Ask Phyllis! Procuring Cause Dear Phyllis, My daughter has been renting her current apartment for eight years. It is now time for her to purchase and I have been sending her condo listings from Zillow. Last week she went to one in Pasadena. She signed the guest registry and checked she didn’t […]
By Vincent PAGE When the Crescenta Valley Falcons football team traveled to Pasadena High School on Friday night, the players weren’t expecting the game that transpired. For the Falcons, Pasadena is usually a walk-through exercise to tune up for tougher competition in the Pacific League. However, this year was different. Though both teams were 3-0, […]
By Leonard COUTIN Celebrating its 52nd year, the Staub/Barnes Invitational is one of the oldest cross-country meets held on the Crescenta Valley home course at Crescenta Valley Park. Jeff Nelson of Burbank still commands the course record time of 14:49, earned in 1978, and the girls’ record holder is Anita Siraki of Hoover who ran […]
By Mary O’KEEFE For 44 years, Family Fun Days at Our Lady of Lourdes School has brought an authentic family carnival to its family and the community. “It is a fundraiser for our school,” said Veronica Carrillo, the school’s principal. There were rides, games, music with live bands and lots and lots of food. This […]
Superintendent Dr. Vivian Ekchian joined the Dunsmore Hilltoppers for Fit Friday fun on Sept. 13. Students, parents and the Dunsmore community joined Superintendent Ekchian and Principal Karen Stegman as they walked around the playground. Principal Stegman used this time to make announcements and invited Dr. Ekchian to participate and lead the school in the pledge […]
By Grace BENNETT, Intern On Sept. 6, the Crescenta Valley High School (CVHS) Thespian Society hosted its annual Thespian Dance where theater students came together to dance and socialize and, most importantly, where the announcement would be made of what would be the spring musical. Students arrived extravagantly dressed in accordance with the 2019 theme: […]
Special to the CV Weekly By Junjae LEE While many of my classmates at Crescenta Valley High School applied to prestigious four-year colleges, I did not apply to any college because I knew I was not yet a competitive candidate for admission. I moved to the United States from South Korea four years ago, in […]
Hawaiian Barbecue Supports CV Instrumental Music Foundation The CV High School Instrumental Music Foundation is hosting a Hawaiian barbecue on Saturday, Sept. 28 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the school quad. There will be authentic Hawaiian food, hula dancing, ukulele music plus performances by the award-winning CVHS jazz band and more. Tickets are […]
Another Lost Mine in the Verdugos Located? Some of my best history finds come from readers. I was recently contacted by David, who grew up in the ’80s on El Lado Drive just west of the bottom of Boston Avenue. David wrote the following: “There is an old trail at the end of the […]
Securing Our Elections: A Bipartisan Priority In less than six months, voters across the country will begin heading to polling places and caucus meetings to cast their choice for the 2020 presidential primaries – the start of the protracted process by which we select the next president. Elections are, of course, the mechanism that […]