President visits Glendale

Photo by Leonard COUTIN During his quick Los Angeles trip on Friday, President Barack Obama fulfilled a 2009 promise he made and granted an interview to Eddie “Piolîn” Sotelo, a Latino radio personality. Listeners heard the president’s interview on Monday morning on the radio program “Piolîn por la Mañana.” The show is taped at the […]

Beeve Vision Care Center welcomes new optometrist

Garineh Nersisyan, O.D. recently joined Beeve Vision Care Center as a part time optometrist in the practice’s Glendale office. A 2010 graduate of Southern California College of Optometry, Dr. Nersisyan earned her bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Physics from California State University Northridge. Dr. Scott W. Beeve said, “We are very pleased to have Dr. Nersisyan […]

Compassionate care found at Angels of the Valley Hospice

By Eli LOCKE Upon arriving at the office of Angels of the Valley Hospice, LLC in Montrose, one instantly realizes that they are in a caring environment. Hospice is a philosophy of care that focuses on the comfort and quality of life for the patient who chooses the natural process of life during the patient’s […]

Let Jane’s help you decorate your Halloween cupcakes!

by Mary DAWSON I could go nuts in this store. Being one that “paints with merchandise,” I believe when serving food, presentation is almost equally important as taste. Jane’s Cake and Chocolate Supply carries everything you need for baking, cake decorating, and candy making. We’re not talking the ordinary stuff you find in the big […]

Mixing it up at MVCC

Some weeks ago, I was reading an article in the newspaper saying that this winter promised to be a dry one. Well … so much for a dry winter. But hey, what do I know? I’m no latter-day Dr. George Fischbeck (remember him, kids?) and we’re not actually in winter yet, but it’s looking to […]

Congratulations to honorees

Tonight the Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce is honoring those who have enriched our world. We are honoring 12 wonderful individuals and businesses that have improved the quality of life in the Crescenta Valley. One such business, receiving the Business of the Year award, is the fantastic paper you are reading right now, The Crescenta […]

Notes & Nods

“Doing Theology” with Pastor Gary Dennis Join Pastor Gary Dennis as he begins this series of four classes on Friday, Oct. 29, from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of the La Cañada Presbyterian Church. This first class in the series of Continuing the Journey classes deals with questions about theology. Follow-up classes […]

Calendar This

BOOK SIGNING AT FLINTRIDGE BOOKSTORE On Thursday, Oct. 28 at 7:30 p.m. Flintridge Bookstore and Coffeehouse is hosting a booksigning with writer Jeff Sherratt, author of “Detour to Murder,” a Jimmy O’Brien mystery novel. Soon after its release, Sherratt’s first novel, The Brimstone Murders (2008) became the bestselling book of all time For Echelon Press. […]

Unnaturally awful – ‘Paranormal Activity 2’

By Charly SHELTON The 2007 film “Paranormal Activity” was made on the cheap with no “real” names to speak of. When it first came out audiences across America believed that it was real, documented footage of a paranormal haunt – a demonic presence in a condo that terrorizes young couple Micah and Katie. It was […]