Veterans Administration and Labor Offer Job Training Aid By Andy GERO VA and the Department Of Labor announced that unemployed veterans can apply for financial assistance to help cover the costs of job training. The Veterans Retraining Assistance Program (VRAP) – created as part of the Veterans Opportunity to Work (VOW) Act of 2011 – […]
Questions About Today’s Real Estate? How to sell a cluttered home Dear Phyllis, My mother wants to sell her home and move to senior housing in Orange County to be near my brother and his children. She has been in her home for more than 30 years and the amount of clutter she has collected […]
Christopher Lee of La Cañada Flintridge participated in Berklee College of Music’s 2012 commencement held recently in Boston at Boston University’s Agganis Arena. Lee received a Bachelor of Music in Performance from the president of Berklee College of Music, Roger Brown. Brown presented honorary doctor of music degrees to the Eagles, 27-time Grammy Award winner […]
Football team travels to Santa Paula to play the Cardinals Friday to kick off season By Brandon HENSLEY It was only a scrimmage, but the Crescenta Valley Falcons football team sure looked good Aug. 23 against Monrovia High School. Maybe the Falcons were just excited to put on their pads and hit something other than […]
Time to Lace Up for Foothills 5K Run/Walk The annual Running the Foothills 5K Run/Walk and Kids Fun Run, hosted by the Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Crescenta Valley Drug & Alcohol Prevention Coalition, takes place on Saturday, Sept. 22 at Two Strike Park in La Crescenta. The event begins at 7 a.m. […]
Reaching out to the community was music to the ears of members of Girl Scout Troop 9361 – so much so that they formed a musical performance group. The Concerto Cadettes plan to perform at various community centers including children’s hospitals, senior homes, and homeless shelters. They are doing so in part to earn their […]
On Aug. 24, Operation Paracord members with Girl Scout Troup 9231 of La Crescenta gathered at the Community Center of La Cañada Flintridge for their first paracord bracelet-making party. An offshoot of Operation Gratitude, Operation Paracord assembles survival bracelets that are then sent overseas to U.S. servicemen and servicewomen to wear in case of emergency. […]
The La Cañada Flintridge Community Center Preschool is gearing up for a fun-filled year of play and social development. The preschool is an extension of the Community Center, offering a half-day program for children ages 3-5. The preschool strives to provide a warm, safe and nurturing atmosphere with a wide variety of age appropriate activities […]
Youth & Government at the Y Youth & Government, a national Y program for high school students, is holding a new member night on Wednesday, Sept. 5 at Sparr Hieghts Community Center from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Youth & Government enables young people to prepare for moral and political leadership through training in the […]
June 18, 1927 – Aug. 5, 2012 Bernard “Buz” Anawalt, Jr., a resident of Bishop for 20 years, passed away peacefully at Northern Inyo Hospital in Bishop, Calif. on Aug. 5. Buz, the son of Bernard and Marguerite Anawalt, was born June 18, 1927 in Glendale. Buz was appointed a midshipman in the U.S. Naval […]