QUESTION: My daughter and her husband are going through some very difficult financial times because of illness. My daughter has been working throughout her husband’s illness that took him off work for almost a year. She did her best to keep up with the bills, add to those medical bills, but that wasn’t enough. Now […]
I read an article in the Los Angeles Times last month about the amount of food that’s being wasted in the cafeterias of the Los Angeles Unified School District. It stated that the students are throwing away at least $100,000 worth of food a day. The waste was blamed on federal school rules put in […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Glendale Police Dept. is asking for the public’s help in finding suspects relating to four shoplifting cases at Vons grocery store at 2039 Verdugo Blvd. in Montrose. In the incidents occurring between March 26 and April 15 from 6:30 p.m. and 9:15 p.m., suspects entered the store pretending to be grocery […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Tickets are still available for the Crescenta Valley Prayer Breakfast that is being held on Tuesday morning at First Baptist Church – La Crescenta. Rodger Kamstra will be the main speaker at the breakfast. Kamstra has worked as a youth pastor as well as with numerous inner city and international outreach programs. […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Calling it a step in the right direction to protect students’ rights, state assemblyman Mike Gatto spoke at the YWCA of Glendale last week in support of a bill that would require college campus law enforcement to report specific crimes, including sexual assault, to the appropriate police and sheriff’s department. Gatto’s speech […]
Windy Days Have Made Me … Hungry The gusts of the last few days have put me on edge. I’m always listening for a tree to topple over or some other outdoor item to crash. Driving down the street presents its own hazards as I try and dodge fallen branches and disrupted trash cans. Added […]
Greetings from CV Alliance Hello, Allies! Great news! Clay Roberts is coming back to town on Monday, May 19! He will speak about the transition to middle school from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Crescenta Valley High School auditorium in the 4400 block of Ramsdell Avenue in La Crescenta. We especially want to […]
A School, A Bridge, and Our Children’s Future One can easily connect the benefits of a school to our children’s future. Schools are important in educating the next generation. But, what does a bridge have to do with a school, our children’s future and our community? A simple definition of a bridge […]
“The storm starts, when the drops start dropping When the drops stop dropping then the storm starts stopping.” ~ Dr. Seuss Well said, Dr. Seuss! He is definitely able to make the complex simple and also scientifically sound. Though he may be perfect for minute-to-minute weather observations, long-range predictions and forecasts are best left to […]
Jan. 22, 1926 – April 25, 2014 Sophia Irene Stanners, 88, a longtime resident of Tujunga, passed away after a brief illness on Friday, April 25. At her side was her loving family. Sophie was born in Los Angeles in Jan. 22, 1926. Sophie attended Catholic Girls High School and Glendale College. She worked as […]