Knott’s Merry Farm Rings in the Season with Flair – and Flavor

Knott’s Merry Farm Rings in the Season with Flair – and Flavor

By Charly SHELTON   The fog has dispersed. The screams have all stopped. The blood has all dried. Knott’s Scary Farm has only been back in its grave for two weeks and it’s already time to celebrate the holiday season. And what a transformation it is – to see the holly jolly warmth of the […]

Problem Solved <<< By Christopher Elliott

La-Z-Boy furniture delivery delay: How do I get my recliners now? La-Z-Boy has delayed Claire Engkvist’s furniture by more than a year. What does she have to do to get it?   Q: I am writing to you to let you know how extremely disappointed, dismayed and disgusted I am with La-Z-Boy’s customer service. In […]

Smiling Faces from La Crescenta Woman’s Club Greet Ticketholders

Smiling Faces from La Crescenta Woman’s Club Greet Ticketholders

The La Crescenta Woman’s Club helped check in ticketholders of the Montrose Shopping Park’s fall Wine Walk. Over 500 happy adults passed through the line to have fun “trick or treating” adult style with the merchants on Honolulu Avenue in Montrose. The Woman’s Club is grateful for the 15% it receives from the evening for […]

LA Zoo Lights Animals Aglow: A Dazzling Nighttime Adventure

LA Zoo Lights Animals Aglow: A Dazzling Nighttime Adventure

By Charly SHELTON   As night falls over the Los Angeles Zoo, a different kind of magic comes alive with the event LA Zoo Lights: Animals Aglow. Although the zoo’s diurnal animals are asleep while the event is going on, the darkened paths are illuminated by an array of spectacular light sculptures bringing a nocturnal […]

People Making News

Aleen Babikian of Glendale, who attended College of Letters and Science, Bachelor of Arts, Economics A was among a total of 8,625 students who received degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. There were two ceremonies, one for undergraduates at Camp Randall and one for all graduate degree candidates at the Kohl Center. Graduating were 6,225 […]

LCPC Parent Ed Team Launches Annual Toy Drive for FosterAll

    La Cañada Presbyterian Church’s Parent Education Program (LCPC Parent Ed) will host a toy drive supporting its charity partner FosterAll. From Nov. 13-29, LCPC Parent Ed will be collecting new unwrapped gifts in the donation bin located in MacCormick Ministry Hub (by the circular drive of La Cañada Presbyterian Church). The goal is […]

Notes & Nods

Lutheran Church in the Foothills Lutheran Church in the Foothills is responding to the urgent need for blood donations. LCIF will hold a blood drive in its Fellowship Hall on Thursday, Nov. 30 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. According to the American Red Cross, every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood and/or […]

Spiritually Speaking

Reprinted from April 16, 2013   Question: I’m the stepdad of a 7-year-old boy with learning disabilities. I’m having quite a time being patient with the little guy even though I dated his mother for three years before we married. My stepson didn’t seem to be as much of a problem during those years as […]

Treasures of the Valley <<< Mike Lawler

Memories of Jack Laughrey   The Laughrey family were early residents of the valley, opening a hardware store on La Crescenta Avenue in the 1920s. They moved the store to Foothill Boulevard and lived beneath the store. Later they were early residents of Mountain Oaks. A news article was written about Jack Laughrey back in […]

Musical Mornings at Lincoln Elementary

Musical Mornings at Lincoln Elementary

Lincoln Elementary School is privileged to have professional musicians Traci Green and Alan Bernhoft as musical educators who introduce music from all over the world to TK-third graders at Lincoln Elementary School. The pair has been taking Lincoln students on a melodic journey for the past three years. Through a variety of innovative approaches, they […]