By Mary O’KEEFE The Chabad of the Crescenta Valley hosted The Chanukah Festival 2025 at Memorial Park in La Cañada Flintridge on the first day of Chanukah, Dec. 14. About 300 people attended the festive event. It was held after the news spread of the mass shooting in Australia at Sydney’s Bondi Beach. There were […]
GWP Goes Coal Free Glendale Water & Power’s (GWP) Intermountain Power Project (IPP) agreement has transitioned to a 100% coal-free energy resource, currently operating on natural gas while preparing for future hydrogen use. The plant is located near Delta, Utah and operated under the supervision of Los Angeles Dept. of Water & Power. This change […]
The Annual La Crescenta Christmas Tree Lighting occurred on Dec. 3 at the La Crescenta Library, 2809 Foothill Blvd. It started with Richard Woloski’s puppet show in the library’s community room followed by hot chocolate served by library staff and Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger. The event then moved outside with performances that included […]
Nothing Can Replace Human Response – Not Even AI By Mary O’KEEFE A 32-year-old Japanese woman has married her AI [Artificial Intelligence] “boyfriend/fiancé” in Okayama, Japan. The wedding took place on Oct. 27 after the AI the woman created, Klaus, apparently proposed to her. As reported in a Reuter’s article, “AI romance blooms as Japanese […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Los Angeles County Fire Dept. responded to a house fire in the 2800 block of Alabama Street in La Crescenta on Tuesday night about 11 p.m. According to Maria Grycan, LACoFD spokesperson, it was an exterior fire due to malfunctioning holiday lights with no spread to the interior of the home.
Deputies with the Crescenta Valley Sheriff Station, along with Los Angeles County Fire Dept. personnel, responded to La Cañada High School regarding a hazardous materials incident on Friday, Dec. 12. At approximately 12:01 p.m., school officials contacted the fire department after observing two students mixing an unknown liquid substance inside plastic bottles. Deputies responded to […]
Dec. 12 5000 block of La Cañada Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge, several power tools were stolen from an unlocked vehicle. Surveillance footage revealed a suspect, dressed in all black clothing, walk toward the victim’s vehicle, open the door and remove the property. The suspect then walked to a black BMW sedan, entered the passenger […]
By Ruth SOWBY Katie and Doug Dickinson lost everything in the Eaton Fire. The couple is now living in an apartment next door to the La Crescenta Woman’s Club (LCWC). Katie decided to rent the LCWC Clubhouse to hold a free holiday boutique for others affected by the fires. “I wanted to do something,” she said. […]
The Verdugo Hills Women’s Chorus has begun its Christmas season, bringing joy and happy memories as they sing for area retirement homes and church groups. The women welcomes new singers in January when they begin to prepare a spring program. Rehearsals are Mondays from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Mount Olive Lutheran Church, 3561 […]
By Ruth ANSON SOWBY When I was 19 I was a “Hollywood princess” in what was then called the Hollywood Lane Christmas Parade. Today I’m 81 … you figure out the math. The 2025 version of the parade took place on Sunday, Nov. 30. It was not broadcast locally as my 1964 parade was.(Organizers promise the […]