MACK Raises Money While Having Fun

MACK Raises Money While Having Fun

Mountain Avenue Elementary alumni, parents, friends and supporters turned out for a night of fun hosted by M.A.C.K. (Mountain Avenue Committed to Kids), the school’s educational foundation.                 Love is in the Air was the theme of the annual gala held on April 30 at the La Cañada […]

YOUTH NOTES

Senior Reflections at CVHS Crescenta Valley High School Senior Reflections for the Class of 2016 will take place Sunday, May 29 at 4 p.m. in the MacDonald Auditorium. Senior Reflections is a must-attend event enabling the 2016 graduates to reflect on their scholastic and fun days at CVHS. This program will feature seniors, senior class […]

Water Is Life Art Contest Winners Announced

Water Is Life Art Contest Winners Announced

Foothill Municipal Water District (Foothill) recently concluded its fifth annual Water Is Life student art competition. The contest was open to all students, in grades K-12, attending a school located within the service area of a member water agency that Foothill serves. The District received 134 total entries. The top 15 entries will be submitted […]

Falcons Qualified 12 for CIF Prelims

Falcons Qualified 12 for CIF Prelims

  By Leonard COUTIN It was a wet start for Pacific League athletes who took shelter under umbrellas and beneath the Arcadia High School stadium on Friday as pouring rain prevented the start of the track and field conference league finals. As soon as the clouds cleared officials made the decision to move forward with […]

New Girls’ Lacrosse League Welcomes Players – and Community

  The newly formed L.A. County Girls’ Lacrosse League will be having games on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at CV Park, 3901 Dunsmore Ave. in La Crescenta. The league was started on April 23 and the local team, the Falcons, has been playing teams from different county parks. The team is composed […]

sports notes

Falcons Baseball Appreciation Night Crescenta Valley Falcons baseball is hosting its 20th Annual Fan Appreciation Night at Stengel Field in Glendale on Friday, May 13. The event will include the Falcons’ baseball game being played against Arcadia at 7 p.m.; gates open at 5:30 p.m. There will be food, raffle prizes, face painting and a […]

L.A. River Gets Spruced Up

                  Over three weekends in April – Earth Month – thousands of volunteers turned out for the Friends of the Los Angeles River’s 27th Annual Great L.A. River Clean Up: La Gran Limpieza. It is estimated that over 70 tons of trash were pulled from the upper […]

Berolina Bakery Celebrates 25 Years

Berolina Bakery Celebrates 25 Years

  Long time neighborhood favorite Berolina Bakery is celebrating its 25th anniversary in May. Bought as a struggling business in 1991 by then-newlyweds Anders and Youna Karlsson, the bakery has since grown and prospered and is now a local staple for breads, pastries, sandwiches and cakes. Having met in California in 1987, Anders and Youna […]

Dignity Health – Glendale Memorial Share How to Keep Allergies at Bay

Dignity Health – Glendale Memorial Share How to Keep Allergies at Bay

With the extra rain recently, trees and flowers are stronger and healthier than in the past few years. And allergy season is already gearing up to be pretty rough. According to the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, asthma and allergic diseases, such as allergic rhinitis (hay fever), food allergy, and atopic dermatitis (eczema), […]