NOTES & NODS

Alpha is Here! Do you have questions about life? Questions like, “Is there a God? Why am I here? Where am I going? Is there more to life?” All are invited to attend the Alpha Course, hosted by St. Luke’s Anglican Church, on Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. held at 5022 Hook Tree Road in La […]

»Montrose Shopping Park News

Sunday, May 6 Wags-N-Whiskers, Kids-N-Kritters, Taste of Montrose Sunday, May 6 will mark the eighth year for this exciting annual event in the Montrose Shopping Park. We invite you and your well-behaved canine companions to join us here as we support the Glendale Humane Society and its Second Chance program where dogs are rescued from […]

»News from the Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce

Home(town) is Where Our Heart Is “When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.”Samuel Goldwyn The Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce would like to applaud the numerous people who contributed time, effort and materials to make the seventh annual Hometown Country Fair a total success last weekend. It was a great […]

»Montrose Verdugo-City Chamber of Commerce

»Montrose Verdugo-City Chamber of Commerce

Road Diet Community Outreach Meeting Tonight Tonight is the final community outreach meeting for the City Council approved test-case conversion of Honolulu Avenue from four travel lanes to three travel lanes (“road diet”) between Orangedale Avenue and approximately Whiting Woods Road. If you have questions or concerns, this is your opportunity to bring them up […]

A Privilege of High Intensity

Annual Baker to Vegas Relay Race may be a privilege to some, but was hot for all. By Mary O’KEEFE It was hot. A relay run through Death Valley is not what most people would choose to do with their weekend, but for one weekend a year, for thousands of law enforcement officers, it has […]

Remembering the Past, Honoring Those Who Died

By Mary O’KEEFE On Monday a moving and personal commemorative ceremony took place at the Armenian Sisters Academy in Montrose. The students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade sang songs of remembrance and placed flowers at a memorial to honor victims of the Armenian Genocide. Many of those in attendance including speakers, teachers and students could […]

Clean Out Medicine Cabinets, Time to Drop Off Drugs

By Jason KUROSU In an effort to reduce the amount of outdated, unused and misused prescription drugs that folks have in their home medicine cabinet, the Drug Enforcement Agency is holding its fourth Drug Take-Back day on Saturday.     According to the DEA’s website, the third Drug Take-Back day brought in “more than 377,086 pounds […]

from the desk of the publisher

What an incredible weekend we all shared! For me, it started on Friday with a funeral for the husband of my mother-in-law. In addition to the many friends Frank made during his life, he was very active in the Bavarian Club, which has a clubhouse in nearby North Hollywood. As expected, many of my mother-in-law’s […]

Weather in the Foothills

“We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men … trees are travelers, in the ordinary sense. They make journeys, not very extensive ones, it is true: but our own little comes and goes are only little more than tree wavings – many of them not so much.”                                                                                            – John Muir 1878 On […]

Golfing in Support of Youth

Annual tournament raises funds for scholarships for high school graduating students. By Jason KUROSU The 16th annual Montrose Chamber Golf Tournament will grace the fields of the Verdugo Hills Golf Course on Thursday, May 3. The tournament is also a fundraiser “that raises funds for us to offer scholarships for students from Crescenta Valley High […]