Day of Recollection in La Cañada Sister Deborah Lorentz, Sister of Social Service, will lead a day of recollection at Descanso Gardens today, Thursday, Feb. 23 from 8:30 a.m. to noon in the Oak Room at Descanso Gardens. The event is sponsored by the St. Bede the Venerable Roman Catholic Church Council of Women. All […]
From the GUSD To the Glendale/La Crescenta Community: On Friday, Feb. 10, Crescenta Valley High School (CVHS) and the La Crescenta and Glendale communities were devastated by the suicide of a 10th-grade student. The community has come together to support the family, the students, the staff and each other. On behalf of the board of […]
Iron Eyes Cody’s Secret Katherine Yamada, longtime columnist for the Glendale News Press, does a wonderful weekly Glendale history column called “Verdugo Views.” I’ve been reading her column faithfully for years now, as I hope you have. She and I have collaborated many times, even before I started this column, exchanging info about local history. […]
Pumping It Up – And Up Alright, this is getting ridiculous. On Sunday morning two weeks ago I filled the tank in my truck before driving down to visit our son in San Diego. I was more than a bit peeved that the lowest price I could find along Foothill was $3.79 a gallon. Silly […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A town hall meeting will be held on Monday at 6:30 p.m. at Rosemont Middle School’s cafeteria to share information concerning the future of the newly acquired Rosemont Preserve. The Arroyos and Foothills Conservancy is in the process of purchasing the 7.75-acre property at the top of Rosemont Avenue in Goss Canyon […]
By Jason KUROSU This Sunday’s Montrose Shopping Park Harvest Market will feature a few alterations, primarily a change to the Thieves’ Market, now to be called the Montrose Harvest Marketplace. According to Montrose Shopping Park Association president Ken Grayson, the name change was made to stray away from what was perceived as a negative image […]
Win for California doesn’t translate to local budget relief By Timithie NORMAN On Dec. 16, it was announced that California was one of nine winners of one of President Obama’s Race to the Top grants awarded by the Department of Education to encourage innovation and reform in K-12 education. Unfortunately, the Glendale Unified School District, […]
Learning Together The Crescenta Valley community has stepped cautiously on a path of healing in the wake of the suicide at CV High School on Feb. 10, but the path that moves us forward will have detours that cause us to look back. The question that is uppermost in all of our minds is “Why?” […]
“The February sunshine steeps your boughs and tints the buds and swells the leaves within.” ~ William Bryant 1794-1878, editor of “N.Y. Evening Post,” poet Only a poet’s description of nature can do it justice. The above quotation, “…sunshine steeps your boughs…” sounds lovely, but what precisely does “steeps” mean? Considering the time period in […]
By Maddy PUMILIA Foothill Car Wash is teaming up with SoCal Recycling for an electronic waste drive this Saturday, Feb. 25 that helps local organization Prom Plus as well as the environment. People can go to Foothill Car Wash at 2355 Foothill Blvd. on Saturday between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. and donate recyclable materials. […]