By Michael J. ARVIZU This weekend’s first Teranga Ranch Summerfest at Sunland Park is slated to go to the dogs and cats – and the lemurs, opossums, ferrets, chameleons and other wildlife. The animals at Summerfest are part of Teranga Ranch’s outreach efforts to the community to increase awareness and education of local wildlife in […]
By Samantha SLAYBACK Friday evening, Aug. 8, will mark the third annual Community Bingo Night at Holy Redeemer Middle School, 2411 Montrose Ave. in Montrose. The event is hosted each year by the American Legion Post to raise funds for veterans in the community. Tickets to participate are only $10 and include two bingo cards […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Although school does not begin until Aug. 11, the Crescenta Valley High School campus and hallways were already full of students this week. Finding a locker was a priority for most with seniors getting first choice on July 31, followed by juniors the following Friday, sophomores on Monday and on Tuesday it […]
Just When You Thought Traffic Was Over… I don’t know about you, but I’m not ready to give up summer just yet. I have been to only a couple of Memorial Park summer concerts on Sunday evenings and just one Cal Phil concert at Santa Anita Race Track. This Saturday will find me in Burbank […]
“I roamed the countryside searching for answers … Why thunder lasts longer than that which causes it, And why immediately upon its creation the lightening becomes visible to the eye while thunder requires time to travel.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci The threat of thunderstorms across all L.A. County last Saturday turned to real showers by […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Montrose Shopping Park Association is looking for young filmmakers who would like to display their films to an audience prior to the Montrose Film Festival. The student films will be reviewed by a committee that will choose the best of those submitted. The winning film will be shown on both nights […]
By Susan JAMES Disney’s love affair with India (last seen in ‘The Million Dollar Arm’) is on display once more in director Lasse Hallstrom’s succulent foodie adventure, ‘The Hundred-Foot Journey’. Adapted from the book by Richard C. Morais, the film makes shopping for tomatoes in an open air market and mushroom hunting in a mountain […]
By Jason KUROSU Construction of a three story apartment complex in Montrose is currently underway, occurring on the same land as the last Storybook-style house in the Crescenta Valley, preserved only because of its historical import. The style is known by other names – Fairy Tale or Hansel and Gretel or Provincial Revivalism – and […]
By Greg ARAGON Summer is here and it is a good time to plan a cruise to Alaska for a chance to encounter sights no other cruise destination can offer. Where else can one see humpback whales splash beneath a stateroom balcony, or glaciers drift past a dinner window? Where can one sit by the […]
By Brandon HENSLEY On Saturday, undefeated and top-15 world ranked Jr. Welterweight Jose “El Chon” Zepeda (26-1-1, 21 KOs) will be featured in the main event in Glendale’s Fight Night at the Civic Auditorium. The event is presented by Art of Boxing, Bash Boxing and Top Rank, and will be televised on Unimas as part […]