Montrose Chamber Continues Holiday Bingo The Montrose Holiday Bingo continues. Participants are encouraged to shop or purchase gift certificates at five small businesses in a row and win one of 16 prizes ($20+ retail value) available. Some of the prizes include YMCA 90-day membership, hair products, $25 MasterCard gift card, beauty products, fit kit, wellness […]
“Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning of hand.” ~Henry David Thoreau Days of miracles. The Jewish celebration of Hanukkah comes to an end tonight, Thursday evening, and the Christian celebration of Christmas arrives next week on Friday. Hanukkah isn’t associated with any style of […]
The Glendale City Church has, for decades, provided an outstanding Christmas concert enjoyed by the entire community. This year’s concert will be no different, except it will be virtual. The concert will premiere on the church’s YouTube channel (www.YouTube.com/c/GlendaleCityChurch) at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 18. The concert will include singers from the Glendale City […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn has already begun and will appear closest to each other on Dec. 21. Although some refer to this as the “Christmas Star” it is actually not a star at all. On Dec. 21, Jupiter and Saturn will be 0.1 degree apart. For many it will […]
The Christmas Spirit For many of us, finding and holding onto the Christmas spirit is particularly difficult this season. The pandemic, with all of its restrictions, has lasted so much longer than we expected. There have been few, if any, holiday parties. Getting together has been all but forbidden. The rules, too, have not been […]
’Twas weeks before Christmas and all through the town, People wore masks that covered their frown. The frown had begun way back in the spring, When a global pandemic changed everything. They called it corona but unlike the beer, It didn’t bring good times, it didn’t bring cheer. Airplanes were grounded, travel was banned. Borders […]
By Lori BODNAR, intern Charlotte Acosta, an eighth grader at Holy Redeemer-St. James School, recently completed a service project with Operation Christmas Child. Operation Christmas Child is run by Samaritan’s Purse organization. The purpose of Operation Christmas Child is to bring boxes filled with gifts to children all over the world, while spreading the word […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in Los Angeles and staff members at USC Verdugo Hills Hospital have rolled up their sleeves, ready for their shots. “Our plan is to pick up [the vaccine today] and start rolling it out to staff,” said USC-VHH CEO Keith Hobbs. The hospital will be receiving the […]
By Charly SHELTON Joe Rinaudo may not be a name that everyone in the Crescenta Valley recognizes right away. But many who have spent a summer evening at Two Strike Park watching silent films will recognize his face. Rinaudo is the stalwart facilitator of the summer nighttime silent film event hosted by the Historical Society […]
By Julie BUTCHER Glendale City Councilmember Paula Devine listed a number of questions for city staff to open this week’s meeting of the council, first questioning the recyclability of flocked Christmas trees (they are not recyclable – but the city picks them up and processes them along with the recyclable ones), then inquiring about the […]