By Kevork KURDOGHLIAN About 110 people filled the auditorium of Mountain Avenue Elementary School on Tuesday evening to listen to a presentation by Glendale Unified School District Superintendent Dr. Richard Sheehan regarding the proposed territory transfer. In attendance were Mountain Avenue parents, who represented a majority of the crowd, Mountain Avenue Principal Rebecca Witt, PTA […]
Note: The website address was printed incorrectly in the original story. The URL has been updated. By Mary O’KEEFE The Ice Bucket Challenge is not a new phenomenon – it has been used to call attention to a number of organizations – but for some reason in July the challenge took off. The difference was […]
By Samantha SLAYBACK Daryl Brown, son of James Brown, visited La Cañada’s Flintridge Bookstore and Coffeehouse on Monday to promote his recently published “tell all” book, “Inside the Godfather of Soul: Never Before Told Stories of James Brown by His Inner Circle.” The stop at Flintridge Bookstore and Coffeehouse was just one of a nationwide […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Imagine flying a plane over a green field and seeing the landing strip. You maneuver, adjusting the speed and keeping your eye on the instrument panel. The plane softly touches down and you breathe a sigh of relief. Now imagine this is all part of your classroom curriculum. Crescenta Valley High School […]
The Glendale Historical Society’s “Romantic Revivals” Home Tour will showcase six outstanding Period Revival homes from the 1920s to 1940 located in some of Glendale’s most charming and historic neighborhoods. This year’s tour will take place on Sunday, Sept. 28 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets are now on sale. The six character homes […]
Assistance League of Flintridge is working with USC Verdugo Hills Hospital (USC-VHH) to further enhance patient care by donating new clothing and other necessities for patients through the Cañada Auxiliary of Professionals (CAP) Care Kits program. CAP is an auxiliary of Assistance League of Flintridge. For more than 10 years, CAP has provided Care Kits […]
By Brandon HENSLEY It’s been a busy couple of weeks for the Crescenta Valley High School girls’ lacrosse program, and expectations are high for the coaches as the team assembles in the fall before moving into its inaugural season in the spring. The first lacrosse team in the school’s history was put together earlier this […]
St. Francis High School announced that Terry Phillips has been hired as the school’s new head baseball coach effective Aug. 21. Coach Phillips was selected from amongst a group of extremely well qualified candidates to lead the St. Francis baseball program starting in the 2014-15 season. Phillips arrives at St. Francis from Occidental College in […]
Talin Bakalyan, Tara Hejazi-Hashemi and Megan McKiernan, three La Crescenta teen Girl Scouts from Troop 5511, qualified for their Silver Award for community service on July 28 when they built and installed the last of five above ground planters at the Rosemont Preserve. The planters will be used as an educational spotlight in the […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Former Crescenta Valley Town Council member Marti Marshall urged those involved in Scouts to be wary of council during the Aug. 21 CTVC meeting. She also told the council it should be “ashamed of itself” over how it has handled the planning and development of the Crescenta Commons. Crescenta Commons is a […]