By Ruth SOWBY Pioneer Day is an official holiday celebrated on July 24 to mark the states originally settled by pioneers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons). It commemorates the entry of Brigham Young and the first group of Mormon pioneers into the Salt Lake Valley. A local picnic was held in […]
Van Halen Played La Cañada and Montrose – The Glendale High Show For the last couple of weeks I have detailed some local history involving one of the great rock bands, Van Halen. I had interviewed former La Cañada resident Dan Sullivan. When just out of high school in 1975, he promoted a handful of […]
Advises Against Buying into ‘Political Hysteria’ I must comment on the recent climate change comments (“global warming”) in the July 24 issue “Weather Watch – Taking a Look Outside Our Window” (I sure do miss Sue Kilpatrick). Briefly, “buying into” political hysteria over recent heat waves, blaming fossil fuels, cars, industry and American values simply […]
We’re One Big Step Closer to Holding the Gun Industry Accountable On Nov. 15, 2003, Burbank police officer Matthew Pavelka was responding to a radioed call for assistance when two gunmen opened fire, killing him and gravely injuring his partner. Pavelka, a 26-year-old rookie, was the first Burbank officer to be killed in the line […]
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The Kiwanis Club of La Cañada announced Michael T. Davitt as the “La Cañadan of Year” for 2021 in recognition of his decades of outstanding volunteer service. The award originated in 1951 to recognize exemplary leadership and stalwart dedication that has positively impacted the La Cañada Flintridge community, local youth and a church or house […]
The La Crescenta Woman’s Club held a shoe collection at its clubhouse on Sunday, July 10. From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., donors stopped by the clubhouse and donated new or gently used women’s, men’s and children’s shoes that will be donated to the non-profit Soles4Souls. Soles4Souls will then distribute the shoes worldwide. Since 2006, […]
Dignity Health – Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center recently announced that Jim Zolnowski, MSN, RN, NE-BC, has joined its leadership team as the hospital’s new chief nursing officer. Zolnowski has extensive nursing experience working with multiple health systems during his career, most recently as the director of […]
Natalie Berner from Glendale was recently named to the dean’s list at the College of William & Mary for the spring 2022 semester. In order to achieve dean’s list status, a full-time degree seeking undergraduate student must take at least 12 credit hours and earn a 3.6 Quality Point Average during the semester. William & […]
BURBANK AFRICAN VIOLET SOCIETY The Burbank African Violet Society will be having its next club meeting on Thursday morning, July 21, at 10 a.m. at The Little White Chapel Christian Church, 1711 N. Avon St. in Burbank. The program will be presented by club members John Hershey and Wanda Penner: “Revisiting Growing African Violets From […]