All are welcome to throw their hat in the ring at the Pasadena Doo Dah Queen tryouts on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 25, at the Old Towne Pub. On hand for the wild ride will be queen-hopefuls, former queens, everlasting king Clayton, magistrate Vince, czar Tom, duke of Doo Dah, Rocket Man – the emcee, veteran […]
LCPC Parent Ed invites the community to register for a fall Candlelight Yoga and Mindfulness express class. Taught by certified yoga instructor and La Canada resident, Dimple Bhasin, this class will meet on Mondays through Nov. 9 from 7 p.m. – 8 p.m. Attendees will meet in the LCPC Cook Chapel for gentle movement, breathwork, […]
LCIF Invites Community to Grace-Giving Lutheran Church in the Foothills – LCIF – invites the community to participate in its Grace-Giving drive through Nov. 22. The church is collecting pantry staples such as canned goods, dry legumes, nut butters, dry pasta, boxed stuffing mix, canned gravy or cranberry sauce, vegetable or olive oil and sugar. […]
My Own Memories of La Crescenta – Part 4 Continuing from my last column, I’m writing up my own memories of growing up in La Crescenta in the 1960s. For the kids in the neighborhood – most of whom were boys – playing army was the name of the game. We mostly used sticks for […]
Do You Know Who Sells Your Water? Over the past few weeks I have been knocking on doors across La Crescenta as a candidate for the Foothill Municipal Water District (FMWD or Foothill) board. At one doorstep a kind gentleman asked whether I was running to be in charge of Foothill Boulevard. I laughed and […]
Customers of Southern California Edison are experiencing a widespread outage that is predicted to continue through this evening. As a precaution, SCE has shut down power to several areas due to the Red Flag Warning and winds. It is expected that the power will not be restored until Saturday morning after crews can inspect the […]
Forward progress has been halted on the Norma Fire, a small vegetation fire that started in the area of La Tuna Canyon/I 210. The amount of acreage burned is 0.17 acres.
The Glendale Montrose Christmas Parade has announced this year’s grand marshal – longtime community supporter Mary Pinola. By Mary O’KEEFE “I really didn’t know what to say,” said Mary Pinola when she was told she was chosen as the grand marshal of the 2026 Glendale Montrose Christmas Parade. “We had just finished a meeting in […]
By Mary O’KEEFE There will be 13 state measures – propositions – on the ballot in the November election including state measures 2, 3, 4, 5, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44 and 45. In Los Angeles County there are county measures A and E. This is also the year when California will […]