On May 8, the La Crescenta Woman’s Club Evening Section held its Brown Bag Fashion Show at the clubhouse in La Crescenta. The evening was an opportunity to display the creative talents of each of the designers/models. Each woman previously rummaged through her closet and put various clothing and accessory items in a brown bag. […]
May 3, 1938 – July 5, 2013 Dave passed away very suddenly on July 5. He was born in Neche, N.D. and was the only child of Dorothy and David Robert “Bob” Beggs. He was raised in Glendale and attended Jefferson Elementary, Toll Jr. High and Hoover High School. He served in the Navy from […]
By Charly SHELTON This is the summer of super heroes. Iron Man. Superman. Wolverine. And now Ed and Lorraine Warren. For those who are unfamiliar with the couple, they are the ultimate demon hunters. A married couple, Lorraine is an extremely sensitive clairvoyant and Ed is the world’s foremost demonologist. And unlike Iron Man and […]
An Evening Under the Stars I am a summer girl. I love when the temperature ticks upward and I take down the convertible top. I love dipping my toes into the pool to see if it’s warm enough to take a swim. I love setting the patio table with dinnerware, lighting candles and eating outside. […]
By Ted AYALA What was the neoclassical impulse in classical music other than a kind of wish to return to some idyllic, childhood-like time? Southwest Chamber Music explored that idea in a very well assembled program last weekend that explored this return to musical purity and innocence with each of the […]
By Ted AYALA The Metropolitan Transportation Agency (MTA) held a brief online meeting on Friday morning to discuss the options remaining for resolving the impasse over the extension of the 710 Freeway. The meeting was the kick-off to a new round of community meetings that will be held over the coming weeks across the region […]
“I’d give all wealth that years have piled … to be once more a little child, for one bright summer day.” ~ Lewis Carroll Sunny, hot and humid summer days bring back memories of growing up in La Crescenta. The long days with nothing to do, yet memories of days filled with so much. […]
By Michael YEGHIAYAN California State University, Northridge student and La Crescenta resident Talar Alexanian was named to the CSU board of trustees on Friday in a statement issued by the Office of Gov. Jerry Brown. As a trustee, and one of two representatives from the student body, Alexanian will serve a two-year term on the […]
Nanny State Nonsense, Part 2 Last week I wrote about the post-Independence Day shock I received when coming face-to-face with the latest in a long streak of over-regulation courtesy of the fine folks in Glendale City government. Namely, that as of July 1, retailers in the Jewel City are no longer allowed to provide plastic […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Former Glendale City Councilman John Drayman appeared in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday. Drayman is facing 28 felony charges including charges of embezzlement of funds from the Montrose Shopping Park Association. L.A. Superior Court Judge Stephen Marcus has set the trial to begin on Sept. 20. The September date is when […]