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The Valley Sun, established April 3, 1946, is publishing its final edition on April 23, 2020, just short of three-quarters of a century of serving La Cañada.
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After a long vacancy created by the closure of three businesses in 2017, a stretch of storefront in the Plaza de La Cañada shopping center is slowly coming back to life as permits are filed with the city’s planning department.
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A final good-bye from sports editor Jeff Tully for the love and appreciation enjoyed at the same job for nearly three decades.
Two women were airlifted to Pasadena’s Huntington Hospital Wednesday night after the vehicle they were driving lost control on Angeles Crest Highway and careened some 80 feet down an embankment, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The June concerts will likely not take place and more might be canceled, depending on the duration of the novel coronavirus-related restrictions on public gatherings.
July 2 Burglary, residence: 300 block of St. Katherine Drive, La Cañada.
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A Montrose man left his Toyota Tundra parked on the street overnight and discovered the next morning someone had stolen from the truck’s bed two rolling toolboxes filled with his work tools.
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Vanessa Ho mobilized volunteers to repair and distribute a total of 21,000 N95 masks to donate to front-line doctors and other healthcare workers.
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An ideal hobby creates a diversion from daily life, a passion for something of great interest and a sense of purpose.
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Society columnist Jane Napier Neely pens her final article for the La Cañada Valley Sun.
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The columnist recalls some of the activities and people he highlighted over the past 18 years in his “Thoughts from Dr. Joe.”
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Erika Beck, president of Cal State Channel Islands, becomes president of Cal State Northridge, among the system’s largest campuses.
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California auditors investigating dozens of whistleblower complaints say the state will wastefully spend millions of dollars unless it takes corrective action.
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An L.A. County sheriff’s jailer is charged with sexually assaulting a female detainee in the Lancaster station lockup last year.
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A 54-year-old man died more than a month after being severely injured in the North Complex fire.
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In the study, 11.5% of a testing group was found to have antibodies for the coronavirus. Just under 1.9% of the county has had confirmed cases.
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The airline industry is promoting new studies that suggest the risk of contracting COVID-19 while flying is low. Let’s take a closer look at the assertions.
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Fauci says that, as the coronavirus surges in the U.S., we may have to put off longed-for activities for another year or more.
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The Dodgers’ World Series win has been marred by Justin Turner’s act of selfishness and disappointment, writes columnist Bill Plaschke.
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In the study, 11.5% of a testing group was found to have antibodies for the coronavirus. Just under 1.9% of the county has had confirmed cases.
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Wisconsin’s small towns on the Mississippi River backed Trump in 2016, but a COVID-19 surge is boosting support for Biden in a rural region that twice backed Obama.
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With spring sports canceled, it remains to be seen if COVID-19 repercussions will stretch into the fall, affecting football.
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Football: Tight end, who began career with Bruins as a walk-on, receives scholarship on his 20th birthday.
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Travel restrictions, college eligibility and canceled recruiting events are among biggest challenges in college recruiting amid COVID-19, but coaches and players are adapting.
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Girls’ Basketball: Senior named league most valuable player, finishing her career ninth in all-time scoring after averaging 14.7 points, 5.6 rebounds to help lead Spartans to fifth consecutive Rio Hondo League title.
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Boys’ Soccer: Spartans senior led team in scoring to win Rio Hondo League Most Valuable Player, while teammate J.P. Crispi named league’s most valuable offensive player.
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The area’s representative in the U.S. Congress writes on the shutdowns of the Glendale News-Press, Burbank Leader and La Cañada Valley Sun, announced by the Los Angeles Times on April 16.
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Michael Davitt, seated this month as mayor, reassures residents in a letter to the editor.
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A volunteer of Unite LCF! writes this week to remind her neighbors in the westernmost section of the city that they have until April 22 to apply to attend LCUSD campuses.
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During this time of the coronavirus pandemic the writer reconsiders a potential career path he’d long imagined.
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“In the presence of continuous uncertainty and lack of clarity, there lies a potential for change and growth,” the columnist writes.
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“Sheltering in place has changed all our lives and we are finding different ways to communicate,” notes columnist Jane Napier Neely, who checked in with area residents to see how they celebrated Easter during the coronavirus pandemic.
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While an estimated 1,200 Palm Crest Elementary School students and their families were applauding a Culpepper Merriweather Circus on their campus, about 20 animal rights activists protested.
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A service remembering the late Angel Jorge Posca and his 12-year-old daughter, Angelina, held on April 1, 2010, marked the first anniversary of their deaths in a big-rig crash.
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50 years ago this week the Valley Sun featured on its cover the photo of a cougar named “Susie” playing with an 8-year-old Oak Grove Elementary School student.
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One of Gracie Dundee’s first initiatives in elementary school involved getting permission from a teacher to work on a charity project with interested friends during 10 minutes of recess time.
