Power Outage in South Glendale Residents and businesses in the south Glendale area, including Glendale Memorial Hospital, are experiencing power outages. Calls are coming into the Glendale Water and Power offices concerning a possible transformer that may have blown. Anyone with concerns can contact the GWP offices at (818) 548-3300. GWP crews are on their […]
AMES TO SPEAK AT CLUB Ed Ames is coming to La Cañada! He will be the guest speaker for the La Crescenta Valley Republican Women Federated meeting today, Thursday, April 12 at the La Cañada Flintridge Country Club from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The cost is $25. RSVP to Ellen by calling (818) 248-0924 […]
Why You Will Want to Try Montrose Wine & Kabob You know how I love to write about restaurants and food, especially when I have something new and exciting to report. All I needed to hear from my friends Mark and Wendy was, “Have you tried the new restaurant yet? We did and it’s really […]
New Business Welcomed in Montrose and La Cañada Change and new beginnings have come to the area again. Walk this Way on Honolulu Avenue has come under new ownership. Long time owner Julie Kumjian sold her store to one of her favorite clients, Edna Baghoumian. Walk this Way calls itself, “A neighborhood shoe store.” They […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Saturday, my daughter Molly and I attended a baptism at St. Bede’s the Venerable in La Cañada. After two years of classes, Josh Lacey was to be baptized and we were honored that he wanted to share it with us. Josh is 19, and he has dedicated every Wednesday for two […]
Our Year of Living Adventurously I’m sure my wife would agree that when she married me 26 years ago today, she had no idea what she was signing up for. Poor woman. But lucky me. On that unseasonably cold, early spring day over two and a half decades ago, standing together in the outdoor gazebo […]
Goodbye Dominick’s, and Hello Antiques Market It’s with great sadness and shock that our community learned that Dominick’s Pizza at Foothill and Ramsdell, a CV institution for almost 50 years, has closed. It was opened in 1956 by the Garofano family and sold to the Russo family in 1970. La Crescenta “old-timer” Bill Costello shared […]
Appreciates ‘Reflections’ I opened the paper one beautiful Thursday morning and immediately smiled. For there was the title of From the Desk of the Editor, waiting to greet me: “Easter, Passover Reflections.” Thank you, thank you, thank you Robin for remembering that this time of year plays host to another religion’s (besides Christianity) holiday. This […]
By David SCHIMIDT This year marks the fifth year that I will be involved with the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life and the fourth year that I am working with the beautiful people of La Cañada/Montrose to keep their event something special. As the master of ceremonies for the first day’s entertainment and events […]