Getting to Know … Your Local Chambers This is the time of the year when our local chambers of commerce – Crescenta Valley, Montrose-Verdugo City, Sunland-Tujunga, La Cañada Flintridge and Glendale – start ramping up. Just last week, the CV, MV and LCF chambers hosted a tri-city business expo up at USC Verdugo Hills Hospital. […]
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Ushering in the fall is the CV Town Council annual pancake breakfast taking place on Saturday morning. By Mary O’KEEFE There is something about eating a good pancake breakfast with neighbors that Crescenta Valley members love. Organizations throughout CV have found this is a great way to bring the community together while raising funds at […]
ALG Offers SAT Help Assistance League Glendale is offering SAT seminars from Sept. 21 to Oct. 17 for $45. There will be eight two-hour sessions. The sessions are held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at 314 E. Harvard, Glendale. Registration forms are available by going online at www.alglendale.org/sat.htm. Registration forms are also available at […]
Discover Something New: 3 Worth a Visit The Montrose Shopping Park prides itself on over 150 “one-of-a-kind” shops, salons, spas and cafes. If you set aside some time to shop and explore, you are sure to find hidden treasures. I could fill this entire paper with them! To set the mood for fall, our winding, […]
Many parents are quick to place children in all sorts of afterschool activities. Maybe it’s to bring culture into their lives with art and music or provide them exercise with soccer or karate. Maybe it’s simply to keep them out of trouble. Whatever the reason, afterschool activities keep many kids – and their parents – […]
Pancakes, Food Trucks, Music and More Come one, come all! For all of our pancake lovers out there, come join us this Saturday, Sept. 21 at Crescenta Valley High School for the 6th Annual Pancake Breakfast. Breakfast will be served from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Crescenta Valley High School quad, 2900 Community […]
The Mysteriously Short-lived Triangle Building of Sparr Heights One of the most spectacular pieces of architecture to ever grace the valley was the “Triangle Building,” so called because it was in fact triangular shaped. It was built in 1928 in a triangle-shaped lot fronting Verdugo Road in Sparr Heights, bounded on the other two sides […]
Oktoberfest 2013 Now Serving Authentic German Beer You asked for, it you got it! True German beer is back! All of our 2013 Oktoberfest German beers are brewed in Munich, Germany and are being brought in just for the annual Montrose Oktoberfest on Oct. 5. On tap will be Spaten Okto, Spaten Lager and Franziskaner […]
Cal (& His Dog, Spot) Drive into the Sunset Last week, television lost one of its pioneering pitchmen, Cal Worthington. The car dealer was an icon of the early black-and-white days of the industry when TVs were heavy, wooden pieces of living room furniture and required a minute or more to warm up once you […]