By Leonard COUTIN The promise of exciting CIF track and field finals at Cerritos College last weekend brought an abundance of spectators eager to witness the best in high school athletic competition offered by the Southern CIF Section. Local talent has had a strong showing in recent events including the Weiss twins from Flintridge […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Local middle and high school students presented their possible solutions to California’s drought before the Crescenta Valley Town Council meeting on May 21. As part of the Global Initiatives Alliance, two separate panels from La Crescenta’s New Hope Academy addressed the major water issues, including recommendations for the Town Council to possibly […]
Unlikely Hero Productions, and the producers of its forthcoming documentary “Skipping Joy,” announced that they will be filming children’s poet laureate Kenn Nesbitt’s upcoming visit to Salem Lutheran School in Glendale. Nesbitt will present a “stand-up comedy, poetry-writing assembly program” to show Salem students how much fun they can have with a book and […]
Scholarship Opp Exceptional student leaders are invited to apply for the 2014 GE-Reagan Foundation Scholarship Program. In honor of the legacy and character of President Ronald Reagan, this program annually rewards up to 20 college-bound students who demonstrate exemplary leadership, drive, integrity, and citizenship with $10,000 renewable scholarships (up to $40,000 per […]
“Nature Boy” Lived in Big Tujunga Canyon “There was a boy, a very strange enchanted boy…” These were the opening lines of Nat King Cole’s hit song, “Nature Boy.” The song was a semi-autobiographical piece written by the famous Los Angeles pre-hippie icon Eden Ahbez, whose main home (campsite really) was in Big Tujunga Canyon. […]
Preserving Open Space in the Rim of the Valley Los Angeles is one of the rarest of the big cities in America, with millions of people living in close proximity to nature. We have mountain lions like P-22, who visit Griffith Park (and an occasional crawl space under our homes), and bears that eat the […]
Hi, CV! It’s Memorial Day as I write this column and I am struck by all the posts my friends put on Facebook to honor the fallen. My experience in the military was through free ROTC classes offered at college designed to get people interested in signing up for the military. In Wilderness Survival, I […]
Two local icons prepare to leave long-held positions in the Crescenta Valley. By Mary O’KEEFE It may be difficult for many in the Crescenta Valley to believe but Mr. Sowers is retiring from Rosemont Middle School. “Rosemont was here before I started and it will be here after I leave,” Sowers said. But there are […]
By Marissa GOULD The weather may have been gray and cloudy on Memorial Day, but that did not deter foothills’ residents from coming to Memorial Park in La Cañada to sit, talk to their neighbors, and enjoy the various booths that Fiesta Days’ Afternoon in the Park offered. There were 18 booths that surrounded […]
By Jason KUROSU Local YMCAs honored Congressman Adam Schiff during a special ceremony Tuesday afternoon, awarding him the YMCA Congressional Champion Award at the Phoenicia Restaurant in Glendale. The YMCA Congressional Champion Award is an annual honor given to legislators “for their work in supporting youth development, healthy living and social responsibility,” said JC Holt, […]