Revisiting and Recommitting New Year’s Resolutions Well, we’re about 45 days into the New Year – how are you doing on your resolutions? Losing weight is the No. 1 New Year’s resolution according to staticbrain.com and, if you’re anything like me, making the resolution is a mere memory at this point. After all, it’s hard […]
“Oh, give me a home… Where the skies are not cloudy all day… How often at night, the heavens are bright. With the lights from the glittering stars…” “My Western Home,” excerpts of poem by Brewster Higley, 1870s Later became “Home On The Range” While Boston lies buried beneath 65 inches of snow – […]
By Isiah REYES People who exercise without watching what they eat, and vice versa, will not see any substantial results. That’s what Linda Taix, owner and founder of Extreme Boot Camp and Taix Workout Studio in La Cañada, believes. She added that being more fit helps stimulate the endorphins, resulting in a more relaxed state […]
CVTC Meets Tonight Attendees to the CV Town Council meeting tonight, Thursday, Feb 19 will be greeted with a full agenda. Among the items that will be discussed is the California High Speed Rail Authority http://www.hsr.ca.gov/ and tentative plans to build a high-speed rail in nearby areas. Also on the agenda is S.A.F.E (Save the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Crescenta Valley has been compared, several times, to Mayberry, that iconic little town where everyone knows everyone and help is never further than a neighbor away. The reason CV is raised to this level of the classic depiction of American life is because of the people who not just live here, […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Tonight, Thursday, Feb. 19 the Crescenta Valley Town Council will be hosting a discussion concerning the California High Speed Rail Authority. The council will host a representative from the Authority as well as a representative from S.A.V.E. (Save Angeles Forest for Everyone), a group of residents from the area that is […]
On Saturday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. members from Prom Plus Club, Fire House and students from Crescenta Valley High School’s drama department will be holding a Rummage Sale. Monies raised will go toward all the two organizations and toward students who will be traveling to Greece this year with the school’s drama department. […]
Feb. 14 1900 block of Lombardy Drive in La Cañada Flintridge, several checks were stolen from an unlocked vehicle parked in an unlocked garage between 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Feb. 13 500 block of Meadowview Drive in La Cañada, a floor safe with personal items, jewelry and a handgun were stolen and several […]
By Samantha SLAYBACK Two months into the New Year many people are just beginning to think about filing their taxes, while others are giving up on New Year’s resolutions and some are still recovering from the holidays. However, for one community member it has already proven to be a successful year. Richard Toyon started […]
By Isiah REYES Montrose will be celebrating its 102nd birthday by inviting everyone to enjoy music, retail booths and more on Feb. 22 in the Montrose Shopping Park. To celebrate Founders Day, local restaurant Zeke’s Smokehouse will host a Rancho-style barbecue in the 2200 block of Honolulu Avenue at Verdugo Road alongside a beer and […]