Ask Phyllis! Selling With The Least Effort Dear Phyllis, I have been reading your column for years, and love it. I am getting to the age that I need to be near my family. My daughter wants me to move closer to her and my beautiful grandchildren. I have lived in my home […]
The Crescenta Valley High softball team won its home game against Burbank on Tuesday, 5-2, improving its Pacific League mark to 5-0, and 13-5-1 overall record. CV is ahead of Burroughs and Arcadia, which are both 4-1. The Falcons jumped out to an early lead, scoring a run in each of the first two innings. […]
By Leonard COUTIN Southern California residents witnessed the two-day Arcadia Invitational track and field meet extravaganza that celebrated its 50th year. Competition started in the early evening on Friday and included all day Saturday running and field events that continued into the late evening. The day also featured a bonus of elite races for spectators. […]
USC Verdugo Hills Hospital (USC-VHH) held a fun (and educational) event for National Patient Safety Week. On March 13, hospital personnel took the Xenex robot, its germ-zapping robot, to three local schools, including Rosemont Middle School, to teach biology students about the development of antibiotic-resistant superbugs and what hospitals nationwide are doing to stop them. […]
On March 31, Mountain Avenue Elementary School observed Diffendoofer Day. Based on the book by Dr. Seuss, Diffendoofer Day provides students with an opportunity to celebrate differences and learning. Students dressed in unusual clothing and, throughout the day, Principal Jaclyn Scott read stories to the school. “Diffendoofer Day is a day when all students are […]
Comedy Sportz: Students vs. Faculty The Crescenta Valley High School Comedy Sportz student team takes on the faculty on Friday night, April 14 at 7 p.m. at the CVHS MacDonald Auditorium. This “gluten-free, farm-to-table” event highlights the quick-thinking comic abilities of the varsity team when it takes on the school faculty. This is the 14th […]
Montrose Search and Rescue – Kid’s Hike to Mt. Lukens Turns Deadly, Part 2 Last week I recounted how in 1972 a group of five neighborhood kids, ranging from 15-year-old Barbara to 11-year-old Timmy, took a day hike to Mt. Lukens to visit the snow that had just fallen. They got too cold, started […]
210 Updates, Prom Plus Info and More Our shared condition – the saga of the pavement rehabilitation project for the I-210 – continues to keep our community busy and alert. Please continue to drive safely. As Caltrans advises, “Motorists should anticipate delays, plan ahead and use alternate routes. Construction signs and changeable message signs […]
By Nestor CASTIGLIONE The advent of cinema in the late 19th century was a force of art and technology that left no corner of the globe untouched. Japan was no exception. In fact, the rise of film as a native art form in the country happened to coincide with its modernization and subsequent rise on […]
Cheering Our Supervisor For the first time in my life, I contemplated – albeit remotely – the possibility of moving out of state. Though I am not a politically motivated person, it is hard to ignore that the state in which I reside does not reflect my morals and values. Case in point is […]