Leticia Gonzalez, sales partner with Dilbeck Real Estate Real Living, La Cañada office, is making a difference in her neighborhood. Gonzalez joined Adopt¬-a-Block Program in July 2007. She recruited some of her neighbors to help pick up littler in their neighborhood in the city of Glendale. They named their group “Pride of Buckingham,” a reflection […]
Plans to organize a continuing education program for physicians and to enhance communication among medical staff at USC Verdugo Hills Hospital are well under way, less than one month since the University of Southern California (USC) purchased the local hospital. Credit for the program is given, in part, to USC interventional neuroradiologist Donald W. Larsen, […]
Jenkins Properties welcomed back Melissa Hatef as she returned to the company as a full-time realtor. Hatef, a fourth-generation Californian, is a true local who grew up in Sierra Madre and Pasadena areas and raised her two sons in La Crescenta. She began working in commercial and residential property management after her children were born, […]
Questions About Today’s Real Estate? Ask Phyllis! Home Buying Blues Dear Phyllis, We have been on and off looking to buy a home for a while. We have made a handful of offers but none have been accepted. Our first offer was on a bank foreclosure (two years ago). There were more than 10 offers […]
After 80 years, a community icon prepares to close. By Ted AYALA, Brandon HENSLEY, Jason KUROSU, Mary O’KEEFE and Michael YEGHIAYAN The 50 residents of Twelve Oaks Lodge assisted living facility woke up to shocking news on Friday morning that they had two months to vacate the site. The lodge, located at Sycamore and La […]
By Jason KUROSU With increasing temperatures and lack of rainfall, fire season is looming over Southern California. The Los Angeles County Fire Dept. regularly leases extra firefighting aircraft each fire season, adding resources to the department during the driest part of the year. The fire department showcased the planes, along with the S-70 helicopter utilized […]
Are you a veteran making between $45,000 and $83,650 a year combined family income and dream of owning your own home? Habitat for Humanity San Fernando/Santa Clarita Valley, the local Habitat for Humanity affiliate for North Los Angeles County, in collaboration with the California Dept. of Veterans Affairs, is building homes for veterans in Sylmar […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Since George Orwell’s novel “1984,” the term “Big Brother is watching you” has been used to describe everything from over zealous camera placements in cities to McCarthyism. The term has now been updated to reflect the monitoring of Facebook, Twitter and social media used by local kids attending Glendale Unified School District. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Aug. 18, Assemblymember Mike Gatto spoke to the Cañada-Crescenta Democratic Club at a meeting hosted by Anthony and Ellen Portantino at their home. At the meeting, Gatto answered questions from the audience on a variety of issues and spoke about what was happening in the state assembly. He spoke on AB440, […]
David Sagal and his jazz quintet performed recently at Memorial Park in La Cañada as part of its summer concert series. Sagal, seen here performing with daughter Nora, is a La Cañada resident who is running for a seat on the La Cañada Unified District school board. Former Assemblyman Anthony Portantino announced to the Cañada-Crescenta […]