Ask Phyllis! Selling A Vacant Home? Dear Phyllis, I received a job transfer and we purchased another home in North Carolina. Our present home is currently listed for sale. We had movers scheduled to take our furniture to our new home, but my real estate agent told us that once our home is emptied it will […]
Glendale City Council Special Election in June City of Glendale voters once again have a chance to vote into office a new city council member. On June 3, the City of Glendale will have a special election to replace outgoing Councilman Frank Quintero. The Glendale City Council voted unanimously to consolidate this election with a […]
Water and Power Community Credit Union of Los Angeles will help send a lucky teen to tryouts for the popular TV show “America’s Got Talent” as part of its campaign to raise awareness of teens actively taking responsibly and ownership over their financial future. Ricky Garcia, 18, of New Mexico, won the chance to travel […]
By Ted AYALA The war that veterans face doesn’t end with the battles they fight in their tours of duty, according to some grim statistics. According to Gregory C. Scott, president and CEO of New Directions for Veterans, over 700,000 veterans are homeless. Of those, he noted, nearly 10% live in Los Angeles County. At […]
Feb. 15 3100 block of Markridge Road in La Crescenta, a man reported returning home to find his front door had been pried open. He entered his home to find the water faucets had been left on and the entire house was flooded. In addition, all the furniture and sinks had been smashed. A portable […]
By Brandon HENSLEY The Crescenta Valley High School girls’ water polo team dispatched its CIF first-round opponent Downey on Wednesday at Burbank High, 13-3. The Lady Falcons entered the playoffs as reigning Division V champions, and were ranked third in the division at season’s end. They captured their fifth straight Pacific League championship last week. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE “What if” fills the nightmares of all parents. What if my child is hurt? What if my child makes the wrong choices? And worse – What if I lost my child? For one local parent that horrible nightmare became a reality: her daughter succumbed to drugs. Hannah Spring Sheklow worked through the […]
The Crescenta Valley High School boys aren’t the only teams playing winning basketball this season. As the varsity heads into the CIF playoffs riding a Pacific League championship and the junior varsity and frosh/soph teams enjoy undefeated league seasons, a group of eighth graders from Rosemont Middle School won second place over President’s Day weekend […]
Falcons Begin Playoffs The CVHS Falcons boys’ basketball team will host the first CIF play-off game on Friday at 7 against Orange Lutheran. All are invited to come out and cheer the varsity team on to a victory. The main gym is in the 4400 block of Ramsdell Avenue in La Crescenta. There is a […]
By Ted AYALA On the face of it, pianist Richard Valitutto’s forthcoming recital at the Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church in Pasadena on Feb. 26 may not seem like anything unusual. Recitals devoted to a single composer – Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, even the relatively obscure Charles Valentin Alkan, to name but a few – are […]