By Isiah REYES Crescenta Valley High School’s Instrumental Music Dept. presented its 2014 instrumental winter concert to a full house of supportive friends and family on Friday at the school’s auditorium. The instrumental winter concert featured the school’s wind ensemble, jazz band, string orchestra, marching band, drumline and color guard. It was conducted by Mat […]
In celebration of Computer Science Education Week, students at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy participated in the “Hour of Code” on Dec. 10. The global event asked students to try one hour of coding through self-guided tutorials in an effort to introduce students to computer science and demystify the coding process. “I created a simple web […]
The Boy Scouts of Troop 317 held a Court of Honor ceremony at Holy Redeemer Healy Hall in Montrose on Dec. 9. Through their hard work, dedication and in keeping with the ideals of Scouting, the following Scouts received various merit badges: Sean Salazar, Ethan Arellano, Sean Metz, Colin Carr, David Januzik, Ryan Januzik, […]
ASI Holding Auditions The Arturo Sandoval Institute is holding auditions for the 2015 All Star Youth Band that will be performing with Sandoval at the Save the Music 3 concert on Saturday, April 11 at the Alex Theatre in Glendale. Group instrumentation includes two alto saxophones, two tenor saxophones, barisax, five trumpets, four […]
Foothills parents and youth have a lot to be proud of this holiday season: Flintridge Prep, Crescenta Valley High and Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy each qualified teams or individuals to the CIF cross-country championships, the CVHS mock trial team placed third in this year’s competition, student musicians and vocalists from Crescenta Valley and La Cañada […]
Clarification Required In the Dec. 4 Viewpoints article by Sharon Weisman [News from the CVCA], Ms. Weisman did an outstanding job of presenting the history and concerns related to the proposed 710 extension. She acknowledged that Glendale joined four other cities in efforts to oppose the 710 extension and to prepare a […]
The Triumph of Our Local Libraries We are fortunate to have some of the best local libraries in the L.A. area, but our good fortune has been the result of hard work by our community to make it so. The history of CV’s libraries is nearly as convoluted as the history of our various water […]
Hi, CV! We’ve been CV Alliance for a year! And it’s been a year since we premiered our new website. Again, I want to spotlight Melinda Clarke for coming up with “CV Alliance” and thank Melinda, Joe Allen, Kim Beattie and Brian Landisi for working on content and layout. It’s my job to keep it […]
Desi Geestman Foundation event is a warm, fuzzy affair – like a cozy pair of pajamas. By Mary O’KEEFE For 15 years the Desi Geestman Foundation has been supporting kids diagnosed with cancer as well as supporting their families. On Saturday the foundation held one of its favorite and most popular events. It was not […]
By Isiah REYES It was a hungry crowd that gathered in the parking lot of the Ralphs Market Place shopping center on Dec. 10 ready to enjoy good food, see classic cars and dance to live music, provided by the CV High School jazz band, during the annual Taste of the Foothills event. Normally […]