By Bethany BROWN The Montrose Shopping Park Association (MSPA) held its 38th annual Arts & Crafts Festival on Saturday, June 4 and Sunday, June 5. People gathered from far and wide to enjoy the more than 250 vendors who came to share their handcrafted passions with the people of Montrose – some vendors even joined […]
By Bethany BROWN The Montrose Shopping Park Association (MSPA) will hold its annual Arts & Crafts Festival on Saturday, June 4 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, June 5 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The weekend of festivities marks an official return to its “normal” schedule post pandemic. The Festival was canceled […]
By Bethany BROWN Thousands of students staged walkouts at schools and college campuses across the country last Thursday to demand stricter gun control following the recent massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas that left 19 students and two teachers dead. Starting at noon over 150 Crescenta Valley High School students left class and […]
By Bethany BROWN The La Cañada Engineering Club (LCEC) held an evening of meditation for La Cañada High School students as they push through the final stretch of the spring semester and prepare to conquer final exams. Staff, mentors, family members and other residents in the community were also welcomed to attend on Friday, May […]
By Bethany BROWN The month of May has been nationally recognized as Mental Health Awareness Month since 1949 and organizations like NAMI – National Alliance on Mental Illness – work tirelessly to fight stigma, provide support, educate the public and advocate for policies that support people with mental illnesses and their families. Many events are […]
By Bethany BROWN USC Verdugo Hills Hospital celebrated National Nurses Week (May 6 to May 12) by hosting wellness events, music concerts, continuing education and professional development opportunities. It also held recognition ceremonies for nurses’ professional contributions and clinical achievements. The intent was to recognize in-house nurses for their many sacrifices and contributions. Two well-respected […]
By Bethany BROWN During an investigation into an alleged assault with a firearm in Tujunga on Friday, Los Angeles Police Dept. identified a male suspect who led them to a La Crescenta neighborhood. The initial call of an assault with a deadly weapon in Tujunga was made about noon. LAPD obtained a search warrant and […]
By Bethany BROWN The 47th Annual Fiesta Days Run, sponsored by YMCA of the Foothills in partnership with USC Verdugo Hills Hospital, takes place on May 30 on Memorial Day. Interested individuals and families can choose from the one-mile Family Fun Run, a 5K walk/run or a 10K run and may register online at ymcafoothills.org/fiesta-days. […]
Local hospital now provides immediate help to people in cardiac distress. By Bethany BROWN The USC Verdugo Hills Hospital held a celebratory opening of its newly developed Interventional Radiology/Cardiac Catheterization Lab (IR Cath Lab) on April 28. The lab had been in construction for just over a year and marks a huge leap in […]
By Bethany BROWN The Pasadena Police Dept. (PPD) Air Operations Section hosted its 31st annual airborne law enforcement fly-in training and lunch at the Rose Bowl Stadium on April 27. Helicopter crews from more than 30 public safety agencies statewide staged and landed in the emergency preparedness exercise. While the event was closed to the […]