Montrose Search and Rescue – Dog Rescues 2 Continuing with some other dog rescues performed by the Montrose Search and Rescue team, we look no further than Pickens Canyon in March 1991. Two young boys, best friends, were hiking the canyon at dusk. As often happens to young boys, they stayed out too long and […]
Updates on 210 Freeway, Local Graduations and More In this month’s update on Interstate 210 developments, according to Caltrans, “Beginning Monday, June 12 at 7 p.m. … Caltrans will close westbound Foothill Freeway (I-210) Gould Avenue on-ramp and Angeles Crest Highway off-ramp, as part of a pavement rehabilitation project. The ramp closures will remain in […]
By Julie BUTCHER On Saturday, the City of Glendale celebrated the 75th anniversary of city hall in coordination with the Glendale Police Dept.’s annual open house and hosted a block party for the people and families of Glendale to enjoy. In the area between Glendale City Hall and the police headquarters, organizations set up entertaining […]
On Wednesday, June 14, Kiwanis of La Cañada will be hosting Clergy Recognition Day honoring Sister Carolyn McCormick, O.P., of Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy. A native San Franciscan, Sister Carolyn has come to enjoy and appreciate life in beautiful Southern California. She attended elementary and high school in San Francisco. After a work experience with […]
QUESTION: What’s to be done when a family that has been close is now divided by politics? Part of my family is far right and the other far left. We had a birthday party for our elderly aunt and my brother and sister got into a very heated argument. Thank God my dear auntie couldn’t […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Local television news stations have reported on the “beast of La Crescenta,” as coined by one station. The blurry video image of the beast appears to be a chimpanzee swinging from branch-to-branch in the brush and trees near the Lowell Avenue entrance/exit of the Foothill (210) Freeway and the Crescenta Valley YMCA. […]
By Brian CHERNICK The City of Glendale reached an agreement for a $1.1 million settlement with consulting firm Willdan Financial Services, three years after the city filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit that claimed the city lost revenue due to faulty methods in a water-rate study conducted by the firm in 2011. “We are extremely satisfied with […]
The Summer Beach Bus returns on June 13. The bus is sponsored by the County of Los Angeles and City of La Cañada Flintridge. The bus travels to Santa Monica from local pick up points on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Labor Day. Pick up from Two Strike Park (5107 Rosemont Ave.) is 9:15 a.m.; […]
LCVRW MEETS TODAY La Crescenta Valley Republican Women will next meet today, Thursday, June 8 at the Oakmont Country Club at 11 a.m. Susan Tully from Washington, D.C. will be speaking on Federation American Immigration Reform. There will also be a raffle of houseplants donated by Danette Erickson and books by Karen Suter. Oakmont Country […]
Offering Historical Facts The traditional Memorial Day observances were held locally again this year. Members of the Montrose Peace Vigil have been standing at the Vietnam Memorial since 2006 to encourage nonviolent solutions to conflict. We consider it a privilege and a duty to participate in the annual ceremony there. We hear statements made there […]