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Rosemont Preserve Restoration Day The community is invited to the Rosemont Preserve Restoration Day on Saturday, Oct. 8 from 8 a.m. until 10 a.m. to help protect the natural habitat at Rosemont Preserve. Volunteers will be weeding the demonstration garden and removing invasive plants the pose a fire danger to the Preserve. Wear sturdy shoes, comfortable […]

Touch A Truck Raises Funds While Kids Have Fun

Touch A Truck Raises Funds While Kids Have Fun

By Mary O’KEEFE On Sunday, Sept. 25, the Glendale Police Dept. sponsored a Touch A Truck event that raised money for the American Cancer Society. Over 1,000 people walked through the parking lot at the Elks Lodge on Colorado Street in Glendale. Kids, and adults, got to not only touch but also sit in and […]

Bailey Center Puts Out the Call for Donations

Bailey Center Puts Out the Call for Donations

By Mary O’KEEFE The Bailey Center is in desperate need of donations of food. “We are out of canned goods,” said Loretta Cole, volunteer at the Bailey Center. It is completely out of canned goods and has a limited number of non-perishable foods. For years the Bailey Center food bank, a service of the United […]

Oktoberfest Celebrated in Montrose

Oktoberfest Celebrated in Montrose

Thousands of folks poured onto Honolulu Avenue on Saturday for the annual Oktoberfest. There was something for everyone – traditional German food and beer, costume contests, live music, snacks, and fun and games. “In years past it’s been estimated to be 15,000-20,000 people on the avenue, but it sounds like there was more attending this […]

Lions Club Collects Supplies to Help Kids

Lions Club Collects Supplies to Help Kids

The Crescenta Cañada Lions Club continues to receive backpacks, school supplies and toiletries as part of its Kases for Kids project. The Lions Club collected the backpacks on Sept. 24 at the Ralph’s Market parking lot but for those unable to donate on Sept. 24 Lions Club members have continued to accept donations.  Over 70 […]

Performing Arts Professionals Among Those Urging Governor’s Signature

Performing Arts Professionals Among Those Urging Governor’s Signature

Senate Bill 1116, a measure introduced by Senator Anthony J. Portantino that seeks to create a payroll fund to support small nonprofit performing arts venues (SNPAOs) was signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sept. 29. The effort comes at a time when small community theatres are struggling in the aftermath of the pandemic. […]

Crime Blotter

Sept. 30 900 Town Center Drive in La Cañada Flintridge, a woman reported that she had been shopping at several stores in the area then was traveling to work when she received a notice that her credit card had been used without her authority. She then realized that several of her credit cards had been […]

Supervisor Barger Honors Artsakh Foreign Minister at Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors’ Meeting

Supervisor Kathryn Barger on Tuesday honored the Republic of Artsakh’s Foreign Minister David Babayan by presenting a scroll at the Board of Supervisors’ meeting to commemorate the alliance and solidarity between Los Angeles County and Artsakh.  The commemoration took place on the two-year anniversary of Azerbaijan and Turkey’s six-week war on Artsakh.  Supervisor Barger shared […]

Sharlene Faye Grant

Sharlene Faye Grant

Jan. 18, 1948 – Aug. 2, 2022 “And the child born on the Sabbath Day is bonny and blithe and good and gay.” Sharlene Faye Grant (nee) Smith was born on a bright Sunday morning on Jan. 18, 1948 in the city she would love all her life, San Francisco. After completing grade school in […]

Susan Lynn Kilpatrick

Susan Lynn Kilpatrick

Dec. 30, 1955 – June 24, 2022   The community is invited to a celebration of life for Susan Lynn Kilpatrick on Saturday, Oct. 8 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at St. Luke’s of the Mountains, 2563 Foothill Blvd. in La Crescenta. Those who would like to attend should visit www.suekilpatrick.com and click on […]