Falcons Run Away with Pacific League Championship Title

Falcons Run Away with Pacific League Championship Title

By Leonard COUTIN Arcadia hosted the Pacific League cross-country finals at its home course in the County Park of Arcadia on Wednesday, Nov. 1. Assembled were individuals from all eight of the League high schools: Arcadia, Burbank, Burroughs, Crescenta Valley, Glendale, Hoover, Pasadena and Muir. The pressure to take home a win no doubt went […]

Falcons are CIF Bound

By Vincent PAGE For the fourth consecutive season, the Crescenta Valley High School varsity football team will be making its way to the CIF playoffs. They finished the regular season with an 8-2 record, good enough for third in the Pacific League standings. The season ended on a sour note for the Falcons as they […]

Celebrating Ally Week at CVHS

Celebrating Ally Week at CVHS

By Julie BUTCHER Crescenta Valley High School celebrated Ally Week last week, its third annual celebration, and, according to Roxy Raad, ASB secretary and CVHS senior, “[it was] the best ever. This year has been bigger than ever.” Raad said at Friday’s concert by the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles, “In all aspects, we […]

GUSD Special Education Students to Compete at Special Olympics Fall School Games

Over 120 special education students from Glendale Unified School District elementary schools will compete at the 2017 GUSD Fall School Games on Thursday, Nov. 16 from 10 a.m. to noon at Roosevelt Middle School. School Games provides training and competitive sports opportunities for special education and adapted physical education students. It encourages youth participation, inclusion […]

Rosemont Students Get a Glimpse of Expeditions

By Julie BUTCHER On Thursday, Nov. 2, students in Rosemont Middle School’s science classes pioneered Google’s new Augmented Reality (AR) Expeditions tool and explored the galactic universe from inside Classroom 1201. “We try to be current,” explained Principal Dr. Scott Anderle. “Google reached out to us and the science teachers jumped on it. You saw […]

YOUTH Notes

Dine Out Night There is a dine out benefitting the Crescenta Valley Instrumental Music Dept. on Wednesday, Nov. 15 from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Gardenia Market Deli & Pizzeria. Menu options include pizza (as enjoyed at the school’s “pizza wars” fundraiser), deli sandwiches, salads and Lebanese specialties! A percentage of all purchases will […]

Treasures of the Valley » Mike Lawler

Canyon Name Origins – Goss Canyon Goss Canyon has some very interesting history attached to it. Goss Canyon is at the very top of Rosemont, fenced off from public access by a CV Water District fence as they have storage tanks there. Its name honors one of the early successful manufacturers in Los Angeles, and […]

NEWS FROM » CVTC Harry Leon

Congratulations and Welcome to Our Newly Elected Town Council Members! The Crescenta Valley Town Council had its annual election Nov. 3-4 at St. Luke’s of the Mountains Church thanks to the generosity of Pastor Kirby Smith who, as in previous years, very graciously agreed to host the election at St. Luke’s. I am delighted to […]

Help Needed for a Local Boy

By Mary O’KEEFE A GoFundMe page has been set up for a local 12-year-old boy who was involved in a serious accident. Steven Azarian was with his family and friends in the desert this past weekend when a firework accident cost him his right hand. “We have been going out to the desert twice a […]

From the Desk of the Publisher

A Word of Warning I’ve been driving for well over 40 years and confess here that I have a lead foot. Thankfully it’s not overly heavy and, in fact, I hadn’t been tagged for speeding ever. That recently changed, though. While heading back from a chamber of commerce meeting one afternoon, traveling south on Pennsylvania […]