By Nestor CASTIGLIONE President Donald Trump’s administration earlier this year made it known that it had trained its sights on the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment of the Humanities (NEH), seeking to effectively eliminate them. Part of a whole package of controversial cuts – among them eliminating federal funding to […]
CV Town Council Meets Tonight The general meeting of the Crescenta Valley Town Council is tonight, Thursday, May 18 at the La Crescenta Library. On the agenda is a presentation by Joseph M. Nicchitta of the Office of Marijuana Management. He will speak about the County’s efforts to develop regulations for commercial cannabis in Los […]
By Charly SHELTON It is past the 1997 deadline of Judgment Day as prophesied in “Terminator 2,” but machines still have the power to cripple our lives if they don’t behave the way they should. Bank records, tax documents, family photos, term papers, corporate presentations and the all important music library – all of this […]
The City Council of La Cañada announced on Tuesday that long standing council member and former mayor Dave Spencer died. The statement released said: “It is with tremendous sadness that the City Council announces the passing on the morning of Tuesday, May 16 of longtime City Council member and six-time mayor David A. Spence. Preliminary […]
May 15 2300 block of Mira Vista Avenue in Montrose, a resident reported that she had parked her car next to her minivan in the parking garage of her apartment complex. When she returned she found someone had ransacked her minivan. Her car was not parked in the spot where she had left it but […]
Great Expectations This weekend is shaping up to be a whopper. On Saturday, I have the pleasure of attending the annual scholarship disbursement breakfast hosted by the Community Foundation of the Verdugos. I sit on a board that decides the distribution of funds accrued over the previous year through interest paid on a scholarship fund […]
Feb. 8, 1934 – May 7, 2017 Donna Mintz passed away May 7 with her daughters by her side. She was born Feb. 8, 1934 in Morrill, Nebraska to Mildred Edith (Price) and Gerald Wernicke Rockwell. The family moved to Los Angeles in 1943 so her father could work to support the war effort in […]
From the City of La Cañada website: It is with tremendous sadness that the City Council announces the passing on the morning of Tuesday, May 16 of longtime City Council member and six-time mayor David A. Spence. Preliminary indications are that Council member Spence suffered a heart attack at his home. He was […]
Give Mom Montrose for Mother’s Day! “My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. I attribute all my success in my life to the moral, intellectual, and physical education I received from her.” ~ George Washington Well said, guy on the dollar bill! This Sunday we honor mothers everywhere by making their […]
According to Working Mother magazine, as many as one in three small business owners in this country are moms, which is pretty jaw-dropping. Mom-owned businesses are, therefore, hugely impactful on the economy and all signs indicate this impact is only getting bigger. Women are now launching businesses at nearly twice the rate of men. We […]