By Charly SHELTON It’s 11 p.m. You are at Disneyland and it is crowded. You have ridden only four rides all day and the park closes in an hour. You had to sell a kidney to afford tickets, it’s almost two hours in rush hour traffic down Interstate 5 to get there and it’s so […]
By Ted AYALA At first glance, the lives and works of composers Xaver Scharwenka and Frank Bridge seem to have little in common. During the height of Imperial Germany, Scharwenka carved out a wide berth for himself among the forefront of the musical luminaries of his day. His glittering compositions and just as glittering pianism […]
Painting the Town Red, White & Blue! We have quite the creative Marketing Committee in the Montrose Shopping Park if I do say so myself! This summer we are setting the stage for your shopping and dining enjoyment with red, white and blue. Did you know that the Montrose Shopping Park is the home of […]
Memorial Day Service Monday – Bring Flowers Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty. ~ John F. Kennedy Memorial Day was officially proclaimed on […]
“Our Business is Your Business” The Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce’s new motto of “Our Business is Your Business” means that what you do (your business or service) is important to us – and what we do (serve the community) is important to you. Working together we make the Crescenta Valley a better place to […]
Once per year, the Kiwanis Club of La Cañada sets aside a day to honor the clergy of the city and the surrounding La Cañada Flintridge community. This year the club took time to honor Father Tony Marti, OFM, Cap., the president of St. Francis High School. Speaking after receiving special recognition, Father Tony talked […]
By Michael J. ARVIZU Angel Jimenez, 35, owner of La Cabañita restaurant in Montrose, never considered himself a man of faith. His faith journey, though, would begin when his parents divorced about nine years ago. After the divorce, his mother Patricia fell into a deep depression. At the height of her depression, Jimenez’s mom received […]
‘RAPP’ at CV United Methodist “Read and Practice Peacemaking,” also known as RAPP, a reading and activism group from Crescenta Valley United Methodist Church, will be presenting a powerful, yet to be released film on Friday, May 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the church sanctuary. “Cast The First Stone” is produced […]
CASINO NIGHT KICKS OFF FIESTA DAYS The La Cañada Flintridge Community Center’s annual Casino Night will again be the kick-off event for La Cañada Fiesta Days activities. Scheduled for Friday evening, May 23 at 6:30 p.m., the event will bring together more than 200 for a fun evening of Black Jack, […]
Face Front,True Believers! It is I, your magnanimous leader, back once again to lay some knowledge on you from beyond the computer screen. Last weekend was a nerd fest. Peter Parker returned to the Amazing Spider-Man comic on Wednesday with almost 50 variants of issue 1, the release of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 in […]