The local Guild of Orthopaedic Institute for Children is preparing for this year’s Book & Author Luncheon taking place on Oct. 29. One of the headliners is Dennis Prager. For 31 years, Prager has hosted a nationally syndicated radio talk show from 9 a.m. to noon on KRLA. He will stop by the luncheon to […]
The La Cañada Thursday Club is hosting Dr. Lucy Jones, renowned U.S. Geological Survey & Caltech seismologist, as the keynote speaker for the program, “Know Your Faults.” It begins at 1 p.m. on Oct. 13 at the La Cañada Thursday Club house. Jones will address earthquake safety and heighten awareness of the Great California Shake […]
Ask Phyllis! Frustrated by this Competitive Buyer’s Market Dear Phyllis, I am so ticked off at my real estate agent and hope he reads this and knows it is ALL about him. We have been looking at homes for more than a year and prices have gone up so much that our buying power […]
The Twelve Oaks Debacle – CV Betrayed! My column usually concentrates on history, but this one is slightly different as we’re currently seeing history made right before our eyes. We’re seeing corporate greed and chutzpa on a scale the valley has never experienced before. There are many layers of greed to this story, but let […]
Everyone Knows It’s Windy (Especially in So Cal) Is it just me, or has anyone else had the song, “Windy” blowing around in their head lately? I realize I’m dating myself (something I do all too often, unfortunately), but that song by the ‘60s group, “The Association” was at the top of the pop charts […]
A Dose of Prevention: Protecting Our Teens from Medicine Abuse As parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, teachers, and other concerned adults, we spend a lot of time helping teens circumvent the challenges that could ground them for life. Perhaps one of the biggest challenges teens face is substance abuse. While we may talk to them about […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The homecoming game is tomorrow night for Crescenta Valley High School and as is the tradition, the school’s homecoming spirit assembly was held Friday morning in the school’s gym. Led by the Associated Student Body who decorated the gym with an under the sea theme, the assembly was a enthusiastic introduction to […]
Chastises Chase Regarding Jim Chase’s Oct. 3 article, “To The Tall Twerp I Almost Ran Over” [Viewpoints, My Thoughts Exactly]: I too travel the street next to CV High regularly and have often had close calls with students stepping off the curb. Just recently a teenage girl stepped off 10 feet in front of me. […]
Kids across Crescenta Valley braved the drizzle yesterday as they participated in Walk to School Day. The event encourages students and their parents nationwide to walk to school. Walk to School is patterned after a movement that began in the United Kingdom. It is a way to promote good health as well as community. Photos […]
By Michael J. ARVIZU As two of the seven young women chosen on Monday morning to represent the 2014 Tournament of Roses as members of the Tournament of Roses Royal Court, 17-year-olds Katherine Diane Lipp and Elizabeth Katie Woolf, students at La Cañada High School, hope to use their new role as a springboard to […]