QUESTION: I have a friend who is raising her two little granddaughters ages 7 and 9 because her son died in an accident and the mother of the girls is a drug addict. I’ve spent a lot of time with the girls because I think it’s important they have a younger female role model since […]
Celebrating 90 years of the Oakmont Country Club and Highlighting 2013 Community Awards Winners I hope you will be joining the Montrose-Verdugo City Chamber of Commerce for our 2013 Board Installation and Community Awards Dinner on Jan. 24 at the Oakmont Country Club. I am excited to have our event at this spectacular location, just […]
Turpin at Penelope’s Artist Peterfield Turpin has 35 watercolor paintings on display at Penelope’s Cafe – Books – Gallery in La Cañada Flintridge through February. Turpin attended Dublin School, Choate School and Rhode Island School of Design where he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in illustration. An accomplished commercial artist on both the […]
By Charly SHELTON Once in a while a movie comes along that will define a genre of film for its generation. “Iron Man” defined what a super hero film should be (after the disappointing Hulk and X-Men movies), “Love Actually” defined what an ensemble cast romance film should be, and now “Gangster Squad” has defined […]
A solo photography exhibition was on display recently at the Glendale Hilton to benefit the Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry. The exhibition was organized by the La Crescenta resident Ellen “Alenoush” Moradian whose keen eye and passion for life and landscapes were evident in her photographs, taken during her travels around the U.S. and abroad. […]
On Dec. 2, close friends of St. Francis High School gathered in the chapel for a Mass and formal kick-off announcement of the school’s $3.5 million Innovations in Education Capital Campaign. This campaign will fund a second-story classroom annex built as a second-story addition behind the Fr. Alphonsus O’Connor Memorial Gymnasium and allow the school […]
Thomas DeJulio, international president of the worldwide Kiwanis organization, was honored at a special luncheon held at the University Club recently. DeJulio told Southern Californian Kiwanis members about his objective to integrate the Kiwanis family into service for the community and noted the many things that Kiwanis are doing such as the elimination of neonatal […]
The Glendale Elks Lodge #1289 celebrated its 100th birthday on Dec. 28 by welcoming about 230 guests for a dinner party, prepared under the supervision of one of L.A.’s finest chefs, Jerry Salthouse. Elks’ Grand Exalted Ruler for 2012-13 Tom Brazier and his wife, Venita, were honored guests and were introduced by Hugh Scanlon, past […]
Dilbeck Real Estate Real Living held its annual Winter Charity Warm Clothing Drive from Nov. 16 through Dec. 14. Dilbeck Sales donated warm clothing and blankets to Union Station Homeless Services, an organization that supports and helps the homeless in Pasadena. Sales partners from Dilbeck’s 14 offices throughout the San Gabriel and San Fernando valleys […]