowledged the employee behind the counter and, while the employee’s view was obstructed, one of […]
CicLAvia Announces New Route The 21st CicLAvia event launches its second event of the 2017 season with a new route that will travel for three miles from Atwater Village into the heart of downtown Glendale on June 11. Called CicLAvia – Glendale Meets Atwater Village Presented by Metro, the event will mark the first time […]