For more than 50 years, a Midstate man contemplated a novel. After he retired, he took a college course in creative writing and after an assignment on poetry, he was hooked. Dale Crowley of ...

Museum of the San Fernando Valley: Hours: 1-5 p.m. Tuesday; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Free admission; donations appreciated. Rancho Cordillera del Norte, 18904 Nordhoff St. (southwest corner of ...