The La Cañada Kiwanis Club installed Tom Passanisi as its 66th president recently at a gala affair at the Oakmont Country Club. Jim Phillips, residing president, called the gathering of members and guests to order. Tyler Wright emceed the ceremony and the night’s entertainment. Vocalist Jamie Cunanan, accompanied by pianist Jim Celoni, provided entertainment. Passanisi […]
The Armenian National Committee of America, Crescenta Valley Chapter has announced its endorsements of Cheryl Davis, Dr. Young Suh and Harry Leon for Crescenta Valley Town Council. All three candidates are incumbents running for re-election in anticipation of continuing to serve Crescenta Valley. Cheryl Davis was raised in San Jose and moved to Southern California […]
Cheers Chase Another important consideration that you didn’t mention in your excellent and right-on column, Jim [“To The Tall Twerp I Almost Ran Over,” My Thoughts Exactly, Oct. 3] was that the idiot was really lucky that the person behind the wheel didn’t have a heart attack trying to stop in time. In that case, […]
Home displays and professional attractions make for a Halloween not to be missed. By Michael BRUER, Marissa GOULD and Mary O’KEEFE It’s that time of the year when the word “spooky” is seen in every store window and fake cobwebs are hung on any surface that will hold them. Lawns are littered with ghosts, goblins, […]
“In times of stress, the best thing we can do for each other is to listen with our ears and our hearts and to be assured that our questions are just as important as our answers.” Fred Rogers Recently the Crescenta Valley Drug & Alcohol Prevention Coalition (soon to be CV Alliance) expanded one of […]
Ghost Hunters Visit Rockhaven Sanitarium, But Sorry – No Ghosts! As most of my readers know, Rockhaven Sanitarium, located on Honolulu Avenue in Verdugo City was a high-end rest home for women with mental disabilities from 1923 to 2006. It was unique for its time in that it was run by women for women. Agnes […]
By Jason KUROSU A sunlit Burbank church on a Saturday afternoon was the site of a town hall meeting hosted by Assemblyman Mike Gatto, as he addressed his constituents’ concerns in a lengthy Q & A session. People came from across Southern California to see or speak to the assemblyman, while others merely walked up […]
By Ted AYALA The organization that formerly assumed management of the Twelve Oaks senior living facility in La Crescenta slapped its successor with a lawsuit last week. The National Charity League’s (NCL) Glendale chapter filed a suit on Oct. 15 against be.group for having “mismanaged and misused” Twelve Oaks revenues and assets. The NCL had […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The PTSA of Crescenta Valley High School invites families on Monday to hear Gina Morris from Challenge Success speak about the pressures kids are facing in life and in school. Challenge Success was brought to the attention of the PTSA by its president Monna Johnson who had heard of the program but […]