IN Brief

Night of Dance and Jazz Jazz Night at the Café, a fundraiser for the Crescenta Valley High School Instrumental Music Dept., is on Friday night, Feb. 3 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the school’s cafeteria. For those who may feel they need a little guidance there are lessons included in the ticket price. […]

Ascencia Holds Annual Gala

Ascencia Holds Annual Gala

By Robin GOLDSWORTHY Ascencia, the Glendale-based program that works to “lift people out of homelessness,” hosted an extravagant Spanish Night on the Sunset Express at Union Station on Saturday night. The fundraiser offered a look into the work done by the organization while celebrating the service and philanthropy of the Glendale Chapter of NCL, Inc. […]

Get Ready To Dance

Get Ready To Dance

Dance fever is about to hit the Crescenta Valley at the annual Jazz Night at the Café. By Mary O’KEEFE t was August 1935 at the Palomar Ballroom in Los Angeles when Benny Goodman and his band played a live radio broadcast and America, and dance, would never be the same. Goodman, both as a […]

CRIME BLOTTER

Jan. 20 3000 block of Alabama Street in La Crescenta, jewelry, cash and an iPhone were stolen during a birthday party at the location at 8 p.m. Jan. 19 2100 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada, the exterior and interior doors of a business were damaged and a cash register along with its contents […]

Not Ready Yet for Rain to Go Away

Not Ready Yet for Rain to Go Away

By Charly SHELTON With the recent series of storms to hit the California coast in the last few weeks, news sources across the country are declaring the drought over, or nearly so. Figures are being thrown out from its being 40% over to 80% over and everywhere in between. The most common statistic is that […]

Senator Portantino Introduces Fertility Preservation Bill

Sen. Anthony J. Portantino introduced legislation that will provide cancer patients, as well as others fighting diseases through aggressive treatments, the options to protect their fertility if those treatments jeopardize it. “It just doesn’t seem right that anyone should have to choose between fighting cancer and his or her ability to have children,” said Portantino. […]

The Many Benefits of Planting Native Trees and Plants Shared

The Many Benefits of Planting Native Trees and Plants Shared

By Pat KRAMER hree years ago, Sunland–Tujunga resident Eve Sinclair tore out her lawn and replaced it with a drought-tolerant landscape, including native plants, after learning how they attract pollinators and wildlife, which then leads to a healthy food web. Since doing so, she said she now has a partnership with the native plants and […]

Student Anxiety Explored

Student Anxiety Explored

By Mary O’KEEFE In a continuing effort to reach out to students and parents concerning pressures that kids face in school and in life, the Crescenta Valley High School administration and community are presenting  “Parent Informational Session: Student Anxiety.” The meeting will be hosted by Pam Erdman, a marriage and family therapist. For years Erdman […]

Personal Perspectives

Women’s March LA By Mary O’KEEFE I have attended a few protests/marches in the past but the Women’s March LA was different in a positive way. This latest political season has been extremely negative and, as a reporter, I did not have the luxury of just turning away from the battle but instead had an […]

Quiet Zone Press Conference

By Brian CHERNECK Glendale City Council and Metrolink celebrated Wednesday the establishment of the city’s first three railroad “Quiet Zones” at Sonora Avenue, Grandview Avenue and Flower Street crossings along San Fernando Road. The quiet zones will go into effect Jan. 28 and will be on a 24-hour, seven days a week basis. Ordinarily, trains […]