By Lynn SHER The extended family of Lauren Grayson visited the Grayson Power Plant (GPP) on Tuesday, June 20 for a final tour of the facilities. Grayson was chief engineer and general manager of the plant that was his namesake. The family present on Tuesday included his son David Grayson and daughter Cynthia Pearson, grandson […]
By Mary O’KEEFE “Each year on June 19, we look back to this day in 1865, on which Union General Gordon Granger led troops into Galveston, Texas to announce the end of the Civil War and the insidious institution of slavery. Thousands of enslaved people in Texas, among the last to learn of their independence, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
By Lynn SHER Expect screams, plenty of popcorn, food trucks, fear and free beer. These are all part of Screamfest LA’s “Fears and Beers Screening Under the Stars” that features local filmmaker Mike Timm. Timm is screening his vaunted horror short film “The Eyes” at the event on Saturday, June 24 at the McGroarty Arts […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]