Dorothy Skiles, long time resident and Sunland-Tujunga’s poet laureate for 2012-14, will be giving a farewell reading at the upcoming Village Poets of Sunland-Tujunga’s Monthly Poetry Reading Series. The community is invited to the event that will be held on Sunday, Feb. 23 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Bolton Hall Museum. Skiles’ poetry […]
Corey Nalley, manager of Crescenta Valley Tow, has been working the Tournament of Roses Parade for 14 years. Though CV Tow has been involved with the parade for over 20 years – all the tow truck drivers are assigned a corner in case they are needed – the 2014 event offered Nalley the opportunity to […]
On Feb. 7, hundreds of Dilbeck sales partners gathered at the Pickwick Gardens Conference Center in Burbank to attend Dilbeck’s annual kickoff event. Mark Dilbeck began with a market update and announcements regarding new company initiatives, among them the updated marketing postcard library and their availability. Featured speaker was Robert Watson who gave a presentation […]
By Kevork KURDOGHLIAN The first meeting of the new year of the Cañada Crescenta Democratic Club was held at the home of Anthony and Ellen Portantino in La Cañada Flintridge on Jan. 26. The guest speakers were Patrick Gomez, a candidate for Los Angeles County Sheriff, and Peter Dreier, a professor of politics at Occidental […]
Ask Phyllis! Selling A Vacant Home? Dear Phyllis, I received a job transfer and we purchased another home in North Carolina. Our present home is currently listed for sale. We had movers scheduled to take our furniture to our new home, but my real estate agent told us that once our home is emptied it will […]
Water and Power Community Credit Union of Los Angeles will help send a lucky teen to tryouts for the popular TV show “America’s Got Talent” as part of its campaign to raise awareness of teens actively taking responsibly and ownership over their financial future. Ricky Garcia, 18, of New Mexico, won the chance to travel […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY The Glendale Educational Foundation feted three of its graduates at the annual Dancing with Diamonds event held on Friday night at the Glendale Hilton. The foundation is tasked with generating funds to enrich and enhance the programs and projects of the Glendale Unified School District, according to its mission statement. The Dancing […]
Work continues on this year’s Showcase House of Design. Originally known as The Flint House for its first owners Robert and Margaret Flint, the 8,200 square foot house featured 17 rooms, and was built at a cost of $28,000, compared with the $5,000 cost of an average home of that time. Another noted owner […]
Emelita S. L. Bituin, vice president and manager of Citizens Business Bank, La Cañada Flintridge Business Financial Center presented a check for $6,500 to Tyler S. Wright president and CEO, and Kim Beattie, director of Financial Development, of the YMCA of the Foothills. The check is a result of the 2nd Annual Region 3 Citizens […]
The Glendale Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting on Jan. 30 for the accounting firm of Hutchinson and Bloodgood. From left are partners Mike Benneian, Doug Kawamura, Jenny Chen, Sahak Loussinian, Gary Carruthers, Mark Hennelly, Joe Muriello, Pete Weir, Rex Poulsen, Steve Throop, Gerard Mekhsian, Bill Eckenrod, Mica Miyamoto, Ed Cheeseman, Scott Suekawa and […]