The Glendale Youth Orchestra, conducted by Brad Keimach, performs its second concert of the 29th Season on Sunday, March 11 at 7 p.m. at the historic Alex Theatre in Glendale. The program includes Copland – Hoe-Down, from the ballet “Rodeo;” Sibelius – Violin Concerto, 3rd movement, Anna Gong, violin (Pasadena, Harvard – Westlake High School); […]
Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Act – Oppose Dear Assemblymember Ting and Senator Mitchell, The Foothill Family of Water Agencies submits this letter to convey our opposition to the Brown Administration’s budget trailer bill to implement the Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Act. The Foothill Family of Water Agencies includes Foothill Municipal Water District, a […]
A Busy February Gives Way to March It has been a very busy February by way of events and I am glad to be entering March (Madness). Here’s what the Crescenta Valley Town Council is up to in terms of service to the Crescenta Valley: Both Corresponding Secretary Sophal Ear and I were honored in […]
Chicken City – La Crescenta in the 1920s Los Angeles, and its suburb of La Crescenta, was booming in the 1920s. The population was doubling and tripling, and the orchards and ranches in all the suburbs were being divided up into city lots. La Crescenta was no exception, but chicken ranching locally was holding fast […]
When Crescenta Valley High School junior Jack Breckow needed a project to advance his Scouting career towards the rank of Eagle, he looked no further than his own history. “Baseball’s been part of my life since I was 5, playing in Crescenta Valley Little League up to my sophomore year at CVHS,” said Breckow, who […]
CVHS Presents ‘As You Like It’ Crescenta Valley High School continues William Shakespeare’s “As You Like It,” directed by Mark Salyer, on March 10, 12, 13 and 14 at 7 p.m. and March 9 at 4 p.m. Tickets are $8 students, $12 adults at the CVHS Underground Theater, 2900 Community Ave. in La Crescenta. […]
By Leonard COUTIN The American poet Robert Frost described life choices in his poem, “The Road Not Taken.” For two sisters growing up in La Crescenta, their family – the Carrillo family – made choices early on, moving from Duarte to Glendale to lay down their roots and begin their journey through the Glendale Unified […]
The Kiwanis Club of Glendale, a well-known presence in the area for its service to the needy, took time out on Feb. 25 to recognize another group for its philanthropic work. At a Kiwanis Division luncheon held at Glenoaks Ballroom in Glendale, Kiwanis Club President Toni Beck Espinoza spoke to a group of eight Kiwanis […]
The Verdugo Hills Women’s Chorus (VHWC) will attend an areawide rehearsal on March 24 in Riverside to prepare for the California Women’s Chorus 49th annual public concert. The public concert, themed “Sing, Sing, Sing,” will take place at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 29 at the Hilton Doubletree in Whittier. Tickets are $15. The local […]
Dignity Health-Glendale Memorial Hospital’s Cardiac Fitness Center’s 23rd Annual King and Queen of Hearts celebration welcomed over 150 people from the surrounding communities on Feb. 15 to witness the inauguration of five deserving cardiac fitness patients to the 2018 royal court. The guests listened to lectures by Dr. Tenser on stroke prevention, Dr. Ahmadi-Kashani on […]