The Crescenta Valley High School baseball program held its annual summer camp last month at Stengel Field. The program also holds a winter camp in December. The camps are open for boys and girls ages 7 to 13 for that incoming school year. They are run by current Falcon coaches, high school players, and college […]
The Crescenta Valley Falcon varsity football team has released its schedule for the 2014 season. The team will open against Verdugo Hills on Thursday, Sept. 4 at Moyse Field. The Falcons play their home games at Moyse, which is at Glendale High School. Crescenta Valley blew out Verdugo in the opening game last year. As […]
By Michael J. ARVIZU This week, the holy Islamic month of Ramadan, which began on the evening of June 28, enters its latter stages. By the time Ramadan ends on the evening of July 28, Muslims will have observed 31 days of dawn to dusk fasting, known in the Arabic language as sawm. Sawm, one […]
Tuesday Table Talk On Tuesday, Aug. 5, Bethel Church in Sun Valley will offer a showing of the film “The Sandlot.” Eager to make friends, new kid in town Scotty heads for the neighborhood sandlot, hoping to join a pickup baseball game. When he launches a ball signed by Babe Ruth into the […]
By Charly SHELTON The Starlight Bowl in Burbank is one of those hidden treasures that locals know about if they have been there before. I had not, so imagine my surprise to see a moderate sized amphitheater nestled back in the hills above Burbank with stadium seating, a beer garden by BJ’s and a great […]
One of the first Falcons, Crescenta Valley alum Mike Hull achieved success on the football field, and he’s been doing just fine in other areas of his life off of it. By Brandon HENSLEY There was no trace of negativity or frustration in his voice over the phone, nor was there any in his email […]
SUMMER CAMP AT McGROARTY McGroarty Arts Center is offering an “Art All Day” summer camp for kids ages 7 to 15. Camp runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesdays through Aug. 5. The camp features yoga, expressive arts, puppet making, clay play and creative drama. This is in addition to the regular children’s […]
By Kevork KURDOGHLIAN The Glendale Unified School District board of education postponed a vote on the proposed territory transfer between GUSD and La Cañada Unified at its July 8 meeting. Superintendent Richard Sheehan explained that the board did not want to feel “under the gun to vote.” He also added that they “don’t anticipate this […]
By Ted AYALA So let me get this out of the way before I start my review: I’m a huge fan of bass-baritone Cedric Berry. Ever since I first heard him about four years ago at a performance of Gian Carlo Menotti’s “Amahl and the Night Visitors” in Pasadena, his voice had seized my attention. […]
June 13, 1950 – July 8, 2014 Victor Anthony Ortega passed away at Verdugo Hills Hospital after a tough fight with Multiple Myeloma secondary to exposure to Agent Orange. He was preceded in death by his parents, Jimmy Ortega and Angela Muñiz Ortega, and his beloved son Anthony to whom he was deeply dedicated. Victor […]