July 23, 1923 – Jan. 24, 2014 Helen Lorraine Baker, now Helen Dunkle Samuelson, was born on July 23, 1923 on the family farm in northern Iowa near Rockford. She was the second of two daughters born to Clyde and Ruth Baker. Her older sister Margaret was born two years earlier. After graduating from high […]
Crescenta Valley Adventist School (CVAS) celebrated its 90th anniversary on Jan. 26 with an Open House Extravaganza. CVAS families, alumni and members of the community enjoyed food trucks, bouncers and games. Pastor Cary Fisher rededicated the school campus to God and Associate Superintendent Dr. Pam Forbes performed the ribbon cutting ceremony. Alumni as well as […]
Leisure writer Ted Ayala offers his take on Super Bowl craziness. Renée Fleming sang at the Super Bowl yesterday and it didn’t take long for my Facebook and Twitter feeds to blow up accordingly. In the two weeks since the announcement that the “People’s Diva” was scheduled to sing during half-time – and with a […]
Review by Ted AYALA “Light and Dark” (original title: Mei-An) by Natsume Sōseki, translated from the Japanese with an introduction by John Nathan Columbia University Press, 420 pp., $35 There were moments while reading Natsume Sōseki’s Light and Dark—newly translated with an introduction by John Nathan—that I felt all too keenly the frustration Madam Yoshikawa […]
McKenna MIDDLETON Melissa Gilbert of “Little House on the Prairie” fame and her French bulldog Josephine visited Montrose’s Once Upon a Time bookstore on Saturday night to debut her new children’s book, “Daisy and Josephine.” Young readers, many dressed in their pajamas, gathered in the bookstore for a fun evening of storytelling while their parents […]
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Crescenta-Cañada Y hosts Congressman Schiff and panel discussion. By Jason KUROSU In 2008, Congress passed a bill approving a study to determine the feasibility of designating the Rim of the Valley Corridor as part of the National Park System. The desire to include the area covering parts of the San Gabriel Mountains, Santa Monica Mountains […]
Astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson visit school with Congressman Schiff and shares stories of space. By Kevork KURDOGHLIAN “Which one of you is going to be the first person on Mars?” asked Congressman Adam Schiff on Jan. 23 to a group of highly enthusiastic third and fifth grade students in his introduction of NASA astronaut Dr. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Signs banning big rig parking are being prepared and soon Los Angeles County Dept. of Public Works will be placing them around the La Crescenta area. The L.A. County board of supervisors approved the ban that would affect commercial vehicles weighing in excess of five tons from parking along the streets and […]
By Ted AYALA Massage businesses working within the City of Glendale will be coming under tightening regulations in the near future if a proposed ordinance that Glendale City Council discussed Tuesday night is enacted. The ordinance would allow the city to impose regulations on massage business owners who aren’t certified by the California Massage Therapy […]