By Robin GOLDSWORTHY It was like saying hi to old friends. At least it was for Albertsons service operations manager Todd Knudsen on Saturday during the store’s first Customer Appreciation Day. “We’ve had a strong positive response on our return,” Knudsen said. Albertsons was a staple in the Tujunga area and nearby community when it […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On June 7 it will be California’s tun to have the media networks parked at polling places when the state decides between Hilary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, and what the Golden State will and won’t do for Donald Trump. The Presidential California primaries are one of the latest in the political primary/caucus […]
U.S. Army Sergeant Joseph Stifter, a Saint Francis High School graduate, was killed in Iraq on Jan. 28 when his vehicle rolled over at Al Asad Airbase in Al Anbar Province. He was 30 years old. Sgt. Stifter was deployed with the 1st Infantry Division in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. The City of La […]
May 10 2100 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada, a woman reported that she was shopping at Ross Dress for Less in the shoe department when she laid her iPhone on a display rack. She walked away for a minute and when she returned the phone was gone. The theft occurred between 1:10 p.m. […]
By Pat KRAMER Helping the less fortunate comes naturally to Sunland resident Michelle Ramage. Last year, she was involved in a campaign that raised money for a battered women’s shelter in Guatemala. Now, with the help of Tujunga’s Foothill Dental Group, the Sunland/Tujunga/Shadow Hills Rotary Club and others in the community, she is part of […]
July 15, 1937 – May 10, 2016 Hajira (Begum) Ahmed passed away in La Crescenta on May 10. Hajira was born in Mysore, India on July 15, 1937. She lived in many places including Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Washington D.C.; Prairie Village/Overland Park, Kansas; Brea, California; and La Crescenta, California. She earned a master’s degree in […]
Aug. 1, 1953 — May 16, 2016 Paul B. Mekhitarian was born in Aleppo, Syria, on Aug. 1, 1953 to Nourijan and Ovsanna Mekhitarian. He was the middle child of three siblings – an older sister Silva, and a younger brother Zohrab. In January 1972, he met his wife Madlen. The two were engaged on […]
July 9, 1940 – Feb. 13, 2016 Lawrence “Larry” Edwin June, 75, born on July 9, 1940, and died on Saturday, Feb. 13 at Verdugo Hills Hospital. He had Parkinson’s and dementia and was in a nursing home and in-and-out of the hospital. At the end he was in hospice care. Larry was born in […]
A plane gone missing near Altadena early Sunday morning prompted a massive search that included the activation of six of the eight Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. (LASD) search and rescue teams and LASD Air Rescue 5. On Sunday at approximately 9 a.m., LASD Special Enforcement Bureau (SEB) Emergency Services Detail (ESD) first received information […]
The Hundred-Year History of Whiting Woods – Part 2 Last week I covered the first portion of the hundred-year history of Whiting Woods. This was the period when Perry Whiting, a successful L.A. building supply seller, cobbled together piece-by-piece the land that we know today as Whiting Woods. I also talked about his third marriage […]