On May 30, St. Monica Academy senior Jack Golbranson signed a National Letter of Intent to play baseball for the University of Puget Sound. Golbranson is a two-time League MVP and all-CIF first team catcher and captained SMA to its fifth consecutive league championship and CIF playoff appearance. St. Monica Academy, an independent, Catholic, coeducational […]
By Brandon HENSLEY High school students may know something about cramming the night before a big test, but members of the Crescenta Valley High boys’ basketball program are getting a taste of what cramming in the summer feels like. With 23 summer league games scheduled in June before the CIF-mandated dead period, many new Falcon […]
June 1 1000 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada, an employee at 7-Eleven realized there was a discrepancy with the sales and inventory of lottery tickets. He reviewed the surveillance footage and discovered that two suspects entered the store, acknowledged the employee behind the counter and, while the employee’s view was obstructed, one of […]
CicLAvia Announces New Route The 21st CicLAvia event launches its second event of the 2017 season with a new route that will travel for three miles from Atwater Village into the heart of downtown Glendale on June 11. Called CicLAvia – Glendale Meets Atwater Village Presented by Metro, the event will mark the first time […]
Montrose Search and Rescue – Dog Rescues 2 Continuing with some other dog rescues performed by the Montrose Search and Rescue team, we look no further than Pickens Canyon in March 1991. Two young boys, best friends, were hiking the canyon at dusk. As often happens to young boys, they stayed out too long and […]
Updates on 210 Freeway, Local Graduations and More In this month’s update on Interstate 210 developments, according to Caltrans, “Beginning Monday, June 12 at 7 p.m. … Caltrans will close westbound Foothill Freeway (I-210) Gould Avenue on-ramp and Angeles Crest Highway off-ramp, as part of a pavement rehabilitation project. The ramp closures will remain in […]
By Julie BUTCHER On Saturday, the City of Glendale celebrated the 75th anniversary of city hall in coordination with the Glendale Police Dept.’s annual open house and hosted a block party for the people and families of Glendale to enjoy. In the area between Glendale City Hall and the police headquarters, organizations set up entertaining […]
On Wednesday, June 14, Kiwanis of La Cañada will be hosting Clergy Recognition Day honoring Sister Carolyn McCormick, O.P., of Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy. A native San Franciscan, Sister Carolyn has come to enjoy and appreciate life in beautiful Southern California. She attended elementary and high school in San Francisco. After a work experience with […]
QUESTION: What’s to be done when a family that has been close is now divided by politics? Part of my family is far right and the other far left. We had a birthday party for our elderly aunt and my brother and sister got into a very heated argument. Thank God my dear auntie couldn’t […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Local television news stations have reported on the “beast of La Crescenta,” as coined by one station. The blurry video image of the beast appears to be a chimpanzee swinging from branch-to-branch in the brush and trees near the Lowell Avenue entrance/exit of the Foothill (210) Freeway and the Crescenta Valley YMCA. […]