CSL Calendar The Center for Spiritual Living – La Crescenta is hosting MusicFest featuring the students of Cecilia Celis’s C.C.’s World of Music. The award winning piano students will be performing at the fundraiser on Sunday, Sept. 15 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Center for Spiritual Living – La Crescenta. The students will […]
BOTTLES OF WINE REQUESTED A fundraiser benefitting the Pasadena Ronald McDonald House is being held on Nov. 2. Donations of bottles of wine (minimum value of $30) are being requested for the Annual Shine Gala. To make a donation or to arrange a pick up of a donation, contact Phyllis Harb at (818) 790-7325. […]
By Charly SHELTON I emerged from my cave to write this article. The sun glints in my eyes, which have been adjusted only to the light of a television since Aug. 19 – the day I got “Disney Infinity.” I think I actually forgot what the sky looked like. This game is so engrossing that […]
By Susan JAMES Whoever your favorite superhero is – the guy with the bat ears or the cape or the spidey hands – he’s a total wuss compared to our boy Richard Riddick. With his moonglow eyes that see best in the dark and his in-your-face physicality, Vin Diesel’s wanted criminal has been dodging enemies […]
Whether biking thousands of miles in the mountains, scrambling through the Wonderland of Rocks in Joshua Tree National Park, riding a camel in the shadow of the great Pyramids of Giza, or watching a hummingbird rebuild her nest in his own backyard, mountain biker and photo buff Michael Caley has sought a window into the […]
The Glendale Historical Society’s 2013 Home Tour, to be held Sunday, Sept. 29 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., will feature five distinctive pre-1920s houses located in one of Glendale’s earliest and most architecturally diverse neighborhoods: Casa Verdugo. One of the highlights of this year’s tour is a 1907 Mission Revival house designed by noted […]
La Crescenta Woman’s Club members reached for the stars at the CFWC-GFWC San Gabriel Valley District’s annual convention. District president Mavis Hansen’s theme of “Collecting the Stars to Light the Way” prompted much creativity among the clubs. La Crescenta Woman’s Club members attended the Saturday luncheon session, “Shining Stars of SGVD” attired as the LCWC […]
Las Candelas’ Tropical Breezes Summer Party was held on Sunday, Sept. 8 at the Oakmont Country Club. Honored was the club’s past president Monica Sierra and president-elect Jeannie Flint. The chairmen of the event were Diane Russell and Bobbi Gangi, with assistance from Marilyn Butler. The reception started at 5 p.m. A no host bar […]
Ask Phyllis! What Happens With A Low Appraisal? Dear Phyllis, I have a sales contract but the buyer’s appraisal came back for $10,000 less than our agreed upon purchase price. After the buyer’s inspection, I agreed to credit $5,000 for an older roof. And because of the low appraisal, I now just offered to reduce […]
The Jahnke family took CV Weekly on a camping trip at Buckhorn Campground in the Angeles National Forest over Labor Day weekend. Shown from left are Amy, Teagan, 3, Parker, 4, and Danny Jahnke. This was the kids’ very first camping trip as well as Amy and Danny’s 15th wedding anniversary! The kids enjoyed riding […]