By Mary O’KEEFE For those who remember their parents or grandparents baking brown bread or who love a good Irish breakfast and real English tea, there is a store close to the Crescenta Valley that is filled with these hard-to-find foods and items that awaken memories from across the pond. Kitty O’Shea’s Irish Imports is […]
Local families in need have been the focus of the community outreach committee of the Assistance League of Flintridge (ALF). The committee identifies areas of need and provides items and services funded by ALF Bargain Box Thrift Shop revenue. In December, the committee filled shopping carts with toys for foster children who attend Sunland and […]
Setting out to enhance and beautify the healing environment of USC Verdugo Hills Hospital for its patients, families and staff, a group of dedicated individuals have created a healing arts program that has grown and blossomed into ongoing installations and exhibitions from the community’s local artists. The Healing Arts Committee selects pieces from local artists, […]
CV Weekly recently boarded the American Queen steamboat and traveled from New Orleans to Memphis, courtesy of Audri Ferguson and Stephanie Levy. American Queen is reputed to be the largest steamboat ever built, and is a gracious and elegant triumph of American ingenuity. In the photo with Audri and Stephanie is Captain Bobby Duncan. CV […]
The March meeting of the La Cañada Flintridge Orthopedic Guild (LCFOG) was held at the Orthopaedic Institute for Children (OIC) in downtown Los Angeles. The Guild enjoyed a lunch provided by OIC and was guided on a site tour by Karla Delgado, assistant director of Development and Community Outreach and Michael Willis, manager, Volunteer Services […]
La Cañada Flintridge resident Sean King, Class of 2020 at Connecticut College in New London, has been named to the dean’s list for the 2018 fall semester, achieving dean’s honors. King is a computer science major. Founded in 1911, Connecticut College is a highly selective private liberal college located on a 750-acre arboretum campus overlooking […]
The La Cañada Thursday Club’s Community Relations Committee (CRC) opened the Clubhouse doors to members of the foothill communities on Sunday, March 17 for the program “Bionic Boomers: Joint Replacement.” Three prominent orthopaedic surgeons from Keck USC Medical gave informative presentations on hip, knee, shoulder and ankle replacement procedures. The guest speakers – Dr. Paul […]
By Charly SHELTON On Saturday, Montrose Shopping Park played host to folks enjoying an assortment of wines, hors d’oeuvres and community interaction at the annual Spring Wine Walk. Across the shopping park, 29 shops and restaurants opened their doors from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. to welcome guests to sample wines and make new friends. […]
La Cañada native Anita Prata will introduce the future of fitness to the Crescenta Valley with the opening of the first Haute Infrared Studio. Haute is the creator of the Jump Sauna System designed to target the stored toxins in the body’s cells, the culprit of aging and stagnant fitness results. The private and state-of-the-art […]
Spending Christmas in Vietnam BLAKE HYFIELD VA Announces Access Standards for Health Care The Dept. of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced in late January its proposed access standards for community care and urgent care provisions that will take effect in June and guide when veterans can seek care to meet their needs under the MISSION Act […]