La Cañada history: Last week’s heat wave had nothing on the Labor Day weekend temps 10 years ago this week
Ten Years Ago
Nearly a week of excessive heat enervated La Cañada residents who experienced daytime highs ranging between 105 and 111 degrees Fahrenheit. On each of the three consecutive days that comprised the Labor Day weekend, the daytime high was 109 degrees, tamping down attendance at a holiday barbecue event held by Descanso Gardens.
Twenty Years Ago
Jim Davis, then La Cañada Unified School District’s popular superintendent of schools, unexpectedly tendered his resignation at a meeting of the school board. He said he’d accepted a position as executive director for an educational partnership.
Thirty Years Ago
A bicyclist was nursing broken ribs after he ran into the side of a 1983 Cadillac on Angeles Crest Highway near Green Lane. Investigating officers said the cyclist was traveling at a safe rate of speed at the time of the collision, but no further explanations for his painful mishap were included in the report.
Forty Years Ago
The La Cañada Flintridge Rotary Club sponsored an art exhibit, complete with a wine and cheese tasting, that was held at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy. Net proceeds from the event were earmarked for the La Cañada Youth House (community center).
Fifty Years Ago
Plans to construct an Ivers department store in La Cañada were announced in September 1967 by the family who had long operated an Ivers in Highland Park. The new, two-story store was to be part of the Plaza de La Cañada shopping center on Foothill Boulevard at Oakwood Avenue. The Ivers Corp., including La Cañada residents Bill and John Ivers, had first disclosed an interest in opening a La Cañada site in 1962. (T.J. Maxx currently operates a store in the former Ivers location.)
Sixty Years Ago
Sixteen residents of Indiana Avenue and Curran Street, citing concerns about fire hazards, signed a petition asking the county supervisor to take action that would result in the cleanup of blighted property on the east side of Indiana.
Compiled from the Valley Sun archives by Carol Cormaci.
