By Charly SHELTON and Mary O’KEEFE For those who attended the annual Crescenta Valley Fireworks display on July 4 at La Crescenta Elementary, there was a bit of a disconnect between the music, the sky and the audience. Music played in bits and pieces, fireworks went off out-of-sync and sometimes not at all. Many were […]
Feb. 16, 1924 – June 25, 2015 Born in Glendive, Montana, Howard was one of four children born to Mahlon and Estella Heath. He spent his early childhood there on a small ranch before the family moved to Marion, Iowa. Howard enjoyed playing the saxophone in the band and orchestra at Marion High School where […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A young girl is nursing a painful reminder that California is “rattlesnake country” after she encountered one while hiking with fellow campers at Tom Sawyer Camps on Monday. The girl was bitten on the ankle by a rattlesnake while hiking on a road in the Hahamongna Watershed Park in Pasadena. “They were […]
By Jason KUROSU Even though summer is not officially a month old, the Montrose Search and Rescue volunteers have kept busy as activity has yet to slow down in the Angeles National Forest, as wondrous as it is perilous for motorists and hikers. During the months of June and July, noteworthy incidents in the Angeles […]
By Mary O’KEEFE During July’s Montrose Shopping Park Assn. meeting on Thursday morning, Jess Duran, director of Community Services and Parks, and Chris Peplow answered board questions concerning the recent clearing and planting of areas along Honolulu Avenue. The board’s overwhelming concern was the long barren areas along the avenue where plants had been taken […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A new Assembly District Election Meeting (ADEM) will be held for the 43rd Assembly District on Sunday, July 19. “The reason the ADEM is being held again is due to a decision of the CDP (California Democratic Party) Compliance Review Commission, as modified on appeal by the CDP’s Credentials Committee,” according to […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Community meetings begin tonight to gather input from the public on the characteristics, attributes, and skills that the next GUSD superintendent should possess, according to a GUSD statement. The first meeting is being held at Crescenta Valley High School MacDonald Auditorium in the 4400 block of Ramsdell Ave. in La Crescenta. The […]
By Samantha SLAYBACK hat’s red and white and hard to find? A certain beanie-clad explorer who’s hiding all over La Cañada this July in honor of “Where’s Waldo?” Month. The elusive Waldo has been wandering since the first searching book was published in 1987. Since then numerous intricately illustrated books have been dedicated to […]
SuperScoopers are Coming L.A. County Mayor Michael D. Antonovich announced that the two CL-415 SuperScoopers firefighting aircraft leased from the government of Quebec will arrive for service in Los Angeles County on Sept. 1. SuperScoopers are a fixed-wing aircraft that can carry up to 1,620 gallons of water and takes only 12 seconds to scoop […]
By Ted AYALA A special meeting convened Tuesday morning saw the Glendale City Council in agreement over potential changes to how decisions are delegated at the Bob Hope Airport’s Airport Authority. The nine members that make up the Airport Authority – which consists of three commissioners each from Burbank, Glendale and Pasadena – would require […]