Happy Birthday, Courtney! About this time last year you could have been sitting in the circle in front of Avignone’s, enjoying your Paradis ice cream and sharing a seat with Courtney Cox and the stars of her new movie “Just Before I Go.” Courtney, who just celebrated her 50th birthday, chose the Montrose Shopping Park […]
AYSO Region 88 U10 Girls took first place at the 15th Annual Cruisin’ Classic soccer tournament in Ontario. They played a three-game series that ended with two shut out games, which placed them in the finals bracket. They won the championship with another shut out game. Coach Max Sucee was proud of the team and […]
Dignity Health Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center announced that the UniHealth Foundation awarded the facility $601,296 for stroke care to be spent over a three year period. The purpose of the grant is to support the launch and sustainability of a transitional care program designed to prevent secondary stroke and facilitate quality of life. […]
Trapped in a Snow Avalanche on Angeles Crest We have such a friendly familiarity with the mountains above us that we forget that nature up there can be deadly. Recently a reader sent me a newspaper clipping on her parents’ rescue from a snow avalanche up on Angeles Crest Highway in April of 1967. Nature […]
By Isiah REYES Spectators of all ages enjoyed watching helicopter aerial maneuvers as well as getting up close and personal to the machines that performed them during the American Heroes Air Show at the Hansen Dam Recreation and Sports Complex on June 21. The air show was co-presented by Disney. The studio’s new movie “Planes: […]
Preserving L.A. Open Space for Centuries to Come Residents along the foothills have a unique opportunity to take part in an effort to preserve open space and unique ecosystems for people to enjoy for generations to come. For more than a decade, I have been working with the National Park Service (NPS) to explore the […]
We had a very successful Strategic Partners meeting on June 6; over 80 people attended to hear GUSD Superintendent Dick Sheehan and John Furay, Director/Hearing Officer, Probation Department. Dr. Sheehan was asked about what happens when a student gets in trouble for drugs/alcohol, say comes to school under the influence. There is progressive discipline depending […]
By Jason KUROSU Designs for a new skate park, a bike path and a potential change in local bus routes were among the topics on the Crescenta Valley Town Council’s agenda Thursday night, offering residents in attendance a look at some projects in development. The proposal for a skate park within Crescenta Valley Park emerged […]
Kudos to CVW When I was a features reporter for a major daily newspaper in Illinois, we had fact checkers. People were employed to ensure that what was printed was the truth. As a result, our newspaper was known as a credible source, much like the Crescenta Valley Weekly. Unfortunately, not all publications print the […]
Monica Lyons, Michael Peters and Katherine Van Amringe of La Cañada earned placement on Gonzaga University’s president’s list for spring semester 2014. Students must earn a 3.7 to 4.0 grade-point average to be listed. Gonzaga University is a humanistic, private Catholic University providing a Jesuit education to more than 7,500 students. Situated along the Spokane […]