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Andrea Kropp adjusts to new setting with USC

By Andrew Shortall, andrew.shortall@latimes.com — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:41:00 PDT

Former Tolog stands out in debut season with Trojans in, out of pool in preparation for national competition this summer.

Andrea Kropp (Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy, 2010) USC swimming redshirt sophomore: After claiming an Ivy League championship at Princeton University in 2011, the former Tolog transferred to USC and put on a redshirt for her sophomore season.

Poll indicates parcel tax support

By Sara Cardine — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:02:00 PDT

But 6.7% margin of error suggests effort will not be a slam-dunk.

Local voters may have widely differing viewpoints on taxation and the machinations behind state and local budgets, but there is one thing they all seem to agree on: The quality of education at La Cañada Unified schools is a priority and should be maintained, even if it costs them.

Scout plaques annoy trail users

By Tiffany Kelly, tiffany.kelly@latimes.com — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:52:00 PDT

Recognition for completed projects should be in central location, some say.

After they renovated sections of a trail in La Cañada Flintridge, two local Eagle Scouts were recognized last year with personal plaques displayed near their completed projects. But trail advocates weren't pleased with the location of the monuments: on the edge of the trail, where residents run and ride bicycles or horses.

LCHS 7/8 eighth graders now high school freshmen

By Carol Cormaci, carol.cormaci@latimes.com — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:38:00 PDT

Members of the eighth-grade class at La Cañada High School 7/8 were celebrated last Thursday morning during a promotion exercise on the high school's athletic field. School officials and parents looked on as each student collected a promotion certificate and officially became a ninth-grader.

Thousands participate in world's largest swimming lesson

By Carol Cormaci, carol.cormaci@latimes.com — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:39:00 PDT

Local YMCA helps about 25 kids in global aquatic safety effort.

Splashes were heard around the globe Tuesday morning — including those echoing off the walls at the Crescenta-Cañada Family YMCA's indoor pool — as thousands of children and adults participated in the World's Largest Swimming Lesson.

La Cañada Flintridge to preserve deodar cedar's history

By Tiffany Kelly, tiffany.kelly@latimes.com — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:47:00 PDT

Iconic trees would be protected in some areas of the city.

On a walk through the upper Alta Canyada neighborhood of La Cañada Flintridge, people and large estates appear dwarfed by rows of deodar cedars.

La Cañada High School graduates enter the next phase

By Sara Cardine — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:18:00 PDT

If anything can be said about La Cañada High School's graduating class of 2013, it's that they are utterly unafraid to let their light shine and, in doing so, make the world a brighter place.

Floral shop to sprout elsewhere

By Tiffany Kelly, tiffany.kelly@latimes.com — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:12:00 PDT

Eiji's Florist holds moving sale, scans downtown for new site.

A long-running flower shop in the city is looking to move back to Foothill Boulevard, where the business first opened in 1959.

Hilldale Drive may get clean sweep

By Tiffany Kelly, tiffany.kelly@latimes.com — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:13:00 PDT

Officials want parking restrictions so sweepers can pass.

Residents who live on Hilldale Drive don't have a lot of room to store their cars, but La Cañada Flintridge officials hope that they can keep the street empty once a month to clean up debris.

La Cañada Crime: Multiple methamphetamine arrests

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:09:00 PDT

Drug possession: 1800 block of Foothill Boulevard, 4 p.m. A 20-year-old Glendale man, a 20-year-old La Cañada Flintridge man and an 18-year-old San Pedro woman were arrested for possessing methamphetamine.