Donation Drives at LCIF As the upcoming school year approaches, Lutheran Church in the Foothills (LCIF) has launched a dual-purpose donation drive to help students both around the corner and around the globe. To support local youth, the church is currently collecting brand-new backpacks. The backpacks will be delivered to “Making it Happen,” a Sunland-based […]
Forgotten Friendship of William and Moses William took a moment to give his horses a few gentle strokes before hopping into the seat of his buckboard wagon. He’d spent a good part of the morning loading up crates of grapes, peaches and apricots for the long journey downtown. He’d grown this produce on his 80-acre […]
Reviewing the Budget Earlier this year, Governor Newsom released a budget proposal that kicked off negotiations with the Legislature over everything from how we fund our schools to public safety. This year, as we navigated the challenging financial climate made worse by the passage of HR 1 and repeated hostile actions from the Trump Administration, […]
Crescenta Valley United Methodist Church, located at 2700 Montrose Ave., offers Learning Works Charter School, a drop-in center for homeless students that gets kids on the edge back in school so that they can graduate. A flexible independent study approach works. The church’s mission with Learning Works is to help “couch-surfing” kids with nowhere to […]
Doubts Value of Investigation Adam Schiff is going to investigate oil companies [“Schiff to Introduce Legislation to Investigate Oil Companies,” CV Weekly, July 9] – companies that help get about 31-plus million households to work, to school and to the market [but] need to be investigated. For what? Selling their products instead of donating to all […]
Students at Rosemont Middle School recently traded textbooks for firsthand experience, welcoming a crew from Fire Station 63 to their campus for an immersive lesson in fire safety and emergency response. The visit, organized by Rosemont teacher Andre Andreas’ Environmental Science classes, served as the culmination of a broader curriculum focused on the causes, prevention […]
National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC®) announced over 750 additional winners of National Merit Scholarships financed by colleges and universities. These Merit scholar designees join more than 2,500 other college-sponsored award recipients who were announced in June. Among those was Lila Mercer of La Cañada Flintridge who attended La Cañada High School and whose probable career […]
Registration is now open for Action League of the Foothills ALFie Players fall production of Disney’s “101 Dalmatians KIDS.” A classic tale of good vs. evil, the story follows Pongo and Perdita on their search for their puppies kidnapped by Cruella de Vil with hopes of creating a Dalmatian fur coat. Student actors in grades […]
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Implications Of Accepting An Offer Using VA Financing Dear Phyllis, We received an offer using a VA loan. I would love to support a veteran if I can. What are the implications of accepting an offer using VA financing? — Curious Dear Curious, A VA loan is a home loan program backed by the U.S. […]