B y Mary O’KEEFE A string of local burglaries may have come to an end with the arrest on Sunday of a La Crescenta resident. On Sunday at about 4:40 p.m. Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station received a call from a witness who had recognized a man, later identified as Anders Goodman, 24, of La Crescenta, […]
FLIRTING WITH DISASTER IN MONTROSE There seems to be a growing trend in the Montrose Shopping Park that has me very concerned for the safety of local residents. I have lived within a block of Honolulu Avenue for nearly eight years and my family and I walk through the shopping park several times a week. […]
Every Sunday morning starting at 9:30 a.m., people begin to gather on the large patio outside the main building at Saint Luke’s of the Mountains Episcopal Church on the corner of Foothill Boulevard and Rosemont Avenue in La Crescenta. There is a table set out with coffee, tea, fruit and sweets. There are other tables […]
WOMEN’S COUNCIL HOSTING FUNDRAISER The Women’s Council of Verdugo Hills Hospital Foundation (VHHF) is hosting a fundraising event, Artistry and Wine Celebrating the Art of Healing, on Saturday, Oct. 23 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the home of Sam and Kate Kaneko. Funds raised during this special evening will be given to Verdugo […]
By Ted AYALA Special to the CV Weekly If the ultimate worth of a work of art is measured in the amount of criticism it arouses, then Olivier Messiaen’s “Turangalîla Symphony” must be regarded as one of the immortal masterworks of Western music. Premiered in 1949 by the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the direction of […]
By Mary O’KEEFE “You Can Call Me…. Flemming,” a play by Sam Bodrick, is in its last week at Pasadena City College Sexson Auditorium. The play follows Henry Flemming who has a successful business that he hates. For reasons only a middle aged man can understand he sells his lucrative business and buys a questionable […]
The Assistance League of Glendale had an open house meeting on Oct. 12 with a dozen guests to learn how the League helps the Glendale schools with their Authors & Illustrators, Scholarships and Operation School Bell programs. Through Operation School Bell, Assistance League members last year gave uniforms, back packs and books to over 500 […]
Basking in summer-like temperatures, the 10th annual SEEDS fundraiser held on Saturday Oct. 10 lived up to its theme “Splendor at Descanso.” A cold, rainy week turned gloriously warm for the evening event on the Main Lawn at Descanso Gardens. More than 300 guests enjoyed food, drink, dancing and conversation under the autumn-tinged Descanso oaks. […]
The La Crescenta Woman’s Club is preparing for its annual author’s luncheon taking place on Tuesday, Nov. 8 at the La Cañada Flintridge Country Club. This year authors include Dianne Dixon, a television writer who has won the Humanities Prize for Excellence in Screenwriting, will discuss her first novel, “The Language of Secrets;” Ronald C. […]
A special intrauterine stent device that has led to safe and effective treatments for patients suffering with infertility problems has been developed by Dr. Charles March, a gynecologist at Verdugo Hills Hospital (VHH). Dr. March has conducted work and research on the treatment of infertility problems associated with Asherman’s Syndrome. Asherman’s Syndrome is the scarring […]