The Crescenta Valley High School boys aren’t the only teams playing winning basketball this season. As the varsity heads into the CIF playoffs riding a Pacific League championship and the junior varsity and frosh/soph teams enjoy undefeated league seasons, a group of eighth graders from Rosemont Middle School won second place over President’s Day weekend […]
Falcons Begin Playoffs The CVHS Falcons boys’ basketball team will host the first CIF play-off game on Friday at 7 against Orange Lutheran. All are invited to come out and cheer the varsity team on to a victory. The main gym is in the 4400 block of Ramsdell Avenue in La Crescenta. There is a […]
By Ted AYALA On the face of it, pianist Richard Valitutto’s forthcoming recital at the Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church in Pasadena on Feb. 26 may not seem like anything unusual. Recitals devoted to a single composer – Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, even the relatively obscure Charles Valentin Alkan, to name but a few – are […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The signs are up and the citation books are out. Big rigs that park along streets and alleys in La Crescenta will now be ticketed if they disregard the new ordinance. “I think it is [great] that the [California] Highway Patrol and [Crescenta Valley] Sheriff are supporting the community and ticketing [owners […]
ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION Glendale Beautiful in cooperation with the City of Glendale Community Services and Parks Dept. will celebrate the 64th Arbor Day on Tuesday, March 4 at the Casa Adobe de San Rafael Park in Glendale. Coffee social is at 10 a.m. and the program follows promptly at 10:30 a.m. The event will recognize […]
By Marissa GOULD, intern It was an energetic crowd that greeted author Sarah Louise Kras at the Flintridge Bookstore and Coffee House on Sunday afternoon. Kras was at the bookstore debuting her new book, “The Hunted Polar Prey.” Kras typically writes non-fiction but decided to try her hand at a children’s story after doing research […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Last week the employees of Baked on Oceanview were getting ready for prom by using Styrofoam and sharing a hot glue gun. Makeshift dresses? Not quite. Behind the counter in the kitchen area, Danielle Ortiz, Leslie Garcia and Natalie Leist were pitching in for Baked’s involvement with a themed prom for elite […]
By Susan JAMES Running through April 26, the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM) in Los Angeles is presenting the 22nd annual exhibition of Oscar-nominated costumes featuring all five Oscar nominees. In addition, costumes from 17 other hit movies will be on display, over 100 costumes in all. As with previous Oscar races, the […]
QUESTION; When I was growing up, there was a word we used for people who didn’t keep their commitments or weren’t very responsible. We called them “flakes.” Now, I’m in my late 60s and my experience has been that people are getting flakier and flakier. I don’t drive anymore because of my eyesight and I […]
State of the Community Address Tonight Tonight, Feb. 20, the CV Town Council general meeting will feature its first State of the Community meeting. The public is strongly encouraged to attend as this will be an opportunity to ask pertinent questions to the panel members including the captains from the sheriff and Highway Patrol offices, […]