By Charly SHELTON The county fair is in town again and that means one thing: fried everything. Fried pickles, fried bacon, fried cheese, fried Oreos, fried peanut butter and jelly, fried hotdogs and, most importantly, fried Twinkies. Twinkies were dead but have been resurrected just in time for the fair because what is a fair […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Sunday, True-Believer.net visited the Harvest Market in Montrose to introduce people to the new nerd website. True-Believers, for those who are, is how Stan Lee greeted his comic book followers. The True-Believer.net website was designed by Sedna Solutions and its content is supplied by writers from CVW. The idea of the […]
By Michael YEGHIAYAN Some of the most renowned and well-respected chefs in Los Angeles took part in this year’s “The Taste,” an annual celebration of food and drink presented by the Los Angeles Times over Labor Day weekend. Like much of the Los Angeles food scene, the event’s focus was centered on restaurants, bars and […]
Casa 0101 Theater and Mexica Films present “Light In The Darkness,” a story of a young gang member’s journey from self-destruction to self-realization. Carlos Alvarado, a gang member from Los Angeles, is on the road to self-destruction but a sudden tragic event forces him to come face-to-face with all the pain and loss he carries […]
Changes On the Horizon for Gamers? By Michael WORKMAN Microsoft has been in damage control mode since the Xbox One was announced back in May, mostly due to fans displeasure over “always-on” Internet connect and no game sharing policy. In June, E3 didn’t do much to help the Xbox One’s appeal since Microsoft was hoping […]
DRAWING CONTEST LAUNCHED Do you love to draw? WAW Entertainment is holding a book illustration contest open to children, teens and young adult from ages 5 to 19. To enter, submit a sample drawing to wawentertainment@yahoo.com or mail an entry to 6924 Shadygrove St., Tujunga, CA 91042. Be sure to include name, age, email and […]
QUESTION: My husband is from another country. I met him while attending college. Even with cultural differences, we have agreed on how to parent our children, a boy who is 12 and a girl who is 9. I knew my husband was sent to boarding school when he was 13 and he always spoke about […]
Gal Lusky, CEO and founder of Israeli Flying Aid (IFA), will be one of four special guests of Rabbi David Baron at Yom Kippur High Holy Day services on the eve of Yom Kippur (Kol Nidre) on Friday, Sept. 13 at 8 p.m. at the Beverly Hills Temple of the Arts. IFA is a non-profit […]
Celebrate National Sewing Machine Day at Mayhall’s Sewing & Vacuum Center Forty years. That’s how long it has been since Alex Carnevali purchased the Mayhalls’s Sewing & Vacuum Center (2252 Honolulu Ave.) in Montrose (in 1973). Add another 20 years since Clarence Mayhall started the business and we have a sewing powerhouse that has been […]
Tri-Chamber Business Expo Coming Up Please come join the Crescenta Valley, La Cañada Flintridge, and Montrose-Verdugo City chambers of commerce for the 13th Annual Foothills Community Business Expo, co-sponsored by USC Verdugo Hills Hospital. This special regional event features free admission, entertainment, refreshments and opportunity drawings from many local businesses. This is an opportunity for […]