GEF Presenting Film Screening The Glendale Educational Foundation will host the film, “Most Likely to Succeed” tonight, April 21, at the Alex Theatre in Glendale at 6:30 p.m. followed by a panel discussion moderated by GCC Trustee Tony Tartaglia. The film is about High Tech High School in San Diego – an innovative, hands-on model […]
Hometown Fun Well, the cold that I earned at the 24-hour, rainy Relay for Life April 9-10 arrived full steam. I am stuffy-headed and feeling bleh – but I carry on. Thankfully I wasn’t too pooped on Saturday not to take part in the 11th Annual Hometown Country Fair. I’ve been at just about every […]
“I hear the wind among the trees Playing the celestial symphonies; I see the branches downward bent, Like keys of some great instrument.” ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “A Day of Sunshine” Wind … I have always loved the sound of the wind. There seems to be spiritual element interwoven within each gust blowing through […]
By Mary O’KEEFE “We are not makers of history. We are made by history.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr. The past is part of society and what society does with that knowledge is what defines it. Descendants of the Armenian community are keeping a piece of their tragic past alive, not only to remember and […]
By Dylan SYLVESTER Movie lovers and history fanatics alike would be surprised by some of the historical movie treasures that are hidden in local neighborhoods. At this month’s meeting of the Historical Society of the Crescenta Valley, held at the Center for Spiritual Living, some of these sites were revealed. Presenter Craig Durst, a movie […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Saturday’s Hometown Country Fair experienced some winds but no rain or high temperatures so all and all it was a great day for a fair. “I think this year’s Hometown Country Fair was one of the best attended,” said Calvin “Kaipo” Chock, president of the Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce, sponsor of […]
With a listing in the National Register of Historic Places expected in the next 45 days, Friends of Rockhaven hope another of protection for the property has been added. By Mary O’KEEFE This week Rockhaven Sanitarium’s nomination by the State Historical Resources Commission was approved. This means the approval will be forwarded to the Keeper […]
By Mary O’KEEFE This week’s news that all Sport Chalet stores will be closed ends an era of the once retail sporting goods giant in the city of La Cañada Flintridge. “After reviewing numerous strategies to strengthen our financial foundation, Vestis Retail Group, the parent company of Eastern Mountain Sports, Bob’s Stores and Sport Chalet, […]
By Mary O’KEEFE There are seats still available at the table for the Crescenta Valley 5th Annual Prayer Breakfast on Saturday held at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. At its foundation the community prayer breakfast is a way to get those of various faiths to sit down and have a meal together, […]
A vehicle crashed into a brick retaining wall behind the bus stop on the northwest corner of Ocean View and Foothill boulevards on Saturday at about 5:30 p.m. Witnesses reported the female driver was in the number two lane traveling northbound on Ocean View Boulevard and was preparing to turn left. As she was turning […]