Four Glendale Unified students received gold medals at the 55th Annual SkillsUSA National competition. Larisa Assadourian, Tsoler Demerdjian and Alaina Chiriyankandath Joby from Clark Magnet High School took gold in the Natural Resources Career Pathways Showcase, advised by teacher Dominique Evans-Bye. Carly Ngo from Crescenta Valley High School won a gold medal in the Medical […]
Ani Sarkissian, 2015 La Cañada High School graduate, was selected as the 2019 commencement student speaker at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) Henry Samueli School of Engineering 2019 commencement, which took place on June 14 at the UCI Bren Events Center. There were about a thousand students graduating from the prestigious School of Engineering, […]
By Vincent PAGE For the Crescenta Valley High School varsity football team, Hudson Gossard has been a part of the program for nearly two decades now. During his playing days he was one of the best quarterbacks (if not the best) to ever play at CV. He set school records consistently and received numerous honors. […]
By Charly SHELTON The Lumière Brothers debuted a collection of 10 short films on Dec. 28, 1895 in Paris. This is widely regarded as the birth of cinema in its truest form. Despite the invention of the medium years prior, it was never put to use in such a way as did the Lumière Brothers. […]
CVTC Meets Tonight The Crescenta Valley Town Council meets tonight, Thursday, July 18, at 7 p.m. at the La Crescenta Library, 2809 Foothill Blvd. Access through upstairs rear entrance on La Crescenta Avenue. No agenda information was available as of press time. Rosemont Preserve Open Gate Morning An “open gate” event is taking place […]
By Charly SHELTON A new study published this week in the journal Earth’s Future found that since 1972 there has been an average 500% increase in annual burned areas statewide, largely in part from an 800% increase in burned areas annually in California from forest fires. Human-caused climate change has heated the earth 1.4°C, the […]
Oct. 29, 1939 – July 6, 2019 Marvene Larson, beloved wife, mother and grandmother, passed away peacefully on July 6 a few months shy of her 80th birthday. Marvene was born in Van Nuys on Oct. 29, 1939 on the 10-year anniversary of her parents, Andrew and Frances Olsen. Living nearly all of her childhood […]
In recent years, Lloyd and Marlene Hitt have been recognized by Sunland-Tujunga, as well as the county and congressional districts, for their dauntless work of establishing historic monuments and building the organizations that would be the legacy of Sunland-Tujunga. On Sunday, July 28, the Village Poets of Sunland-Tujunga, a local poetry group, will host a […]
By Susan JAMES There is something strangely dated in Disney’s remake of the animated classic “The Lion King.” At the time of the original film’s 1994 release, it was groundbreaking – an African story that borrowed from “Hamlet” and “Richard III” but left no doubt about its African roots. Julie Taymor’s stage adaptation was even […]
Every Friday through August visitors to Brand Park can hear summer concerts for free on the Brand Library Plaza, supported by the City of Glendale and the Glendale Arts & Culture Commission, with funding from the Urban Art Program and the Brand Associates. This Friday, July 19 at 7 p.m., the Brand Plaza Series presents […]