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By Jim CHASE Once, when I was in not yet in my teens, I spent a precious dollar of my meager allowance to buy a 45 rpm record of the Beatles’ “She Loves You.” I lovingly carried it home from Grayson’s Tune Town like I had purchased the Holy Grail itself. I played that small […]
By Mike LAWLER A few years ago, when my third daughter Annie was obsessed with cooking, we indulged her passion with a few cooking classes. She really did learn some lifelong skills, and isn’t afraid to whip up anything now that she’s a teen. One of her more successful classes was in making pies under […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Crescenta Valley Drug and Alcohol Prevention Coalition, formerly Council, continues to move forward with its goal of education and support for the community. The organization began with a small group of parents who were concerned about the growing drug use in the area. It has become an outreach program that has […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Glendale Police continue to ask for the public’s help in identifying the hit and run driver that struck and killed Montrose resident Joo Lee and at 7:15 p.m. on Jan. 1. Lee was struck while he was crossing the street in the 3000 block of Montrose Avenue. A driver had stopped […]
Jan. 18 1000 block of Fairview Drive in La Cañada, a brief case was stolen and the front passenger side window of a vehicle was shattered overnight. Jan. 16 300 block St. Katherine Drive in La Cañada, a resident reported that someone had entered her unlocked home and stole a digital camera, umbrella, duffle bags, […]
By Shana LiVIGNI Holy Redeemer students are ready to demonstrate how scientifically saavy they are at this year’s Science Fair. “It’s a science fair, not a competition, where students demonstrate their science skills and their science knowledge,” explained science teacher Cathi Garcia. “The students in grades five through eight are required to participate and their […]
By Mary O’Keefe Valley View Elementary students are raising funds to help those who have suffered the devastating earthquakes in Haiti. “The Valley View Education Foundation has a few hundred T-shirts we are donating,” said Dan Abboud. The T-shirts have been specially designed for the fund raiser. “The devastation is overwhelming,” Abboud said of the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Tuesday’s Battle of the Badges blood drive was deemed a success with about 30 people stopping by the Crescenta Valley Sheriffs Station to donate. The day was part of a friendly competition with public safety/law enforcement officers and sponsored by the American Red Cross. “It started as a concept through the U.S. […]
SCHOOL CLOSURES ANNOUNCED The Glendale Unified School District announced that all schools located north of Foothill Boulevard will be closed today, Jan. 21 due to adverse weather. This will affect Mountain Avenue, Monte Vista, Valley View and Dunsmore elementary schools and Rosemont Middle School and Clark Magnet High School. The La Crescenta Presbyterian Center for […]