Historical ‘Asian Hate’ in the Foothills The phenomenon of “Asian hate,” or prejudice against Americans of Asian descent, has unfortunately been in the news lately. Locally, Korean Americans are a huge part of our community and I’m sure that some of them could point to incidents that have happened to them recently. Looking at the […]
corrected Sept. 3. Corrections in bold. By Brandon HENSLEY There were signs hung along the rails on the Crescenta Valley fans’ side to welcome back the football team. Excitement, at least for the first couple of minutes, was in the air for the first game of the 2021 season against Newbury Park on Aug. […]
Laughter is the Best … Not long ago, a coworker came into my office, plopped down in a chair and said, “Tell me something funny. If I don’t laugh right now, I am going to cry!” Without pausing to ask her what was wrong, I launched into a story about the time my mom accidently […]
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The USDA Forest Service announced that the Angeles National Forest will be temporarily closed from Aug. 31 at 11:59 p.m. through Sept.17 at 11:59 p.m. The closure of the forest will affect some roads in the local area. Upper Big Tujunga Canyon Road from Angeles Forest Hwy to Angeles Crest Hwy will be closed. Angeles […]
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For 20 years, the Early Rodders have gathered to share their love of things that go zoom. By Mary O’KEEFE Twenty years ago Rick Chew drove his hot rod to Goldstein’s Bagels, which used to be located at the Regal United Artists theater complex at 1919 Verdugo Blvd. in La Cañada. He stared at the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE At a recent meeting of the Historical Society of the Crescenta Valley, Joanna Linkchorst, the president of Friends of Rockhaven, and members of the Historical Society of Crescenta Valley shared information on the history of Rockhaven Sanitarium and the recently announced $8 million state grant. “We don’t know” was the answer Linkchorst […]
The Glendale Community College board of trustees voted at its Aug. 17 meeting to require all students, faculty and staff to be fully vaccinated to access District facilities including the Verdugo, Garfield and Montrose campuses beginning Oct. 31. The board took action at Tuesday night’s meeting in response to the rise in Delta variant COVID-19 […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Going back to school, especially this year, can be stressful. A lot of attention has been paid, and rightly so, to the threat of the new COVID-19 Delta variant fueling rising numbers of COVID patients, including children. Returning to in-person learning after nearly two years of virtual learning is also an adjustment. […]