Artist Cat Chiu Phillips’ installation ReCollect will be on display at the Adams Square Mini Park Gas Station through Friday, March 31. ReCollect creates a unique experience combining post-consumer product innovation and sustainability while paying homage to traditional craft methods and the handmade. Made of 35mm slides, this project creates awe and wonder on the […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta joined State Senator Anthony J. Portantino yesterday, Wednesday, during a press conference to discuss gun safety efforts and legislation that strengthens California’s conceal-carry laws. SB 2, authored by Senator Portantino, will implement significant improvements to California’s existing conceal-carry weapon (CCW) laws to address the recent United States […]
Tom Gilfoy of La Cañada Flintridge passed away at home on Jan. 12 at the age of 90. Tom lived a long and fruitful life with the overarching themes of family and adventure. He was born in Los Angeles on Feb. 5, 1932, but lived his first few years in La Cañada. The Great Depression […]
Scary Day in the Valley Yesterday was quite a busy one in the Crescenta Valley – little did I know what would happen when I headed down to the Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce office early Wednesday morning. At the CVCOC office, the new president of the chamber – JD Speas of Crescenta Cañada […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The recent rains have brought so much to the California landscape and, as in most things in nature, it comes with the negative and the positive. While the flooding was tragically devastating and many are still cleaning up, good news was also brought by the rain. Our brown hills are green once […]
A festive installation of officers and directors of all of the branches of the Los Angeles District of the Italian Catholic Federation took place recently at Holy Family Parish Center in Arcadia. Newly elected officers and directors of the St. Bede Branch 374 in La Cañada Flintridge celebrated the event as Phyllis Harb and her […]
LCIF News Lutheran Church in the Foothills is celebrating history this month. Its 75th anniversary will be recognized on Sunday, Feb. 19 at 10 a.m. followed by a lunch in the church’s Fellowship Hall. Pastor Chuck Bunnell says the celebration of LCIF’s 75 years is a homecoming for members past and present, and a great […]
Question: My mother is very ill with an incurable form of cancer. She has been an incredibly wonderful grandmother to our three children. Every day at bedtime we pray for grandma. Our youngest, Janie, is very close to grandma. Lately when we pray, Janie begins to cry. My husband and I have told our children […]
Florencita Market Memories The Florencita Market was a much-loved neighborhood market at 2460 Florencita Drive just south of Montrose Avenue. It was there from the late 1930s until 1991 when a robbery resulted in the shooting death of the owner of the store Bob Nalbandian. Apparently at that point it was converted into a home. […]
What is Canyon Hills? Canyon Hills is a proposed residential development by Whitebird, Inc., which planned it to be built next to the I-210 Freeway at La Tuna Canyon Road. This project was fully approved by the City of Los Angeles all the way back in 2005, long before I became a community activist protecting […]