Children’s Entrepreneur Market Opens in Glendale

Children’s Entrepreneur Market Opens in Glendale

By Ruth SOWBY The Children’s Entrepreneur Market on July 9 partnered with the City of Glendale Community Services & Parks Dept. to bring a youth-run market to Verdugo Park. Held alongside Summer Concerts in the Park, the free event is run entirely by young entrepreneurs ages 5-17.  Francine Joson, assistant manager for Orange County Metro, told […]

The 44th Lotus Festival Attracts Thousands to Echo Park Lake

The 44th Lotus Festival Attracts Thousands to Echo Park Lake

By Ruth SOWBY For two days in July the Lotus Festival brings together communities to honor the diversity and contributions of the Asian Pacific Islander communities of Southern California. This year, the weekend of July 12 and 13 marked the 44th year of celebration timed with the blooming of the lotus flowers of Echo Park Lake, located just […]

Bread and Cookies

Bread and Cookies

Elizabeth “Lizzy” Barnes makes the sourdough bread and cookies she sells in front of her Glendale home located near the corner of Howard and Mountain streets. She’s open for business on summer afternoons whenever she makes an extra batch of goods.

Family Summer Fun at Discovery Cube

Discovery Cube is a leading Southern California children’s science museum. It is opening its doors all summer long to Southern California families looking for a place to cool off and enjoy science-riffic exhibits and activities.  The Rescue Exhibition is now open at Discovery Cube Los Angeles, 11800 Foothill Blvd. in Sylmar, through Sept. 1. This […]

UCLA Honors Rocker Ronnie James Dio 

Ronnie James Dio, the heavy metal music icon who succumbed to gastric cancer in 2010, was honored July 10 – on what would have been his 83rd birthday – by the non-profit founded in his memory with the dedication of a room in the UCLA Center for Oral/Head & Neck Oncology Research (COOR), embedded within […]

Scholarship Winners Shine at Glendale Latino Assn. Breakfast

Scholarship Winners Shine at Glendale Latino Assn. Breakfast

By Ruth SOWBY Glendale Mayor Ara Najarian kicked off the GLA scholarship breakfast on June 26 at the Oakmont Country Club with greetings from the City followed by opening remarks by GLA President J. Guillermo Garcia. Mistress of ceremonies Ana Gabrielian introduced the presentation of colors.     Hon. Maria Lucy Armendariz, judge of the LA County […]

Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy Celebrates the Class of 2025 TOLOGS

Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy Celebrates the Class of 2025 TOLOGS

Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy celebrated the 89 seniors of the Class of 2025. This year’s graduates are charging into the future with bold ambition, especially in STEM. Among the most popular intended college majors are biological sciences, engineering, nursing, and psychology – reflecting a clear commitment to innovation, inquiry and impact. Their interests span from […]

TASTY TREATS <<< CHEF RANDY GRAHAM

TASTY TREATS <<< CHEF RANDY GRAHAM

Zucchini Fritters Wikipedia defines a fritter as “any kind of food coated in batter and deep fried.” I generally take anything I read in Wikipedia with a grain of salt. I’m thinking of sending in a revision to its definition because our zucchini fritters are not coated in batter  but they taste just as good […]

Village Poets Welcomes Hilda Weiss and Maja Trochimczyk

Breaking with tradition, Village Poets of Sunland-Tujunga will hold its monthly reading on the third Sunday of the month in July rather than on the fourth Sunday.  Poets Hilda Weiss and Maja Trochimczyk will feature on Sunday, July 20 at 4:30 p.m. at Bolton Hall Museum. There will also be an open mic and poets […]

Dignity Health Emphasizes Preventive Care for Men

Men in the U.S. die on average nearly five years earlier than women despite many of the top health risks being preventable. With a life expectancy of just 76.1 years, men face higher rates of chronic illness, mental health struggles and premature death. Yet many delay or avoid the care that could change those outcomes. […]

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