Japanese FLAG and English kindergarten classes celebrated Setsubun on Friday, Feb. 1 at Dunsmore Park. This event celebrates the coming of spring. Kindergarten students and parents participated in a bean-throwing event called mamemaki. It is symbolic of the action of getting rid of the negativity from the previous year and welcoming good and positivity for […]
All-Community Mattress Sale Benefits Music Department In an effort to replace band uniforms, the Crescenta Valley High School Instrumental Music board is hosting a mattress sale at Rosemont Middle School in the gym on Saturday, Feb. 16. There will be over 30 name-brand models for customers to try. In addition, there will be pillows, sheets, […]
By Brandon HENSLEY The Crescenta Valley boys’ basketball team will take on Compton High School at Compton tonight, Thursday, at 7 p.m. in the CIF Division II-A quarterfinals. The Falcons earned their berth in the game after defeating Culver City on the road on Tuesday 69-60 in the second round. Tyler Carlson scored 20 […]
Adventist Health Glendale and the American Heart Assn. (AHA) recently teamed up to deliver little red hats to the hospital’s NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) and post-partum babies. The hats were knitted and crocheted by AHA volunteers in celebration of American #HeartMonth. AHGL is one of 30 hospitals participating in the AHA’s #LittleHatsBigHearts program, which […]
Ask Phyllis! Is A Reverse Mortgage A Good Option? Dear Phyllis, I look forward to your real estate column but unsure if this is the right topic for you. I am a widow with two children in Southern California. As I receive my husband’s pension and social security I am financially comfortable. My […]
Over a recent weekend, the Boy Scouts of Troop 319 hosted their annual recruitment event inviting Webelos from local packs to come out to Vasquez Rocks. There the Scouts put on a clinic of the proper way to rappel off the edge of the rock formations. The lesson that a Scout is trustworthy was learned […]
Pat Anderson, president and CEO of The La Cañada Flintridge Chamber of Commerce & Community Assn., recently presented a 50-year anniversary certificate of recognition to the current La Cañada Junior Women’s Club President Jill Chapman and Juniors Founder Jane Neely at the January monthly meeting. The certificate was for promoting the community interests of business […]
By Charly SHELTON This year in the Chinese zodiac is the Year of the Pig. Pigs are seen as slow, clumsy and stupid and also good-natured and able to attract wealth. Though the Lunar New Year has come and gone and we are now within the Year of the Pig, the celebration continues at local […]
By Charly SHELTON For a while there weren’t many female-led action movies. The leads were mostly guys like Dolph Lundgren, Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger. There was, however, Linda Hamilton. Sarah Connor from “Terminator 2” was the bar to hit for a female cool action star. Now James Cameron, the man who brought us Sarah […]
SCREENING HOSTED BY LCVRWF The La Crescenta Valley Republican Women Federation invites the public to view the movie “Death of a Nation” by Dinesh D’Souza at its luncheon today, Feb. 14, at the Oakmont Country Club. Social time begins at 11 a.m. followed by lunch and the movie. Admission is $30, which includes lunch. To […]