By Mary O’KEEFE This weekend my grandson had a sleepover at our home. On Sunday my son and daughter-in-law invited me to meet them at the Autry Museum. It was the “Great Big Family Play Day at The Autry in Griffith Park” and when they stated “great big” that is exactly what they meant. There […]
Rosemont Preserve Restoration Day The community is invited to the Rosemont Preserve Restoration Day on Saturday, May 13 from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. to help protect the natural habitat at Rosemont Preserve. Volunteers will be working on the trail, weeding the demonstration garden and removing invasive plants that pose a fire danger to the […]
By Lynn SHER Last Thursday students from La Crescenta Elementary’s Garden Club attended an in-depth presentation about bees by Mary Landau and Jay Weiss of the LA County Beekeepers Association. According to its website, the LA County Beekeepers Association formed in 1873 “to foster the interest of bee culture and beekeeping within Los Angeles County.” […]
By Ruth SOWBY “Kritters” almost outnumbered people at the Montrose Harvest Market on Sunday. Family dogs, therapy dogs, rescue dogs, a petting zoo and “exotic” animal shows took center stage at this 11th annual event sponsored by the merchants of the Montrose Shopping Park Assn. If animals weren’t your thing, there was plenty of produce, […]
May 6 1300 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge, a vendor reported that as she was working her jewelry booth at the Harvest Market she witnessed a male and female walk up to her booth and look at various jewelry pieces. They asked what her most expensive item was; she pointed to a […]
Registration is open for LCPC Parent Education’s popular “The Art of Fatherhood: Series 7.” This four-week Parent Express class started on May 10 and will meet on Wednesday nights from 7-8:30 p.m. through May 31. Led by father of two Ron Chiu, this series will feature a weekly panel of seasoned fathers reflecting on the […]
Plenty of Opportunities to Serve the Community By Katie O’BRIEN The Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council (STNC) opened its doors to public for in-person meetings after three years of Zoom meetings due to the pandemic. The main purpose of neighborhood councils is to promote more citizen participation in government and make government more responsive to local needs. […]
State Senator Anthony J. Portantino was presented with the Pontifical Encyclical of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians and honored with the prestigious St. Nerses Shnorhali Medal in recognition of his years of support of the Armenian American community. The Senator received the honor on April 27 during a reception […]
By Lynn SHER May is Mental Health Awareness Month in the United States. Mental Health America began this tradition in 1949 (though initially it started as Mental Health Week) to educate Americans about mental illness and mental health treatments. For the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) this year’s theme is “More Than Enough.” The […]
The Glendale Police Dept. has arrested a male suspected in the 2021 death of a Glendale/La Crescenta teenager. Twenty-three-year-old Heriberto Galvan of North Hollywood was arrested Friday, May 5 in association with the death of Tevan Gevorkian. In December 2021, Gevorkian died after he and a friend unknowingly ingested fentanyl in Glendale. The friend also […]