Distracted Driving Dangers Driven Home On Saturday I was heading east in the convertible, top down, Jackie-O sunglasses and scarf on, singing to whatever was playing on the radio. I was in the number one lane – the “fast” lane – on my way to Indio to visit my mother-in-law. All of a sudden, out […]
“When the April wind wakes the call for the soil, I hold the plough as my only hold upon the earth, and, as I follow through the fresh and fragrant furrow, I am planted with every foot-step, growing, budding, blooming into the spirit of spring.” ~Dallas Lore Sharp, 1870-1929 Last weekend, outdoors was the best […]
Drug Take Back The Crescenta Valley Drug and Alcohol Prevention Coalition with local law enforcement are participating in the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, April 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event aims to remind people of the dangers of misused, expired and often-stolen medications found in most homes. […]
Darius Bhadha Darius started his Scouting adventures in the first grade. He began as a Tiger Cub with Pack 302 associated with Monte Vista Elementary School. He earned his Bobcat, Wolf, Bear and Webelos badges including the Arrow of Light. Paul Backes was his Den leader all five years. Darius began his Boy Scout journey […]
By Ted AYALA Richard Wagner famously remarked of Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 7” that the piece represented to him the “apotheosis of the dance.” The Santa Cecilia Orchestra’s closing concert of its 20th season on Sunday conveyed an impression of that remark. Something of Wagner’s Venusburg bacchanalia could be sensed in Sonia Marie de León de […]
By Ted AYALA A faint echo of the Brooklyn Festival, which started at Disney Hall on April 16, could be heard last Saturday at the Alex Theatre when the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra’s composer-in-residence took his star turn on the stage. Andrew Norman, a Southern California native now living in Brooklyn, had his latest LACO […]
KANG AT SOPAS GALLERY La Cañada resident Chang Paul Kang is currently exhibiting his paintings at the SoPas Gallery in Pasadena. The earth gives birth and buries. The earth breathes, speaks, cries and smiles. The earth hides sorrow and pain. The earth silences yet roars. The earth comforts yet destroys. At last the earth forgives […]
To begin this month’s column, I would like to extend my thoughts and prayers to all of those affected by last week’s Boston Marathon bombings, and explosions in Texas, especially the victims and their family and friends. No doubt we will be reeling from these events for a long time to come. I hope that […]
Tuesday Table Talk On Tuesday, May 7, Bethel Church in Sun Valley will show the film “The First Grader.” Based on a true story, this inspirational drama profiles the amazing determination of 84-year-old Kenyan Kimani N’gan’ga Maruge, a Mau Mau freedom fighter who wants to take advantage of a new universal education decree by […]
Wags-n-Whiskers and Kids-n-Kritters Sunday, May 5 is a day you will definitely want to spend in the Montrose Shopping Park. It seems all of the stars have converged at the same time and the activities and entertainment are boundless. Of course, it’s prime time for our weekly neighborhood reunion, the Sunday Harvest Market. That is […]