Veterans Corner July 2020

By Blake HYFIELD Tools, resources and information women veterans need. In this time of physical distancing, the VA knows it’s easy for women veterans to feel isolated. Life plans and health can change in an instant. That is why VA is working to remove barriers and improve access to essential services. These services include reproductive […]

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PLANT-BASED PROTEIN FOR CANCER PATIENTS A program to show how to make protein-based bites for cancer patients will be given online by the Cancer Support Community-Pasadena on Wednesday, Aug. 5 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Malinda Hutchins, wellness coach and former cancer patient, will tell how she recovered her health and will share the […]

Treasures of the Valley » Mike Lawler

The Robert E. Lee Military Academy Scandal – Part One It’s hard to believe that La Crescenta had its own military academy, let alone one named for one of the opposing generals of our Civil War. Yet it was true. And a minor incident there spurred a scandal that attracted national attention. The story starts […]

News from the CVWD

Update on Conversion to Chloramines   The Crescenta Valley Water District (CVWD) will begin using chloramine instead of chlorine to disinfect drinking water supplies by the end of the year 2020. In 2018, CVWD’s board of directors voted to switch to this popular disinfection method because of a buildup of byproducts from the chlorine treatment […]

Weather in the Foothills

“When we contemplate the whole globe as one great dewdrop, striped and dotted with continents and islands, flying through space with other stars all singing and shining together as one, the whole universe appears as an infinite storm of beauty.” ~ John Muir This week, two tropical disturbances will have threatened parts of the United […]

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

The Philosophy Difference Between the Left and Right This is how I see it, of course. The two sides – the Left and the Right – are so different and opposite that it is not hard to see why our country is so divided. It is also obvious why our parties have achieved little in […]

NOTES & NODS

This Week at LCIF “Couch Church, Fellowship and Prayers” continues for the foreseeable future at Lutheran Church of the Foothills. Worship services stream on the church’s Facebook page and YouTube Channel at 10 a.m. on Sundays then videos are available on the church’s website at www.lcifoothills.org, Facebook page at facebook.com/Lcifoothills/videos and on the church’s YouTube […]

Janet Anne Southwick Servatius

July 31, 1944 – July 7, 2020 Janet Anne Southwick Servatius, a resident of Santa Barbara, passed away at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital on July 7. She was 75 years old. She was born on July 31, 1944 in Santa Maria, California. Janet’s parents were Linus E. Southwick II and Helen Drummond Southwick. From Santa […]

SCE Outage in Pinecrest Area

For the last few days, several Southern California Edison customers in the area of Hopeton and Pine Cone roads in La Crescenta have been getting their power from SCE generators after a “failed underground conductor cable,” said Dave Ford, SCE spokesman. Crews have been working on the issue and are expecting to have the cable […]

LA County Updates Its COVID-19 Numbers

Today, July 24, the Los Angeles County Dept. of Public Health (Public Health) has confirmed 44 new deaths and 1,949 new cases of COVID-19. The lower number of cases are, in part, due to lab result reporting delays in the state electronic lab system. The number of cases is expected to increase in the coming […]