By Brandon HENSLEY Today on the softball field of Crescenta Valley High School, one thing will happen for sure: the Lady Falcons will recognize their seniors at home plate in the last regular season home game they’ll ever play. One other thing might also happen: they could secure second place in the Pacific League, thereby […]
By Leonard COUTIN The Pacific League track and field finals got underway in Arcadia Friday despite the closure of the Ventura (134) and Glendale (2) freeways due to the nearby fires. The Crescenta Valley High School Falcons have been working all year and when they took the field on Friday, the athletes were determined to […]
By Brandon HENSLEY One more win and the Falcons’ boys baseball team has itself another Pacific League championship. The Falcons were able to hold down Pasadena High School last Friday, and easily took care of Glendale Tuesday afternoon at GHS to put them in the position they has hoped for all season long: win and […]
»CSA Game of the Week Going into the last round of games before the playoffs begin, four of the six playoff seeds were set in CSA’s Bronco Division. Of the three Bronco level games contested on May 4 at Montrose Community Park, only one had impact on playoff seeding: Kiwanis vs LRM. Whichever team prevailed […]
»Rosemont Flag Football By Alex DUPLESSIS The Rosemont Spartans flag football team took to the field to face Roosevelt Middle School on May 2, looking to extend its hot streak on a day when the heat reached into the mid-90s – and they did just that with a 12-6 victory over the Rough Riders. With […]
Neighbors hose down property as resident is led out of home. By Mary O’KEEFE and Charly SHELTON Los Angeles County Fire Dept. responded to a residential fire early Saturday morning on El Moreno Street just east of Briggs Avenue. Witnesses said they heard explosions as the fire engulfed a vehicle and a horse trailer that […]
By Mary O’KEEFE “We normally go to fires, medical emergencies and respond to natural disasters. And we [sometimes] respond to animal rescues. But yes, the mountain lion was unusual,” said Capt. Steve Parish, Glendale Fire Dept. Station 24. Parish referred to his station’s response to last month to a mountain lion sighting and capture in […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The new captain at the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station is settling into his new leadership position as his first week on the job draws to a close. CVW announced last week that Bill Song as of May 5 was the new captain of the station replacing Dave Silversparre who served as CV’s […]
By Ted AYALA Unable to reach an agreement with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 18 (IBEW), the Glendale City Council approved a 1.75% pay cut for the city’s utility workers. Contracted workers are also required to pay more for their health insurance, up to 75% of the increased cost of premiums put into […]
The Power of Partnerships For as long as I can remember, I’ve understood the power generated by well-positioned partnerships. Whether as a kid growing up and trying to play one parent against the other (that never fared well, by the way) to musical partnerships – Rodgers and Hammerstein, Bernie Taupin and Elton John – I […]