The Kiwanis Club of La Cañada invited members of the Boy and Girl Scout troops to their weekly meeting to honor 16 high school age Scouts for their accomplishments. Kiwanis member Ken Lowe presented each Scout with a certificate that noted their accomplishments. The Scouts were accompanied by their leaders from three La Cañada Flintridge […]
ABWA Genevieve Conway was chosen as the national ABWA scholar by the national board of directors. She is employed with the Los Angeles County Assessor’s Office in addition to attending Glendale Community College full time. She is shown with the family of Laurali Fey for whom the national scholarship was named. From left are […]
What A Wonder-full Summer The smoke may have cleared from last night’s fireworks extravaganza in the skies above our bucolic valley, but now it’s time to fire off a barrage of mental-mortar rounds from my own smoke-filled mind. Wonder along with me, if you will: I wonder … why they give names to hurricanes (alphabetically […]
Sanitariums in CV – Hillcrest Sanitarium Part 2 As I wrote here last week, Hillcrest Sanitarium was a large, high-class sanitarium at the top of Lowell in what is now Markridge Estates. In 1942, the U.S. government set up 10 relocation camps in the western U.S., into which were crowded 120,000 U.S. citizens of Japanese […]
By Mary O’Keefe The search for missing hiker Ertug Ergun, 33, involved Los Angeles Search Dogs, the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department Mounted Search and Rescue, LASD Air 5 and search and rescue teams from Antelope Valley, Sierra Madre, Santa Clarita and our own Montrose Search and Rescue. They spent hours searching in dense vegetation on […]
Congressman just one of several community leaders who replaced stolen flags. By Mary O’KEEFE Flags that represent the diverse Crescenta Valley community once again fly at St. Luke’s of the Mountains Episcopal Church thanks to Congressman Adam Schiff, a generous congregation and a supportive community. “The flags are a symbol of the heritage of this […]
By Mary O’KEEFE For over a week, search and rescue teams from Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. have been covering hundreds of miles of Angeles National Forest on foot, horseback, off-road vehicles and by air, all in search of missing hiker Ertug Ergun. Ergun, 33, is from Turkey but has lived in Bakersfield for about […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A long hike ended for two hikers and their dog on Sunday when Montrose Search and Rescue responded to a call for help. A La Cañada father, daughter and their dog were hiking from Switzer Falls to Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said John Rodarte, MSR team member. “They got off the trail,” said […]
Summer is Quiet? Not So Much Who says summer time is quiet time? Granted, there is a sigh of relief as prom (and Prom Plus) and graduation are behind us, and when you read this, July 4th is also over. (We had to go to press early, so this week’s issue doesn’t have photos from […]
“Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, And resign yourself to the influences of each.” – Henry David Thoreau Another season passed… “Didn’t spring end weeks ago?” you may ask. Yes, correct you are. But I am referring to the 2011-12 rainy season (or not-so-rainy season) that […]