How Will This Play Out?

How Will This Play Out?

With the last regular season game tonight, the Falcons have several potential playoff scenarios, including not making it at all. By Brandon HENSLEY With the Arcadia Apaches in town as the regular season comes to a close today, it’s easy to remember where Crescenta Valley High School football was one year ago. The Falcons were […]

Rosemont Basketball Concludes Dominant Season

Rosemont Basketball Concludes Dominant Season

By Brandon HENSLEY The Rosemont Middle School boys’ and girls’ basketball teams wrapped up undefeated seasons on Oct. 30 in the Rosemont gym against the Wilson Knights. The Spartan girls played first and won a seemingly close game 32-27, although Wilson was able to score several baskets as time wound down. The Spartans led 24-8 […]

13U Hawks Advance

13U Hawks Advance

The 13U Hawks kicked off the fall season by advancing to the finals of the Fall Frenzy Tournament at the MAP Sports Facility in Garden Grove. Pictured (standing) are Jake Anderson, Max Blessinger, Steven Hodges, Coach Craig Carlson, Coach Vinny Espinoza, Matthew Molina and Greg Gregorian. Kneeling are Luke Weingarten, Tyler Carlson, Alex Yeganyan and […]

10U Hawks Grab Championship

10U Hawks Grab Championship

Full Force Basketball’s 10U Hawks team went 5-0 to capture their first tournament championship at the Swoosh Fall Classic. Great team basketball was the key to victory. Pictured are Raif Zakarian, Coach Gayle, Jake Weingarten, Powel Mousian, Jacob Chin, Eddie Gonzalez, Josh Kim and Jimmy Moya Jr. Contributed by Michael GAYLE

GLADIATORS 11.07.13

The La Cañada Gladiators finished their regular-season on Sunday. For the first time in the 47-year history of the organization the Gladiators will be sending three of their tackle teams to playoffs. The Gremlins finish the season with a perfect 7-0 record and will be the top seed in that division. The Junior Pee Wee […]

Treasures of the Valley » Mike lawler

Treasures of the Valley » Mike lawler

Name Origins for the Peaks Around Us – Part 1 In the next few columns I’ll try to shed some light on the name origins for the peaks of the San Gabriel Mountains above us. You’ve doubtless been exposed to the names of many of our geographical features of the mountains to the north. We’ve […]

My Thoughts, Exactly » Jim Chase

My Thoughts, Exactly » Jim Chase

Of Dogs & Daylight Savings Time Arizona and Hawaii have the right idea. They’re the only two states in the union with the collective common sense to ignore the biannual foolishness that goes by the name of Daylight Saving Time (DST). Actually, it’s a little more complicated than that. The Navajo Nation within the state […]

CVDAPC NEWS » Suzy Jacobs

Greetings from the CVDAPC Parenting Tips from our strategic partners: “It is an illusion that kids don’t want their parents around once they reach middle school. A parent’s presence and interest conveys value to them. But presence does not mean hovering, being nosy, or being their buddy. It does mean that you are available and […]

And the Winners Are…

Future will tell what changes – if any – will result from elections held on Saturday and Tuesday. By Mary O’KEEFE The local elections are over and the Crescenta Valley has remained pretty much status quo. The results of Tuesday’s election had all incumbents maintaining their seats on the CV Water District board of directors. […]

Veterans’ Day: Thank a Vet for Serving

Veterans’ Day: Thank a Vet for Serving

By Mary O’KEEFE The community is invited to join in the celebration of Veterans’ Day with members of the American Legion Post 288 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1614 at the Two Strike Park War Memorial. This will be the first Veterans’ Day celebration at the newly constructed memorial wall that had its dedication […]