Rockhaven: Update and Fundraiser

Rockhaven: Update and Fundraiser

By Mary O’KEEFE Friends of Rockhaven, a 501(c)(3) organization, is hosting a fundraiser to benefit the non-profit organization and fund maintenance of Rockhaven, located in the 2700 block of Honolulu Avenue. A wine tasting event at a La Crescenta residence will be held on Sunday, June 25 from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tickets are […]

One Person Transported to Hospital After Stabbing

An investigation is underway following a late-night stabbing that has left one person hospitalized in stable condition. On June 20 at about 11p.m., an employee of Wendy’s, located at 1575 N. Victory Place, called the Burbank Police Dept. to report a man standing in the drive-through lane claiming to have been stabbed. The first police […]

Pride Celebrated at Area Parks

Pride Celebrated at Area Parks

By Mary O’KEEFE and Lynn SHER Crescenta Valley Park hosted an LA County Dept. of Parks and Recreation sponsored Pride at the Park event on Saturday, June 17. It was one of many in June hosted throughout LA County in honor of Pride Month. Parks and Recreation implemented these two-hour events “to elevate inclusion in […]

Crime blotter

June 16 5100 block of Angeles Crest Highway in La Cañada Flintridge, a home was ransacked and items were stolen between 10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.   June 15 400 Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge, a speaker was stolen from an unlocked vehicle between 1:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.   June 14 5100 block […]

50 years as a Kiwanian Celebrated

Trish McRae, president of the Kiwanis Club of La Cañada, presented a commemorative plaque to club member Dr. Al Restivo who celebrated 50 years as a member of the Kiwanis Club. Restivo first became a member of the Eastchester, New York Kiwanis Club on Nov. 15, 1972 and served as the club’s president in the […]

Boys of Summer Return Home

The band Boys of Summer returned to their hometown of Tujunga after touring Arizona, landing at the Tujunga Elks Lodge for a June 9 concert. They opened with “Take it Easy,” a famous Eagles song that put Winslow, Arizona on the map as a major tourist spot. They played favorite Eagles songs and had just […]

Elizabeth Ann (Smith) Sawatzky

Elizabeth Ann (Smith) Sawatzky

July 19, 1927 – Sept. 10, 2022   Elizabeth Ann (Smith) Sawatzky was born to Dr. and Mrs. William Sawatzky in Minneapolis, Minnesota on July 19, 1927. She had one sibling, Dorothy, of whom she was very proud. Elizabeth received two degrees from the University of Minnesota: Latin American Studies and an MA in Library […]

NEWS FROM WASHINGTON <<< REP. ADAM SCHIFF

Ensuring Equality: Protecting and Advancing LGBTQ Rights Earlier this month, my district was the scene of hatred and violence as anti-LGBTQ protestors fought pro-LGBTQ demonstrators outside a Glendale School Board meeting that was scheduled to vote on recognizing Pride month in the district’s schools.  The incident at the Glendale School Board meeting is just one […]

TREASURES OF THE VALLEY <<< MIKE LAWLER

Local Bob Statues and Some Bob’s Trivia I just finished a popular run documenting my readers’ memories of our local Bob’s. But I couldn’t resist one last word on the subject. Over and over, readers wondered whatever happened to the Montrose Bob statue. No one seems to know its fate. But I do know of […]