By Marissa GOULD, intern It was a magical day at St. George’s Preschool on Saturday. The school hosted its annual Dragon Faire, a medieval themed event complete with castle bounce houses, mazes and some medieval mini golf. The popular event is a staple of St. George’s Preschool. “The faire has been going on for so […]
By McKenna MIDDLETON, Intern The music program at Crescenta Valley High School participates in numerous competitions throughout the year. These require not only practice and dedication, but funds as well. The students and teachers of the Crescenta Valley Instrumental Music (CVIM) Foundation are always looking for creative and interesting ways to raise money. Most recently, […]
“What Does the Fox Say?” Well, if the fox was at the Lincoln Elementary talent show watching Rebekah DeBoskey, Alina Torosian, Perri Derian and Haley Krohn dancing to Ylvis’s “What Does The Fox Say?” the answer would probably be that Lincoln has some pretty talented students. This year’s show was so packed with talent, in […]
CVCA Hosting Candidates Forum The Crescenta Valley Community Assn. is holding a Glendale City Council candidates forum tonight, Thursday, May 1 starting at 7 p.m. at the La Crescenta Library. A special election to fill the last 10 months of Rafi Manoukian’s Glendale City Council term has been added to the June Primary ballot. Councilmember […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Glendale police are investigating a report concerning a “child annoying” suspect. On Friday, April 18 at about 3:15 p.m. in the 3000 block of Montrose Avenue, a 17-year-old girl from Crescenta Valley High School was approached by a man described as white or Middle Eastern in his 30s with a buzzed-style […]
By Marissa GOULD, intern A regular day at the Harvest Market in Montrose on Sunday hosted a not-so-regular event. It was a “flash mob” organized by the La Cañada Junior Theatre. As defined by Wikipedia, a flash mob is a large public gathering at which people perform an unusual or seemingly random act and […]
By Jason KUROSU Though petitioners sought to gain enough signatures to repeal the Glendale Utility Users Tax, the Los Angeles County Registrar/County Clerk announced Monday that no such ballot measure would appear on the April 2015 ballot. The California Tax Limitation Committee circulated a petition to vote on the potential repeal of the users’ tax […]
Touring Rockhaven Sanitarium Sanitariums for lung disease and mental problems were once the defining industry of the Crescenta Valley. La Crescenta was founded by a doctor who came here to start a sanitarium, and many others followed him until, in the 1920s, there were dozens of sanitariums. But out of all those facilities, there’s only […]
QUESTION: My daughter and her husband are going through some very difficult financial times because of illness. My daughter has been working throughout her husband’s illness that took him off work for almost a year. She did her best to keep up with the bills, add to those medical bills, but that wasn’t enough. Now […]
I read an article in the Los Angeles Times last month about the amount of food that’s being wasted in the cafeterias of the Los Angeles Unified School District. It stated that the students are throwing away at least $100,000 worth of food a day. The waste was blamed on federal school rules put in […]