By Vincent PAGE Throughout the 2019 Falcon football season, the team has relied on phenomenal defensive play and a dominant rushing attack on offense. That got it to the CIF championship game on Friday night where it was business as usual for Crescenta Valley. The scene was straight out of a film. As CVHS prepared […]
By Brandon HENSLEY With football fever gripping the Falcon community this season, it might have been easy to overlook the unofficial start to basketball season last week. The annual alumni game between former Falcon greats and the current varsity squad went head-to-head on Nov. 27 inside the main gym at Crescenta Valley High and, as […]
By Leonard COUTIN On Saturday, the CIF state cross-county championship finals held its 33rd annual competition in Fresno at picturesque Woodward Park. The Division II girls’ races started at 8:30 a.m. and the boys’ Division I race was the last race of the day starting at 1 p.m. The anxiety of waiting to […]
On Nov. 22, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks in Glendale honored the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept.’s Montrose Search and Rescue team. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. has maintained a group of experts trained in emergency preparedness, response and rescue since 1946 in the Crescenta Valley Station area. Responding at a moment’s […]
Ask Phyllis! Inexpensive Home Renovations That Pay Off Dear Phyllis, We plan on moving my mother next summer to be nearer her sister in S. Carolina. As her home is her largest asset, we need to maximize its value. Which inexpensive home renovations pay off the most? Gigi Dear Gigi, Obviously, […]
Boy Scout Troop 319 recently returned home from their biannual rock-climbing trek to Joshua Tree National Park. Pictured here is Michael Saeva, age 12, causally catching up on news from home as he precariously dangles hundreds of feet above the desert floor. Let’s hope his belayer was not doing the same! It was a gorgeous […]
Former La Cañada resident Charlotte Menefee recently received a Certificate of Congressional Recognition from Congresswoman Nanette Diaz Barragan at the San Pedro home of her son and daughter-in-law Quentin and Helene Pizzini in honor of her 107th birthday.
Adventist Health Glendale celebrated the first 100 successful cases of transcatheter aortic valve replacement surgery (TAVR). Transcatheter aortic valve replacement has changed the lives of more than 100 patients at Adventist Health Glendale since the procedure was introduced in October 2016. The TAVR team of interventional cardiologist and cardiothoracic surgeons at Adventist Health Glendale enables […]
By Lori BODNAR, intern Those looking for fun local events for the holidays need not search any farther. From Santa to snow, there are many upcoming activities to put participants in the holiday spirit. The 25th Annual Festival in Lights at Memorial Park (1301 Foothill Blvd.) in La Cañada is this Friday, Dec. 6 from […]
Busy, Busy, Busy – Got to Love December! It’s amazing how fast time passes. Here we are in December 2019 with a thousand events looming this month. The annual Montrose Christmas Parade along Honolulu Avenue is this Saturday, Dec. 7 beginning at 6:10 p.m. Our Chamber will have a float this year pulled by […]