NOTES & NODS

This Week at LCIF Join Lutheran Church in the Foothills as hearts are prepared for Easter during Holy Week – all are welcome! On Sunday, April 14, regular time of education will be held for all ages at 9 a.m. Then, all will meet in the courtyard at 10 a.m. for our traditional Palm Sunday […]

CV Baseball Drops First League Game

After dominating the Pacific League for the first six games, the Crescenta Valley Falcons dropped one to Burbank High School 3-2 on Tuesday night, April 2 at Burbank. CV had previously had its way with Pasadena, Glendale and Hoover, including scoring over 10 runs three times. April 2 was a tough one, as CV lost […]

Sports Notes

Fan Appreciation Night The Crescenta Valley baseball team spring fundraiser, Fan Appreciation Night, is on Tuesday, April 23. The Crescenta Valley Falcons baseball team will take on the Arcadia Apaches baseball team at Stengel Field at 7 p.m. It is a free family event; come out and enjoy the game, win gift baskets, dine on […]

Calendar This

LEARNING ABOUT GLENDALE SWAT Glendale PD SWAT will be presenting at the next meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Glendale. Guests are welcome at the lunch meeting. The cost to attend, which includes lunch, is $15. Meeting starts at noon. The Club meets Friday afternoons at the Elks Lodge, 120 E. Colorado Blvd. in Glendale. […]

Falkon Robotics Hopes to Head to Houston

Falkon Robotics Hopes to  Head to Houston

By Julian MITCHELL The Crescenta Valley High School Falkon robotic team finished eighth at the FIRST (For Inspiration & Recognition of Science & Technology) Aerospace Valley Regional competition last weekend and is now qualified for world championships. Although finishing eighth in the competition, Team 589 Falkon robotics returned from competition with their heads held high […]

In Briefs

Celebrating Post Anniversary The American Legion Post 288 will celebrate its 95th anniversary at the monthly veterans breakfast on Saturday, April 13. A special post card has been mailed out to Post members to encourage attendance to the breakfast by all members for this special event. Veterans and families are invited.  Those who may know […]

From the Desk of the Publisher

Looking – and Finding – Inspiration   Tomorrow I have the chance to share words of inspiration with my fellow Glendale Kiwanians. The presentation is one part of the regular weekly meeting (we meet Fridays at the Elks Lodge in Glendale from noon to about 1:30 p.m.). I’ve been thinking a lot about what I […]

John Emery (Jack) Wagner

Sept. 19, 1926 – April 02, 2019 John Emery (Jack) Wagner, 92, passed away peacefully on April 2 at his home in Rancho Santa Margarita following a brief illness. In the preceding days, he was surrounded by many well-wishers and members of his large family. Jack was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota on Sept. […]

Transportation Projects Heard by Council

By Julie BUTCHER On Tuesday night, the Glendale City Council heard presentations on two transportation projects of potential significant local import. First were plans from Metro for a “rapid bus” (or a BRT) and then an update on the feasibility study the Council ordered for a city streetcar. According to representatives from the Metro agency, […]

Weather in the Foothills

“A gush of bird-song, a patter of dew, a cloud, and a rainbow’s warning. Suddenly sunshine and perfect blue – an April day in the morning.” ~ Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford (April 3, 1835 – Aug. 14, 1921), American writer of novels, poems and detective stories Spring weather teeter-totters between the two seasons, winter and […]