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• A decade of working hard

  Story | Feb 15, 2012 | 1:29 PM
  Extreme Bootcamp, a La Cañada-based fitness business, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this month. The local fitness program, which was founded on Feb. 1, 2002 by personal trainer Linda Taix, consists of six weeks of outdoor exercise and a nutrition program. The program has grown into a franchise, with 12 locations in the Los Angeles area. Taix, who also owns Taix Workout Studio on Foothill Boulevard, said that she thought the reason her business has been successful for a decade is that it offers an...

• Updated: Filmmaker commits suicide by driving off Angeles Crest Highway cliff

  Story | Aug 29, 2012 | 9:00 AM
  

  Documentary film producer Brian Gerber took his own life late Tuesday or early Wednesday by steering his car off a cliff on Angeles Crest Highway, according to county officials. Ed Winter, assistant chief at the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office, confirmed that Gerber’s body was found near mile marker 31 at 7:35 a.m. Wednesday. Winter said investigators found a suicide note by the highway, near where the car went off the side. Gerber, 41, produced the global warming documentary “The 11th...

• Banksy may have made his mark on Montrose

  By Andrew Shortall,
  Story | Feb 24, 2011 | 2:26 PM
  

  A vinyl-sticker depiction of President Obama has appeared on a wall in Montrose in the style as the world-renowned, yet secretive, graffiti street artist Banksy. The vinyl-sticker — on a concrete wall on Ocean View Boulevard near Foothill Boulevard and the 210 Freeway — depicts the president at a podium giving a speech with the words “That’s right, ladies…” A photo of the poster has been making the rounds through the blogosphere ever since Perez Hilton, included it...

• Quick Hits

  Story | Oct 7, 2010
  Assembly candidate to address local Republicans Alvaro Day, the Republican candidate for the 44th Assembly District, will be the principal speaker at the monthly general meeting of the La Cañada Flintridge Republican Committee on Wednesday, Oct. 13 at the La Cañada Flintridge Country Club. Day is opposing incumbent Democrat Anthony Portantino. Day was born in Lima, Peru and came to the United States when he was 11. After graduating from Temple City High and completing his general education courses at...

• Our Readers Write: Dismayed by union's stance on summer school

  Story | Oct 21, 2010
  On Sept. 30, an article titled "Teachers challenge summer school," was published stating that the La Cañada Teachers Association is blocking the efforts of the La Cañada Flintridge Educational Foundation to host a summer school program at La Cañada High School. As a teacher in this district, I am a member of this union. However, I had no idea that this action had been taken. I was dismayed to see this, particularly in the economic climate in the state of California. Our administrative team and elected...

• Around & About Calendar of Events

  Story | Oct 28, 2010
  EVENTS: Book-signing, author Jeff Sherratt — Thursday, Oct. 28, 7:30 p.m. Flintridge Bookstore and Coffeehouse, 964 Foothill Blvd., La Cañada. Jeff Sherratt, author of "Detour to Murder," will sign his novel. Honoring our Ancestors/Celebrating Family History — Saturday, Oct. 30, noon to 4 p.m. A pan-Asian celebration of performances, hands-on crafts, demonstrations, music, dance and activities presented by the Cultural Arts Councils of Pacific Asia Museum. Children are welcome to attend in...

• City inches toward the left

  By Joe Piasecki, The Valley Sun
  Story | Oct 28, 2010
  La Cañada Flintridge voters have been painting the town a little bluer. A burst of new Democratic Party registrations prior to the election of President Obama, ongoing declines in Republican Party registrations and an increasing number of decline-to-state voters are changing the topography of the city's political map. Republican registrations in La Cañada Flintridge have dropped 9.3% since October 2004, just prior to George W. Bush's re-election, shrinking from 7,482 to 6,787 today, according to the...