The Sharp International Cheer Competition was held on April 1 at Monrovia High School. The Crusaders cheerleaders of St. James-Holy Redeemer School, under the leadership of Coach Jianni Soto and advisor Christine Pappas, won first place in the Elementary Cheer, Intermediate Level, Large Show Cheer division. They also received the Best Sportsmanship Award in their […]
By Charly SHELTON State Senator Anthony Portantino has introduced SB 328, a California State Senate bill which seeks to move the start time for middle and high school students ahead to no earlier than 8:30 a.m. The bill is currently riding a wave of support for the idea. “Pediatricians support this, the Centers for Disease […]
By Nicole MOORE On April 15, CV Church hosted its sixth annual free Easter egg hunt at Two Strike Park. Approximately 1,200 people attended the one-hour event, held from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. The park was divided in three sections, each section based on the ages of the children participating. A smaller section was […]
By Julie BUTCHER On the warm, breezy evening of April 19, hundreds of parents and friends streamed into Glendale High School’s John Wayne Performing Arts Center for Glendale Unified School District’s 16th Annual Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide, presented by GUSD Armenian Clubs at Clark Magnet, Crescenta Valley, Glendale, and Hoover high schools. This year, […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Recently Crescenta Valley High School’s PTSA and administration hosted Myron Dembo, Ph.D. at the school to discuss a variety of issues facing students today. Dembo is the emeritus professor of educational psychology at the University of Southern California where he has taught for 41 years. His credentials also include being a fellow […]
Cinco De Mayo May Business Mixer Please join us on Wednesday, May 3 for our Cinco de Mayo mixer hosted by Jenkins Properties. This is going to be a fabulous mixer. Jenkins Properties always pulls out all the stops on their mixers so you really don’t want to miss this one. Here is what Executive […]
Sponsors are such an important part of the Chamber’s activities. For instance, we couldn’t put on the Hometown Country Fair this Saturday at CV Park if it weren’t for sponsors. They make it possible for us to offer this event to local families for free. Here’s a little background on some of the businesses and […]
Taste, Dance and Just Say ‘Thank you!’ Can you feel it? Are you getting excited? We’re getting close now! Just 10 days more and on Sunday, May 7 the Montrose Shopping Park Association will be throwing one of its most popular parties of the year! The name is rather long, but that’s because there is […]
This review was revised on April 27 It is human nature to wrest light and hope from tragedy, however painful and inexplicable. The enigmatic yet resigned line from Samuel Beckett’s “The Unnamable” –”You must go on, I can’t go on, I’ll go on” – tersely sums up the need to eke out even a meager […]
The Church and Climate Change A presentation on the Church and Climate Change will be given on Saturday, May 13 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at La Crescenta Presbyterian Church. What do a psychotherapist, a climate scientist, and a Navy Admiral do with their spare time? They devote themselves to convincing people, and especially […]