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 […]
Wants to Know ‘What’s the Plan?’ History can be used as a sword and a shield. As a sword, it is utilized by people to slash through any dissent to their views. The American South’s wretched history on racial matters is used by many to squash even the most moderate disagreement on matters like voter […]
If You Can Sign Up Online, You Should Be Able To Cancel Online You’ve seen the ads from companies that advertise the ease of signing up for their cable or Internet service over the web. However, if you decide to cancel those same services, you’re often forced to suffer through infuriating, time-consuming telephone calls, often […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The ability to think fast, have a knowledge of current affairs and pop culture and the most difficult thing of all time – putting it all together with humor. That is ComedySportz: High School League. For 14 years a select group of Crescenta Valley High School students have been entertaining audiences with […]