Questions About Today’s Real Estate? Ask Phyllis! Is it okay to allow the buyer early possession to the property? My vacant home is in escrow. The buyer had his inspection and we worked out those details. The buyer has asked my Realtor® if he can move in early because the home he is living in […]
Charles Elachi, director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, has announced three personnel appointments effective on Aug. 15. Firouz M. Naderi has been named the director for Solar System Exploration. Naderi has been serving as JPL’s associate director for Project Formulation and Strategy, a position that will now be filled by Jakob van Zyl. […]
Public treated to the sounds of J.D. Hall Band and Cal Bennett. By Mary O’KEEFE Two Strike Park hosted an afternoon of jazz on Saturday. The day began with the sounds of the J.D. Hall Band and their jazz/rock mix and ended with the classical jazz sound of Cal Bennett from the Los Angeles County […]
California Superior Court judge and former local Congressman James E. Rogan told an audience of local Republicans of the behind the scenes events of the Clinton impeachment hearings and Senate trial in the 1990s. Rogan appeared at the summer social of the La Cañada Flintridge Republican Club held at the home of Mary and Leonard […]
The Desi Geestman Foundation and The Crescenta Valley Sheriff Support Group held their Annual Golf Classic July 18 at the La Cañada Flintridge Country Club. Seventy-six members of the community participated including four players from the Glendale College golf team that were sponsored by J’s Maintenance. Thanks to the major tournament sponsors, The Cal Tech […]
Capt. Dave Silversparre of the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station congratulated Sgt. Gary Ogurek for completing 35 years of service to the citizens of Los Angeles County. Sgt. Ogurek has had a full career that includes serving as an intern at Lakewood and Carson stations; a service assistant at Sheriff’s Automotive at the Firestone and Lynwood […]
Luncheon offers opportunity to celebrate local businesswomen, learn about legislative developments and progress. By Mary O’KEEFE The 12th Annual Women in Business luncheon was held on Friday at The Castaway restaurant in Burbank. California State Legislators, Senator Carol Liu and Assemblymembers Mike Gatto and Anthony Portantino presented the event. The women honored were from the […]
The members of the Kiwanis Club of La Cañada learned recently that there are 45,000 toxins in the air we breathe everyday. Barbara Spiegel, M.A. guest speaker at the Wednesday luncheon meeting of the club held at Van de Kamp Hall at Descanso Gardens, revealed some frightening statistics about toxins in our environment. “You must […]
Dear Phyllis, My home has been for sale for over a month. After the Realtor’s® open house, I had a few showings but that was it. Although I am on a quiet street with a lot of desirable upgrades, my Realtor® has yet to show my home. How do you suggest I motivate her? Frustrated […]
John Callow from La Cañada received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Whitman College at the 2011 commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 22. A total of 378 degrees were conferred at the ceremony in front of an estimated crowd of 4,000 students, faculty, staff and visiting guests. This year’s commencement speaker and recipient of an […]