Honoring Bill Dodson at the War Memorial A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself. ~ Joseph Campbell Please join us tomorrow at 9 a.m. at the Vietnam War Memorial on the corner of Ocean View Blvd and Honolulu Avenue when the Montrose Shopping Park Association and […]
Can’t Wait for the Art Walk This Saturday! We are pleased to welcome the MVC Chamber of Commerce when they bring their quarterly Art Walk to the Montrose Shopping Park. Under the leadership of Boulevard 34’s Anna Lopez and local realtor Julie Ann Martin, we can look forward to artisans of many mediums demonstrating and […]
QUESTION: We just moved into the foothills from another area of California. In an effort to be neighborly, I invited a few neighbors who have children to come for a play day for the kids and a coffee klatch for the moms. Then the fun began. The six children, including mine, range in ages from […]
By Michael J. ARVIZU Larry Battin, a resident of Tujunga, was only 9 years old when First Baptist Church, La Crescenta (FBCLC), broke ground for an expansion of worship facilities in 1964. All of the schoolteachers were excited, he recalled, as they brought their students over to witness the big event. Hundreds of people were […]
By Mary O’KEEFE and Sammi SLAYBACK The Crescenta Valley community had the opportunity to recognize 9/11 last week with three separate events held over two days. The first was a Remembrance Parade that began at 9:11 a.m. on 9/11 that wound through the streets of the Crescenta Valley. Later that day, an emotional tribute was […]
By Samantha SLAYBACK This year marked the 13th annual Foothill Community Business Expo held at the USC Verdugo Hills Hospital on Wednesday, Sept. 10. Hosted by the Crescenta Valley, La Cañada Flintridge and Montrose chambers of commerce, the event took place on the fourth floor of the main hospital building in the council rooms and […]
By Joyce LEE The highly anticipated Crescenta Valley High School’s Club Expo was held at snack and lunch at the quad during the week of September 15. The annual Club Expo is one of the school year’s main highlights as it encourages students to join both returning and new clubs, and allows them to discover […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A surveillance video is making the social media rounds of a man stealing a bench in front of Montrose Pet Hospital. Without hesitation he picked up the bench, then apparently placed it in his truck. Comments on social media reflect feelings of anger, but mostly disappointment that someone would do this in […]
By Isiah REYES On Sept. 12, 2014, the community had the opportunity to celebrate La Crescenta 91214 (the area’s zip code) by visiting 15 historical landmarks located throughout La Crescenta. Locations ranged from Crescenta Valley Park and Dog Park, Whiting Woods, Rosemont Preserve and Ananda Ashrama, to name a few. The main reception for the […]
As America prepares to celebrate U.S. Constitution Week, members of the Don José Verdugo Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution have been busy placing displays at both the Glendale Main Library and La Cañada Flintridge Library to encourage citizens to reflect on the country’s heritage of freedom. When the National Society Daughters of the American […]