By Michael BRUER The Crescenta Valley High School soccer team won Wednesday’s matchup against Burbank High School 7-0, improving its record to 18-4-3, 7-3-1 in the Pacific League, holding firm as the third place team. Sevag Hamamah and Matt Ryan each scored two goals, and goalkeeper Adan Martinez made four saves. The Falcons sought to […]
By Michael BRUER The Rosemont Middle School Spartans’ flag football team notched their second shutout of the season on Jan. 30 with a dominating 20-0 victory over visiting Wilson. The Spartans improved to 3-1 and travel to play Roosevelt this week. The team received two touchdowns from eighth-grade running back Louie Pintado, who opened […]
The Montrose-Verdugo City Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual installation and awards dinner on Jan. 23 at the Oakmont Country Club. While nearly 130 people filled the room to witness the installation of the board of directors, most were mainly on hand to congratulate this year’s honorees who were recognized in a number of areas. […]
The Sets in Step Square Dance Club is sponsoring a new beginners class for beginners or those who want to refresh their dancing. It begins on Thursday evening, Feb. 13 and is from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., at the La Cañada Flintridge Community Center. The cost is $6 each week. Refreshments are provided. This […]
Ask Phyllis! Home Selling: When to Start Packing? Dear Phyllis, After two months on the market, we finally accepted an offer and started escrow. Having lived in our home for more than 10 years, we have a lot of stuff and were hoping to finish packing. But our agent advised us that it is too […]
The Lee family took the CV Weekly to Seattle over Thanksgiving. The family photo is of dad Justin Ma and mom Vanessa Lee with kids Penelope and Garrison Ma. CV Weekly loves to travel! Take us along on your next trip and send us a photo. You may find yourselves on the pages of the […]
By Ted AYALA The shadow cast over Russian Late Romantic music by the somber, larger-than-life figure of Rachmaninoff is difficult to escape. Not only for audiences –how many other Russian Late Romantics can you name besides Rachmaninoff? – but also for those Russian composers unlucky enough to be born around the same time as the […]
Award-winning playwright and screenwriter Josefina López has written a new play funded in part by a 2013 grant from The California Endowment. The play’s subject matter addresses health care and The Affordable Care Act. “A Cat Named Mercy” is a dark comedy about Catalina Rodriguez, a Latina licensed vocational nurse working at Elysian Estates […]
By Sabrina WALENTYNOWICZ Imagine a February filled with clouds, winter winds and torrential rainstorms. It might be wishful thinking these days, but back in 1978 it was reality for the Crescenta Valley. La Crescenta’s neighbors to the west in Tujunga were trying to stay dry indoors when on Feb. 9 the remains of 55 corpses […]
By Isiah REYES The Arcadia Performing Arts Foundation featured Air Supply in its inaugural season at the Arcadia Performing Arts Center on Jan. 25. The Australian soft rock duo, consisting of Russell Hitchcock and Graham Russell, played popular classics such as “All Out of Love” which got the crowd buzzing. The set list included a […]