Falcon football scored a huge win last week, but must maintain focus on a Glendale team looking for another upset. By Brandon HENSLEY Earlier this week, Rosemont Middle School basketball coach Brent Ballard was minutes away from getting his team ready for a game at Toll Middle School before he stopped and mentioned the […]
By Leonard COUTIN The 35th ASICS Clovis Invitational was held at Woodward Park in Fresno last weekend. The course is a mixture of soft and hard dirt, grass, asphalt and hills. The invitational was a perfect opportunity for schools to evaluate their midway performances and experience the state CIF course midway in the season. The […]
CORRECTION Last week’s photos of the Falcons and Indians were miscredited. Dan Holm shot those pictures. More can be found at www.cvweekly.com/SPORTS.
Lincoln students let their creativity shine at the annual egg drop held on Friday, Sept. 6 on the school campus. Students designed packages to house uncooked eggs that were dropped from the top of a Glendale Fire Dept. hook and ladder truck. Eggs that survived the drop were judged in a contest that included awards […]
Grandparents’ Day at Crescenta-Cañada Nursery School (CCNS) has become a tradition when the young – and the young at heart – can experience a day in the life in a Busy Bear (4-year-old) classroom or a Darling Duckling (3-year-old) classroom. This year young bears and ducks had an opportunity to paint, dance, draw and […]
Eric Patten Eric Patten, 18, of La Crescenta has earned the highest advancement award the Boy Scouts of America offers to Scouts: the Eagle Scout Award. A member of Troop 390, Verdugo Hills Council, Patten is one of approximately 7% of all Boy Scouts who attain the Eagle rank. Each candidate must earn at least […]
Benjamin “Bean” Mitchell Boy Scout Troop 390, chartered to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, La Crescenta, announced that Benjamin “Bean” Mitchell was officially awarded the rank of Eagle Scout by the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America on Sept. 24. In recognition of this accomplishment, an Eagle Scout Court of […]
Thanks Vets, Community [On Sept. 29] we were invited by Mike Baldwin to attend the rededication of the Two Strike War Memorial at Two Strike Park. Mike has been keeping us up to date on how things were going with the fundraising and the progress that they were making. It was our pleasure to attend […]
Swept Away By Imagination Growing up in La Crescenta, one of my most vivid memories is of a huge, smoke-belching monster that would crawl along the gutter of the sleepy street where I lived. The glow from its sickly yellow, predatory eyes would slice through the pre-dawn mist and darkness on my street. If I […]
Tuna Camp’s Historical Status Threatened The internment of America’s Japanese-descended population during WWII is still highly controversial today. It was one of the darkest chapters in America’s history. Many don’t realize that a key element of this episode took place right here in the Crescenta Valley. “Tuna Camp” was a Civilian Conservation Corp camp on […]