By Brandon HENSLEY From an early age, Jennie Jensen was used to tumbling on a mat, excelling in gymnastics at the Crescenta-Cañada YMCA. Tumbling from inside a car after an accident? That’s a whole other deal. One day, as a student at Crescenta Valley High School, Jensen was driving her family’s VW van on a […]
By Michael J. ARVIZU Recently, a colleague shared a story about the style of dress people choose when attending Sunday services. The story made me think about the evolution of the style of Sunday dress over the decades and even across generations. Looking around my own church on a Sunday morning, the type of attire […]
It’s Paris on Ocean View! This Paris thing … it started gradually and unintentionally when no one was looking. But now take a few steps north on Ocean View Boulevard at Honolulu Avenue. As you look around at the stores and their names you begin to get the Paris vibe. Let’s start with Gio’s Baguettes […]
The Rosemont Middle School soccer teams are champions for the 2015 season. On May 14, both the boys and girls Spartans defeated the teams from Wilson Middle School in the season finale. The boys won 3-1, giving them an undefeated record of 6-0. The girls won 1-0. Their record closes at 5-0-1. They tied Wilson […]
The Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce was out in the community this week supporting local businesses! CV Chamber President Aram Ordubegian, New York Life agents Christopher McReynolds and Stepan Keshishian, and Honorary Mayor Chris Aristo celebrate a ribbon cutting at the New York Life penthouse offices in Glendale. Chamber President Aram Ordubegian honors the hosts […]
On May 3, associates of the Greater Pasadena General Office of New York Life held a free child ID safety booth at the Montrose Harvest Market during the Taste of Montrose and Kids n Kritters/Wags & Whiskers events. All children accompanied by a parent or guardian received a complimentary identification card, complete with photograph and […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On April 30, the long-established pharmacy at 1806 and 1818 Verdugo Road, part of the USC Verdugo Hills Hospital, changed hands from VHH to USC School of Medicine. “The USC Verdugo Hills Hospital decided they wanted to get out of the retail pharmacy business so they sold this pharmacy and the USC […]
Christopher Riley Menke earned the rank of Eagle Scout. Menke belongs to Troop 390 in the La Crescenta ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. For his Eagle project Menke led the demolition and then construction of two sheds used to store playground equipment and toys at the Shadow Hills Presbyterian Church […]
The Verdugo 10K was held on May 3 at Brand Park. The La Crescenta area was well represented in several categories. Rebecca FitzGerald won her age group for women. In the boys age 13-17 category it was a CV freshmen/Rosemont sweep with Matt Bomar (CV) taking the win followed by Manan Vats (RMS eighth grader) […]
Dignity Health and Kids for Peace, home to the Great Kindness Challenge, joined forces to break the Guinness World Record for the largest collection of cut-out handprints in a collage, which was assembled and displayed at Dignity Health Glendale Memorial Hospital. Together with students from local schools, volunteers from Kids for Peace and Dignity Health […]