Crime blotter

August 31 800 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge, the front glass door was shattered and several pieces of jewelry were stolen from Euro Jewelers reported at 12:40 a.m. 1100 block of Oro Vista in Angeles National Forest, a 57-year-old Tujunga man was arrested on suspicion of possession a controlled substance believed to […]

Residents remember Station Fire with clean up day

By Mary O’KEEFE One year after the Station Fire residents in the Canyonside area of La Crescenta gathered to remember the two Los Angeles County firefighters who lost their lives fighting the blaze and to apply lessons learned from the wildfire that cut a path through their mountainside neighborhood. About 50 people began Saturday morning […]

Norma Ellis honored by the Pasadena-Foothills Association Of Realtors

“It is with a great deal of enthusiasm and pride that we congratulate Norma Ellis, sales partner with our La Crescenta office,” said Dilbeck president Mark Dilbeck. The occasion was to honor Ellis with the Emeritus Award by the Pasadena-Foothills Association of Realtors (PFAR) at a recent Leadership Breakfast. She, along with Jane Caughey and […]

SCORE to bring shredder to Expo

The joint sponsors of the 10th Annual Foothills Community Expo on Sept. 8 announce the return of a popular community service. SCORE, Counselors to America’s Small Businesses, will bring a mobile shredding truck to the Community Expo. Residents and businesses can bring no longer needed documents (up to seven boxes per attendee) to be shredded […]

Designing gardens with an Artful Eye

By Odalis A. SUAREZ For Cindy Jackson, standing in front of an empty lawn is like standing in front of a blank canvas ready to be turned into a masterpiece. Taking gardening to an artistic level is the idea behind her landscaping business The Artful Eye. “That’s what the artist is, this eye that perceives […]

Weather …in the Foothills

By Sue KILPATRICK “In the good ole summertime … you hold her hand and she holds yours …” — Ren Shields 1902 Glancing at the outside temperature, I am humbled – again – that weather prediction is not an exact science. A strong high-pressure system pushed its way into the southwest and shoved the low […]

Though the smoke has cleared, the heat remains

Hard to believe that a year has passed since the devastation that was the Station Fire. In some ways it seems a life time ago; in others like it was yesterday. Controversy still swirls around the circumstances regarding how the Station Fire became the inferno that it did. On that Wednesday night on Aug. 26 […]

Meet the new owner of Bella Boutique

Tucked away in the midst of all the restaurant action in the 2200 block of Honolulu Avenue is a little gem of a store. It’s called “Bella” which means “beautiful” in Italian. What draws you in is the absolutely wonderful aroma. Bella carries the whole line of “Aroma Natural” candles, made with pure essential oils, […]