Jordan Wen Ing of La Cañada was named to the dean’s list for the spring 2013 semester at Washington University in St. Louis. Ing is enrolled in the university’s College of Arts & Sciences. To qualify for the dean’s list in the College of Arts & Sciences, students must earn a semester grade point average […]
Community leaders from various professions encompassing the fields of social services, mental health, religion and the non-profit sector, gathered at the Armenian Relief Society (ARS) of Western USA’s Regional Headquarters on June 18 to address issues and concerns regarding Armenian children currently in the foster care system in Los Angeles County. In her opening remarks, […]
CSA Fall Baseball, Softball Sign Ups Baseball players from ages 5 to 12 and softball players from ages 5 to 14 of all abilities are welcome to come out and play with CSA baseball and softball this fall. Signups may be done online prior to Sept. 4 at www.playcsaball.com. The fall season is from Sept. […]
By Brandon HENSLEY While class is back in session at Crescenta Valley High School, so are the practices for the Falcon varsity football team. Players have been off since mid-July, having last played a casual passing game against some of the alumni. This week the team’s schedule included weight training on Monday, Wednesday and Friday […]
The Future of Rockhaven Sanitarium Last week I wrote about the formation of the Friends of Rockhaven, a new and dynamic group that is preserving and celebrating the history of the 90-year-old sanitarium. As most of us know, the 3½ acre oak shaded piece of paradise located at 2713 Honolulu Ave. was purchased by the […]
Bye-Bye to the Beast, Part 2 Last week I wrote about selling our family’s beloved 1999 Chevy Suburban, aka: “The Beast.” To recap, the supersized SUV was simply too old, too big and too costly to keep on the road. Too bad. It’s not like we didn’t get more than our money’s worth from the […]
We were at a barbecue, segregated into two groups: six parents and six high school students. Parents discussed college, the professionalization of high school sports, and raising happy kids even though you’re pushing them to excel so they, like every father there, can attend an Ivy. According to my source, the teens talked about their […]
Chemtrail Alert [On Aug. 1], when I woke up and saw the weather outside of my La Cañada home, it looked like it was about to rain. I can’t ever remember weather like this at this time of year. Almost daily you see articles in the news or in magazines about the subject of “climate […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Students in the Glendale Unified School District headed back to school on Monday. At elementary schools across Crescenta Valley, kindergartners all had one thing in common: excited, nervous and sometimes tearful parents. “At our kindergarten tea, I asked who was having a harder time [with the first days of school] – the […]
NASA administrator Charles Bolden toured JPL clean room in anticipation of the year of Earth science. By Mary O’KEEFE and Molly SHELTON On Monday, NASA administrator Charles Bolden visited Jet Propulsion Laboratory to see the progress of the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission that will be launched in 2014. “It’s the year of Earth […]