By Susan JAMES One thing the new “Star Wars” movie gets right is shedding many of the stifling layers of “Star Wars” mythology to go for a fresh approach to a well-known saga. When George Lucas created his universe far, far away and released the first iconic “Star Wars” movie in 1977, he drew on […]
By Charly SHELTON SeaWorld is closer than you might think. It is in San Diego, but it took only 100 minutes to get from home to SeaWorld at 10 a.m. on a weekday. That’s less time than it takes to get to Disneyland after work. So, for the first time, CV Weekly ventured down to […]
By Charly SHELTON Knott’s Berry Farm is known for its food, its ghost town and its coasters. Now, adding to the fantastic collection of coasters that already includes Xcelerator, Silver Bullet, Ghost Rider and Pony Express, comes HangTime – the first dive coaster on the West Coast. The coaster opened last week with all the […]
By Charly SHELTON Rockhaven Sanitarium opened 95 years ago this year. After closing in the early 2000s, the City of Glendale purchased the property 10 years ago with plans for it to become a park. Five years ago, Friends of Rockhaven was formed to help with advocacy, fundraising and preservation of the property. Rockhaven is […]
QUESTION: Would you please say something about prejudice? We volunteered for a church mission to India and our hearts were saddened by the conditions families and children are living in. We adopted two children, ages 2 and 5 (both boys), with their parents’ consent (and challenges with Indian law) on the condition we would stay […]
Three St. Bede School seniors, Faith Ellis, Lily Fontes and Natalie Hanna, were recognized for their service to their school, church and community on Sunday, May 20 at the monthly meeting of the Italian Catholic Federation branch 374 held at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Montrose. The students each received a cash award of […]
This Week at LCIF All are invited to Lutheran Church in the Foothills on Sunday, May 27 at 10 a.m. to celebrate Trinity Sunday and Memorial Day weekend. Education hour for all ages begins 9 a.m. At 10 a.m., all will worship as a family when Pastor Scott Peterson preaches on the topic “Three of […]
POETRY AND PROSE AT FLINTRIDGE BOOKSTORE Today, Thursday, May 24 at 7 p.m. at Flintridge Bookstore & Coffeehouse, there will be a poetry/prose reading in conjunction with LGBTQ Pride Month. The event will be moderated by Tobi Harper, found and editor of Quill. Featured readers are novelist Martha K. Davis, playwright and author Josh Gershick, […]
The 2018 prom for Crescenta Valley High School seniors and their guests was held at the historic Belasco Theater in Los Angeles. Over 630 tickets were purchased for prom with many hoping for a glimpse of this year’s prom court: Noah Domingo, Kevin Rowe, Alec Derpetrossian, Ty Langford, Frankie Ramos, Josh Baum, Rachel Dayag, Hannah […]
The 38th Annual Lincoln 500, held on Friday at Lincoln Elementary School, kicked off when NASCAR took the first lap around the track. Then the Lincoln drivers and pit crew members took their positions to demonstrate teamwork and sportsmanship. They worked together in a close heated race. All 22 high school senior scholarship award winners […]