NOTES & NODS

Forgiveness on Agenda August forgiveness classes, facilitated by Rev. Beverly Craig and Gary Bates, RScP, will be offered at Center for Spiritual Living-La Crescenta. Classes include Aug. 20 – Forgiving Others and Aug. 27 – Forgiving World Events. “Radical Forgiveness” by Colin Tipping is the textbook for the classes. Love donation will be collected. Center […]

Fun is Spelled B-I-N-G-O by VFW and American Legion

Fun is Spelled B-I-N-G-O by VFW and American Legion

By Robin GOLDSWORTHY t was a lucky night on Friday night – not just for the fortunate bingo players who matched the numbers called out to win cash prizes, but also for the American Legion and VFW that sponsored the third annual Community Bingo Night. “We had to keep bringing out more and more tables […]

CALENDAR this

CALENDAR this

      ‘CITIZEN TANOUYE’ SCREENING AT GLENDALE LIBRARY   The documentary film “Citizen Tanouye” will be screened tonight, Aug. 14 at 7 p.m. at the Glendale Central Library in the auditorium. The presentation is free and open to the public. “Citizen Tanouye” follows the life-changing journey of eight Torrance High School students who set […]

Glendale Memorial to Have ‘Epiphany’

The Glendale Memorial Health Foundation announced the approval of a $375,000 transfer to Glendale Memorial Hospital for the purchase of Epiphany – a hardware and software system that will dramatically improve the hospital’s ability to diagnose, transmit and store critical EKG information. Epiphany will allow ER physicians to share critical EKG information with cardiologists, who […]

People Making News

Local resident Tom Suter was reelected to a three-year term of the National Association of Credit Union Supervisory and Auditing Committees – NACUSAC. Suter will serve as the organization’s secretary. NACUSAC is the only national trade association serving credit union supervisory and auditing committees exclusively. Its mission is to provide leadership, support and education to […]

Foothill Students Return to the Classroom

Foothill Students Return to the Classroom

  GUSD schools welcomed students back with smiles, fist bumps … and Common Core. By Jason KUROSU Public schools are back in session and kids seem to be everywhere. About 8,795 kids from kindergarten to 12th grade attend the seven local elementary schools, one middle school and two high schools in the Crescenta Valley area. […]

Getting Ready for Show Time

Getting Ready for Show Time

By Mary O’KEEFE It is time once again for the annual Montrose Film Festival, sponsored by the Montrose Shopping Park Assn., and this year it will celebrate an extraterrestrial and an adventurer archeologist. It was five years ago that community leaders Steve Pierce and Tony Smith were sitting at Black Cow Café on Honolulu Avenue, […]

Local Boy Urges Bird Protection

Local Boy Urges Bird Protection

  Contributed by Dessi SIEBURTH Many people don’t realize that there are 500 different species of birds in Los Angeles. Los Angeles is unique because it offers a wide range of habitats to birds such as mountains, deserts, beaches and wetlands. The Crescenta Valley, with its oaks and proximity to the mountains, supports many species […]

Fight Night Found in Glendale

Fight Night Found in Glendale

By Jason KUROSU aturday night featured a premium boxing event in Glendale, only the fifth since 2010, to a packed house at the Glendale Civic Auditorium. The Civic bore witness to a full card of bouts billed as “Glendale Fight Night.” The Glendale City Council lifted a 62-year ban on the sport, which was initially […]

Falcons Gear Up for New Season

By Brandon HENSLEY Coming off a productive summer, Head Coach Paul Schilling is confident about his Crescenta Valley High School varsity football team continuing its success this season. The Falcons once again competed in spring and summer passing tournaments, and Schilling said they won more games in those tournaments than they ever had. “We had […]