CSA Registration Continues Crescenta Sports Association 2013 spring season sign ups continue. Players can register online or via mail or at upcoming tryouts. The tryouts will be held on Jan. 19 and Jan. 26 at Montrose Park. Sign ups can be done between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Tryout times vary, so visit the website […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Los Angeles County Sheriff Deputy Eddie Tsuang from the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station took some time on Monday to talk to kids about what law enforcement does while reinforcing citizenship and self-esteem. Tsuang has been trained in the LASD’s STAR (Success Through Awareness and Resistance) program. The program is based upon the […]
Students from Lincoln Elementary School went downtown on Monday to the Los Angeles Opera. Three second grade classes attended the outing as part of the L.A. Opera’s Education Dept. The class was selected to attend the student matinee of “The Magic Dream,” a variation on “The Magic Flute.” The students enjoyed lunch on the plaza […]
The La Cañada Flintridge Community Center preschool has opened registration for the 2013-14 school year. In order to enter preschool in the fall, children must be 3 years old by Dec. 2, 2013 and potty-trained. The initial enrollment period continues through Jan. 18 for students who are currently enrolled in the program, siblings of students […]
Ethan Walch Scouting has been an important part of Ethan Walch’s life since he was 8 years old. He joined the Cub Scouts at that age, and then he became a Boy Scout and joined Troop 391 at age 11. Since becoming a Boy Scout, Ethan has earned a total of 25 merit […]
The Montrose Country Club Continuing my mini-series on some of the promised (but never delivered) features of Montrose 100 years ago, we’ll take a look at the country club that was to be a feature of the new community. Recreational facilities are a common feature of upscale large developments today. The Oakmont development that spreads […]
Coffee Perqs I remember studying something in a history or social studies class (do they even teach that subject anymore?) back in the day about couples begetting many multiples of children so that their immediate family would have a plentiful source of laborers for its farms, or whatever industry the parents were involved in. It’s […]
Worth Repeating: Honored to Serve You, Always Glad to Hear from You As a result of a government-reform effort, an independent commission re-drew California’s Legislative boundaries that were used in last year’s elections. The new lines are much more logical. Gone are the squiggly lines at which we all used to chuckle. The new, more […]
»Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. ~ Winston Churchill By Mary O’KEEFE There was nothing “little” about the attitude of Saturday’s speaker for the Foothills Relay for Life kick off event in Montrose. Sgt. Jonette Green from the California State Military Reserve spoke to the audience at the corner of […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The first phase comes from a rupture on the San Andreas Fault, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake on the southernmost section. The surface rupture seriously damages roads, railroads and utilities across the fault. Damage is done to Interstate 10 in Coachella Valley and San Gorgonio Pass. Interstate 15 in Cajon Pass along with […]