Lacing Up and Leaning Forward: Community Turns Out for D/T Dash

By Robin GOLDSWORTHY Early Sunday morning Brand Boulevard was a runner’s mecca, a place where folks of all ages and running – or walking – skill came together to support the 5th Annual Glendale Dash 5K Run/Walk. The event, hosted by the Glendale Merchants’ Association, benefitted Glendale Adventist Medical Center’s Stroke Services for the community. […]

Manasserian Recipient of National Honor

In front of an audience of about 100, Elizabeth Manasserian, president of Glendale Council PTA, was awarded the highest PTA award: the National PTA Life Achievement Award on Thursday, Feb. 23 at the Glendale Council PTA’s Founder’s Day event at Hoover High School. Presenter Lynn Miyamoto, president of the First District PTA, read the multiple […]

Questions About Today’s Real Estate?

Dear Phyllis, We submitted an offer on a home we really like, and because there were several offers and per our Realtors® recommendation, we didn’t attempt to negotiate the asking price and actually paid $5,000 more. The kitchen and bathrooms are from the 70’s and disgusting. Our inspector told us that the plumbing is galvanized, […]

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Dishes It Up

On the west coast, the stock market opens at 6:30 a.m. as opposed to 9:30 a.m. The Morgan Stanley Smith Barney – Glendale office was putting their early morning hours to good use recently by serving hot breakfast to 40 people at Ascencia’s headquarters in Glendale. The employees of the branch banded together to take […]

ANF Get A Little Help from Friends

A Friends of the Forest Day was hosted on Saturday, March 3 by the National Forest Foundation, Alcoa Fastening Systems Carson Operations, and the US Forest Service to restore habitat and continue improvements to the Vogel Flat Picnic Area in Big Tujunga Canyon on the Angeles National Forest. More than 100 Alcoa employees and their […]

Thursday Club Welcomes Chris Erskine

Chris Erskine, author and Los Angeles Times columnist, chats with La Cañada Thursday Club members Val Burgess (left) and Gale Caswell, club vice-president and director of programs. Erskine was the feature speaker at the Club’s March Tea and autographed his book “Man of the House.” His column, dealing with life in the suburbs, appears in […]

People Making News

More than 4,400 undergraduate students at the University of Kansas earned honor roll distinction for the fall 2011 semester including Matthew Allen Kohorst of La Cañada. He is a senior in management and leadership. He made the honor roll for the School of Business. The honor roll comprises undergraduates who meet requirements in the College […]

VHH Women’s Council to Host Fashion Show

The Women’s Council of Verdugo Hills Hospital Foundation will host its annual luncheon and fashion show on Friday, April 13 at the hospital in the Council Room located on the fourth floor lobby. The event begins at 11:30 a.m. and tickets are $40 per person. Funds raised at the fashion show will benefit Verdugo Hills […]

Paleyfest 2012 Celebrates Television

By Susan JAMES The highly anticipated annual television festival PaleyFest took place during the first two weeks of March at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills. A celebration of some of television’s most popular series, PaleyFest is run by the Paley Center for Media and offers fans the unique opportunity to interact with industry stars […]

Sonic Exploration and Formal Tradition Meet at Camerata Pacifica

By Ted AYALA If there was a single thing that defined 20th century music, it was that there wasn’t a single thing that defined it. That is to say that under the rubric of “20th century music” there thrived and spawned literally hundreds of genres, styles, and schools, each as distinctive from the other as […]