By Mary O’KEEFE Jet Propulsion Laboratory hosted its annual Invention Challenge on Friday. High school students as well as JPL employees and their families were challenged this year to create a device that could deliver a golf ball in a “hole in one.” According to the JPL rules, the device invented has to “propel and/or […]
Once again the Crescenta Valley High School football and baseball teams banded together to bring Christmas trees to Crescenta Valley. Orders were placed weeks ago and on Saturday, between rainstorms, the boys unloaded the trees from the truck and loaded them onto the vehicles of waiting customers. Trees and wreaths were available and the sales […]
New Local Film – “The Trails of La Cañada” I’ve often written about the mountains surrounding us and the wonderful hiking opportunities near the Crescenta Valley. Surprisingly, the highest concentration of hiking trails is right next door to us, within the small city of La Cañada Flintridge. La Cañada, which many of us view as […]
Christmas by Choice It often seems as if Christmas time is all about making choices. See? I just made one right there – choosing to use the traditional name of the holiday instead of the secularly sanitized euphemism, “Holiday season.” But this column is not an update from that battlefront. The Christmas choices I’m thinking […]
Greetings from CV Alliance! Thanks to the 12 insightful teens from CV Alliance’s Youth Alliance, ASB, Fire House and Prom Plus who read and discussed topics raised by Jim Smiley’s students in their letters from CV kids to CV adults. Eighty attended this forum on Thursday night. The CV Alliance Youth Alliance meets on Dec. […]
The Young Get It On Friday night, a man robbed the Rite Aid at the Ralphs market plaza at the corner of Rosemont Avenue and Foothill Boulevard. There were some intense moments as the gunman had barricaded himself in the [nearby] Verizon store and for a time it was not known his state of mind […]
Home Tour, Boutique and a Fond Farewell Coming into this week, my thoughts were on only one thing: the Prom Plus holiday home tour and boutique that is taking place this Saturday. This is one of the biggest fundraisers for Prom Plus, the after prom event held for CVHS seniors and their guests. Prom Plus […]
“Out of sight above the house, the mirror moon reflected the sun of a day not dawned, shining the pale light of tomorrow on a yard and on the birches.” ~ Dean Koontz, American author The last weeks of December are upon us. A calendar was not necessary to mark winter’s approach. The weather […]
Marissa GOULD, intern On Dec. 1, 112 members of the Crescenta Valley High School marching band, drum line, and color guard took part in the Hollywood Christmas Parade. This was the first time CVHS participated in the annual event. The Hollywood Christmas Parade is a highly anticipated event that celebrated 82 years this year. The […]
Glendale Water & Power (GWP) is encouraging customers to follow simple holiday energy-saving and safety tips to ensure the community enjoys a safe and affordable holiday season. Make this the year to replace older holiday lights with Energy Star® qualified LED light strands. LEDs consume less electricity and are eight times more efficient than incandescent […]