TREASURES OF THE VALLEY <<< MIKE LAWLER

TREASURES OF THE VALLEY <<< MIKE LAWLER

A New Market Opens in Montrose 1939 Store openings may be grand events today but nothing compares to supermarket openings in the past. Supermarket openings back then were over the top, goofy extravaganzas. Take for example the 1939 opening of the new Fitzsimmons Market in a large building on the northeast corner of Verdugo Boulevard […]

Scouts’ Big Strike Auction Hits It Out of the Ballpark

Scouts’ Big Strike Auction Hits It Out of the Ballpark

By Ruth SOWBY The Verdugo Hills Council’s 48th Annual Big Strike Auction, titled “Adventures in Paradise,” was held on Friday, Oct. 20. The event transported guests to the Islands courtesy of the South Bay Luaus. Spirited Polynesian dances, led by Manuel Conception, began the entertainment at the La Cañada Flintridge Country Club.   “The Big Strike and Friends […]

People Making News

The following students are named to Emerson College’s dean’s list for the spring 2023 semester. The requirement to make dean’s list is a grade point average of 3.7 or higher for that semester. Isabel Moon of La Cañada, who is majoring in theatre and performance and is a member of the Class of 2023; Liquan […]

Questions About Real Estate? Ask Phyllis!

Termite Company Warranty Dear Phyllis, We just closed on our home and discovered termite droppings. We did have a termite inspection which indicated there were no termites. We contacted a different company to do an additional inspection and were advised that we need to have the house fumigated and some repair work done. We have […]

NEWS FROM THE CVWD <<< JAMES LEE

Dear Community, There has been an increasing amount of armed conflict abroad. Although our service toward public interest is focused on this community, we are concerned with public interest overall and our hearts extend to all those affected by the recent and ongoing tragedies. On the home front, we’ve welcomed respite from the spate of […]

The Village Poets Welcomes Ambika Talwar and Susan Suntree

The Village Poets of Sunland-Tujunga invites poets and friends of poetry to its monthly reading held in person on Sunday, Oct. 22 at 4:30 p.m. at Bolton Hall Museum, 10110 Commerce Ave. in Tujunga. The October reading features Ambika Talwar and Susan Suntree.   Talwar is an India-born author, wellness consultant, artist and educator whose […]

La Cañada Thursday Club Ushers in New Club Year with a Barbecue Dinner

La Cañada Thursday Club Ushers in New Club Year with a Barbecue Dinner

  Tables, covered with red-checkered tablecloths studded with flickering tea light candles, was the ambiance at the Thursday Club’s Welcome Back Barbecue attended by 122 members and guests. The event, held in the club’s courtyard at 4440 Woodleigh Lane in La Cañada Flintridge, was hosted by the club’s board of directors led by Joani Bartoli-Porto, […]

Documents of America <<< Sponsored By Glendale Moose Lodge 641

The Preamble “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.” Using […]

Public Invited as History Comes Alive at Catalina Verdugo Adobe

The Don Jose Verdugo Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution invites the community to a dedication and historic re-enactment at the Catalina Verdugo Adobe at 2211 Bonita Drive in Glendale on Sunday, Oct. 22. The community is encouraged to attend this first-ever opening of the Catalina Verdugo Adobe property, owned by the City of Glendale, to the […]