Small Efforts Result in Waves of Change “I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.” Mother Teresa Last week at a banquet we honored people that have created many ripples in the waters of the Crescenta Valley. The honorees that we celebrated for the […]
For the fifth year, Montrose Travel hosted Snowpalooza, held on Friday afternoon in the parking lot of the agency’s Honolulu Avenue location. The annual event invites employees and their families to enjoy tons of snow that is brought onto the site. Despite summer-like temperatures, about 200 snow-lovers donned mittens and climbed aboard discs to ride […]
By Charly SHELTON Every year, there is at least one movie that everyone talks about because it is so epic. “Avatar.” “Inception.” And now “Cloud Atlas” will join those ranks for 2012. Despite being a little confusing at the beginning, it does come together after a little bit and you can start to piece […]
By Susan JAMES If you’ve seen the coming attractions for “Flight,” director Robert Zemeckis’ new film starring Denzel Washington, you might think it’s a modern riff on the old John Wayne classic, ‘The High and the Mighty.” Demon-haunted, booze-soaked pilot manages miraculous landing of a crippled airplane in spite of overwhelming odds. If you did […]
After the successful Summer Nights concert, Crescenta Valley Church presents Lift – A Thanksgiving Benefit Concert For Needy Families on Sunday, Nov. 11 at 6 p.m. Everyone is welcome in La Crescenta, Montrose, Glendale and the surrounding areas to join in a night of helping the needy while having fun and enjoying great music by […]
By Charly SHELTON “Hello, Clarice.” The haunting line echoes through the darkened theatre. Dr. Lecter, the psychiatrist who eats his patients, eyes the young FBI agent curiously. But rather than quietly ruminating, he breaks into song. And that’s just the beginning. The horribly irreverent and politically incorrect musical “Silence – The Musical” is an unauthorized […]
» VIDEO GAMES By Michael WORKMAN Ubisoft Assassin’s Creed series is known for two main traits. First is the brutally satisfying third person combat. Second is its beautiful historic backdrop. These attributes are found in “Assassin’s Creed III” as developers seek to wow gamers this fall with a brand new, revamped combat system and a […]
Does your omelet make you sad? Do your scrambled eggs make you weep? Are there more tears than hollandaise on your poached egg? Then try the new brand of eggs in town from the Happy Egg Co. Happy eggs come from happy chickens, and happy chickens are those that aren’t trapped in a cage like […]
Hoping (and Voting) for Change Author’s note: What follows are my own opinions, not written as reporting and do not necessarily reflect those of the publisher of this newspaper, its staff, delivery crew, next door neighbors, children or pets. Next Tuesday, those of us who vote will have our quadrennial opportunity to help determine the […]
New Book Out About the 1934 Flood The Great Crescenta Valley Flood, New Year’s Day 1934 – it was one of the most dynamic events in California history and was, for most, unexpected. It was particularly terrifying because it came in total darkness, its arrival signaled by a rumbling like an approaching freight train and […]