The Crescenta Valley High School baseball program will hold its ninth annual Falcons Summer Baseball Camp from June 18 to June 21 at Stengel Field in Glendale. Camp will be conducted from 9 a.m. to noon. Led by CVHS varsity coach Phil Torres, the camp will focus on pitching, hitting, defense and more. There will […]
Signs of Summer Though the official start of summer isn’t until next week (June 21 to be exact), signs can be found that one of my favorite seasons is just around the corner. The cues include the launch of this year’s The Finest ballot. If you’re a regular reader of the CV Weekly, you […]
Verdugo Hills Women’s Chorus (VHWC) concluded its spring performances and is ready to embrace some time off during the summer. The local group, whose members are part of California Women’s Chorus, Inc. (CWC), perform in the foothills and nearby communities from March to June and during the holiday season in November and December. This spring […]
“Spring flew swiftly by, and summer came … The great trees, which had looked shrunken and bare in the earlier months, had now burst into strong life and health; and stretching forth their green arms over the thirsty ground, converted open and naked spots into choice nooks, where was a deep and pleasant shade from […]
On July 14 starting at 2:30 p.m., Tujunga’s Bolton Hall Museum and Little Landers Historical Society invite the community to join in on a special event and a fun way to learn more about local history. “Chasing History” is a fund-raiser for Bolton Hall Museum to help the Museum and its volunteers continue providing free […]
Six hundred people recently raced in La Cañada Flintridge in The Great Chocolate Race to support Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Before the race’s start, runners could be seen cramming the upper portion of Cornishon Avenue. Some stretched; others clutched the leashes of barking dogs that were anxious to tow their owners around the course. Debbie […]
E3, the Electronic Entertainment Expo, takes place this week at the LA Convention Center. The largest video game convention in the country, E3 brings together developers, marketers, media and gamers from around the world to see what’s new in games for the upcoming year. This year, franchises like “The Last of Us” and “Hitman” get […]
By Charly SHELTON Los Angeles has been many things: a pathway and stop along the route to other lands for migrating animals at the end of the last great ice age, a homeland for the Gabrieleño/Tongva tribe of Native Californians, a bustling rancho for Mexican land owners, a much fought-over sliver of property exchanged between […]
Montrose Search and Rescue – Out-of-bounds Skiers Pay for Their Rescue It was the last skiing run of a snowy day back in February 1998 when two snowboarders crossed the marked boundaries of the ski run into fresh snow. They said it was accidental, that they didn’t see the signs that warned skiers not […]
June: A Time for Congratulations! The CV Town Council held another successful prayer breakfast on May 12 thanks to our host, St. Luke’s of the Mountains. It was keynoted by 5th District County Supervisor Kathryn Barger in a speech entitled, “How to Protect our Youth.” Our entertainment included musical groups from Crescenta Valley High […]