Kaelin King of La Cañada Flintridge has been named to the 2014 fall semester dean’s list at Lafayette College for outstanding academic achievement. To qualify for dean’s list, a student must achieve at least a 3.60 semester grade point average on a scale of 4.0. King is a graduate of Flintridge Preparatory School. Lafayette is […]
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in women in the United States but education about prevention can be the difference between life and death. As a cost-free service to the local community, USC Verdugo Hills Hospital (USC-VHH) will host a lecture, “Cardiovascular Disease in Women: Understanding the Risk Factors,” featuring cardiologist Helga Van […]
By Mary O’KEEFE There are two new benches in front of two local schools in La Crescenta thanks to the Crescenta Valley Town Council and Crescenta Commons. The Crescenta Commons at the corner of Orange and Rosemont avenues was completed in November 2014. Among the California native plants and rocks at the site are benches […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Whether young or old, running or walking, 21,957 athletes crossed the finish line at the ASICS Los Angeles Marathon on March 15. The “Stadium to the Sea” 26.2-mile run began at Dodger Stadium and ended close to the Santa Monica Pier. The runners not only faced “hitting the wall” – a sudden […]
Our Lady of Lourdes School is hosting an open house on Sunday, March 29 from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Along with visiting classrooms, visitors can meet teachers and staff, have fun on a jumper slide and enjoy food from food trucks, and music. There will also be a sneak peek at the upcoming junior […]
By Leonard COUTIN The Falcons hosted their first Pacific League tri-meet against the Burroughs Indians and the Hoover Tornadoes on Thursday, March 12. The Falcon boys knew it was going to be tough to beat the Indians who were state cross-country champions last season. Burroughs had a remarkable season and hoped to maintain their winning […]
The Crescenta Valley High School cycling team opened the 2015 SoCal season with a solid performance at Lake Perris on Sunday, Feb. 22. After months of training, thousands of miles and astronomical amounts of climbing, teams representing 73 schools were ready to race. In an atmosphere similar to a professional cycling event, the phenomenal […]
By David O’CONNOR Even without leading singles player, Arin Meserkhani, the Crescenta Valley Falcons varsity boys’ tennis team easily bounced back from two successive defeats by outclassing hosts Whittier Christian High School, 17-1 in a non-league contest on Tuesday. Meserkhani, who has been a massive contributor to the Falcons superb 6-2 start to the season, […]
By Michael J. ARVIZU his year, on April 24, the world will commemorate the 100th anniversary of what is traditionally considered to be the beginning of the 1915 Armenian Genocide. I admit I know very little about the Armenian Genocide. I remember learning a lot about the Jewish Holocaust while in school – studying […]
For the fourth consecutive year, Hayden Dinger, a freshman at St. Francis High School, and his twin brother Carl, a freshman at Crescenta Valley High School, are holding a canned tuna drive they call Love and Fishes. It started when they found out that roughly 1,200 people in their hometown of Glendale go to bed […]