Both the Crescenta Valley baseball and softball teams had spectacular regular seasons, and will try to show their worth in the CIF playoffs. The first rounds of the playoffs begin today, and the Falcons’ baseball team will host Lakewood at Stengel Field at 6:30 p.m. in the Division II bracket. CV (23-4 overall) clinched its […]
Eras of the 20th century were celebrated on Saturday night at the La Crescenta Woman’s Club when club members hosted Salute to the Decades. The fundraiser featured classic cars on display from the Early Rodders including a 1933 Ford driven by “gangster” Chick Chicone with his “moll” Molly Shelton, a 1946 Ford belonging to G.I. […]
Twelve Oaks Senior Living, formerly known as Twelve Oaks Lodge, has completed its $1.5 million renovation and will host a complimentary grand opening on Sunday, May 20 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Open to the public, this event is perfect for interested residents and their families and members of the community who have supported […]
Gabriel Collison of La Crescenta successfully completed four years of challenging academic, physical, and professional military training, graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy, May 25 with a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering and a commission as a U.S. Navy Ensign. Collison was awarded his appointment to the Naval Academy by Congressman Adam Schiff. […]
Toni Williamson and the CV Weekly were recently in Zulu Nyala, a game reserve park in South Africa. Toni won this safari in the USC Verdugo Hills Hospital Foundation golf tournament live auction last May. A similar trip will be auctioned off again at this year’s tournament on Monday, May 21 at Oakmont Country Club. […]
By Charly SHELTON Not everyone is into dinosaurs like I am. From the age of 2, I’ve wanted to be a paleontologist. It was cute for a 2-year-old to be obsessed with dinosaurs; not so cute when you’re in your late 20s and leaving dinosaur toys all over the dining room table – ¬ it […]
On Friday, May 18 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, May 19 at 2 p.m., California Contemporary Ballet and Windsong Players Chamber Ensemble will perform “A Concert of Music and Dance” at the Dance Street Theater located at California DanceArts, 4490 Cornishon Ave. in La Cañada. It will be an elegant event for couples and families. […]
By Nestor CASTIGLIONE The passing of nearly a century – and with it a transformation from democracy to dictatorship to, eventually, democracy once more – has yet to still the aftershocks of Spain’s bloody civil war, its rumblings making themselves felt to this very day. It was last year when Catalonia, one of Spain’s most […]
CALTECH PRESENTS CONCERTS Caltech Chamber Music Ensembles, directed by Maia Jasper White, present their Chamber Music Marathon. Works by Beethoven, Faure, Brahms, Vivaldi, Mozart and many more will be performed by Caltech’s multi-talented students. The Caltech Chamber Music Marathon Concert is on Sunday, May 20 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Concert will be held […]
By Charly SHELTON In a world beset once again with daily discussions on immigrants’ rights, police brutality against minorities and a resurgence of neo-Nazism, it may be beneficial to look to those elders who fought these civil rights battles the first time around, back in the 1960s. One former local resident shared his experiences of […]