Drivers are using their cellphones less often while driving, 10 years after “hands-free” became the law, but distracted driving remains a serious safety challenge in California. Observing April as Distracted Driving Awareness Month and the first week in April as California Teen Safe Driving Week, safety advocates will focus on education and enforcement efforts statewide. […]
Vietnam Memorial Names – William Hail, Jerry Murphy, Gary Nelson “Remember me when I am gone away, Gone far away into the silent land.” These words are on the Montrose Vietnam Memorial, and that is what we will do in the next few weeks. We will give you the stories behind each name on […]
Scholl Canyon Project Garners Comments Area residents continue to appear at Glendale City Council meetings to express their opinions of the Scholl Canyon landfill gas power generation and Grayson Repowering projects. They are concerned about the environmental effects and costs to taxpayers of these longterm infrastructure maintenance efforts and are lobbying for more sustainable approaches […]
Not Impressed with Portantino Senator Anthony Portantino touted his newly written bills that would authorize suicide prevention hotline numbers on student identification cards and raise the age limit for purchase of long guns to 21 (“Portantino’s SB 972 Passes Committee,” March 22). Laudable as these bills may be, do you know that then-Assemblyman Portantino voted […]
By Charly SHELTON Parenthood is tough enough with one baby. But with 100, it will take an entire high school class worth of parents. The Crescenta Valley High School science classes of teacher Christina Engen are currently raising 100 baby rainbow trout to eventually be released back into the wild, and caring for them is […]
Boys & Girls Basketball Class Basketball classes will begin today, April 5 at Pacific Community Center for students from 5 to 10 years old. In an energetic and fun environment, students will be coached through a series of agility drills. They will be taught the proper techniques of dribbling, passing and shooting. Students will be […]
By Brandon HENSLEY The Village Christian baseball team is 10-4 after a 6-5 win on Wednesday over Villa Park. The team will play a double header on Saturday against South Pasadena at South Pasadena High School. The Crusaders are 2-2 in the Olympics League, currently behind Heritage Christian ad Maranatha. Their next league game is […]
Senior Arman Pezeshkian of the Crescenta Valley High boys’ basketball team has been named to the All-CIF first team for the 2018 season. Playing in Division 2A, Pezeshkian led the Falcons to the second round of the playoffs this season, averaging 25.3 points per game this season. He scored 39 in a 65-60 upset win […]
The Crescenta Valley High School Athletic Hall of Fame will be inducting the Class of 2018 on Saturday, May 19 at Oakmont Country Club. inductees include Stacy Atwood (softball, class of 1992), Janelle (Del Soldato) Evans (track/cross country, class of 2000), Michael Goetsch (water polo, class of 1978), Dennis Gossard (football coach pictured above), Erik […]
Members of the Assistance League of Glendale held their annual tea recently at their clubhouse at 314 Harvard St. Guests were offered a variety of homemade tea sandwiches and delicacies plus enjoyed a hat contest and a bunny giveaway. Among the guests was Karen Bynum, the daughter of Sally Benson. Benson recently passed away and […]