Business Mixer, Ribbon Cuttings & Grand Openings Want to find out about how a bank can give you “concierge” type service? Then please join us for our September business mixer at Chase Bank Montrose on Wednesday, Sept. 4 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Chase Bank is celebrating the one year anniversary of their Chase […]
Get ready for the Fourth Annual Montrose Film Festival taking place this weekend. By Mary O’KEEFE The Fourth Annual Montrose Film Festival will be held this weekend at the former site of the Montrose Theater in the 2200 block of Honolulu Avenue. From 1924 to 1987, the Montrose Theater was a popular fixture along the […]
By Michael J. ARVIZU Just what, exactly, is the best technique when it comes to watermelon seed spitting? Sabrina Gonzalez might know. She has been working the watermelon seed spitting booth at the Lions Club Sunland-Tujunga Watermelon Festival for the past five years. The key to successful watermelon seed spitting is, she said, getting a […]
By Ted AYALA The Glendale City Council passed a resolution Tuesday expressing its opposition to the proposed shuttering by the United States Post Office (USPS) of its historic Glendale Central Post Office at 313 E. Broadway. Built during the height of the Great Depression in 1932-1934, the Neo-Renaissance style Central Post Office has become, along […]
Sept. 22, 1934 – Aug. 20 2013 Daniel L. Beauchamp passed away Aug. 20 at the age of 78. He was a very caring person, a man devoted to his family who loved his friends. He was lovingly known as “Uncle Dan.” Daniel was born Sept. 22, 1934 in Carlisle, Iowa and grew up in […]
April 1930 – Aug. 2013 La Familia Oseguera de La Cañada regret to announce the passing of Col. Alfonso Oseguera. He was born in April 1930 in Montrose, and passed away Aug. 11 in Arroyo Grande, Calif. Alfonso was the fourth of 10 children born to Jesus and Braulia Oseguera. He was preceded in […]
Aug. 15, 2013 Rosalie “Sammie” Riddle went to be with the Lord on Aug. 15 at the age of 88. She was born and raised in Los Angeles. Sammie had a great love for life and enjoyed traveling the world and taking trips in the trailer. But the greatest loves she had were for her […]
The Wonders of Summer Travel For many reasons, both business and pleasure, I’ve had the opportunity to travel far from the Crescenta Valley at least a half dozen times so far this summer. From Vancouver, BC to Dallas, Texas, Mammoth Lakes, California to Missoula, Montana and destinations in between – my comings and goings have […]
Ailanthus – Tree of Heaven or Tree From Hell? The Ailanthus tree is becoming one of the most common growths found in La Crescenta. It comes up in vacant lots, along sidewalks and roadways, and is symbiotic with development as it prefers disturbed soil to sprout. Once you learn to recognize it, you begin to […]
July 5, 1939 – Aug. 11, 2013 JoAnn Marian Wunderlich of La Cañada Flintridge died Sunday, Aug. 11 at the age of 74 after a long struggle with strokes and diabetes. She was born in Alameda County, Calif. on July 5, 1939 to William Ernest Coles and Eleanor Marian Armstrong, both of who preceded her […]