La Cañada Gladiators Football & Cheer Enrollment Open Registration is now open for the La Cañada Gladiators youth football and cheer program. The Gladiator program is open to girls and boys ages 6 to 14 as of Dec. 31, 2013. The Gladiators field one flag team and five tackle squads. Placement on teams is based […]
2013 marks the inaugural season for the St. Francis lacrosse team. This spring, the Golden Knights will play an independent league schedule with the ultimate goal of becoming part of the Mission League by the beginning of next school year’s spring sports season. This year the team will draw heavily from the freshmen and sophomore […]
Under sunny skies on Saturday morning at CV Park, the teams of Trotta Flooring, led by Chris Oliver, and Zeke’s Smokehouse, managed by Mark Simon, took to the field. Trotta was undefeated going into the game with a 2-0 record. Russell Simon took the mound for Zeke’s and faced 10 batters. He struck out two […]
By Natalie MAIER For the past seven years, Mountain Avenue Elementary School has hosted the Missoula’s Children’s Theatre (MCT), an international non-profit organization dedicated to bringing the performing arts to elementary schools across the globe. Based in Missoula, Mont., MCT has been around for over 40 years. In 2012, more than 65,000 children in […]
Lincoln Elementary School held its annual talent show on Feb. 15. It was their biggest show with 37 acts gracing the Lincoln stage. The show was again under the direction of first grade teacher Nicolas James with assistance from parent helper Judith Loeb Whitaker. Student council members took turns emceeing the show, and sound production, […]
On Feb. 2, three schools met to compete in the 2nd Annual Academic Bowl hosted by Crescenta Valley Adventist Elementary School (CVAS). Participants were noticeably nervous as they faced a packed Living Stones’ Fellowship Hall. With shaky hands hovering over table buzzers, the students were prepared for questions that ranged from math to English to […]
Y Summer Camp Sign up Day and Splash Week On Saturday, March 23, the YMCA of the Foothills is holding Camp Sign Up Day at the Crescenta-Cañada Family YMCA from 9 a.m. to noon. For more information, visit www.ymcafoothills.org or contact Jennipher Loussararian at (818) 790.0123, ext. 209. Crescenta-Cañada YMCA, 1930 Foothill Blvd., La Cañada […]
May Not Be True American-Style, But… I was so excited to see the sign up where the original Shakey’s Pizza Parlor was that said future Straw Hat Pizza, and to see them finally tearing down the previous façade. [Straw Hat] may not be the “American style” restaurant that I had been originally hoping for, […]
The Genius from La Crescenta Dr. Marian Cleeves Diamond is one of the foremost researchers in the anatomy of the brain. She is a professor of anatomy and neuroanatomy at the University of California, and at 85 years old still lectures. In fact, her dynamic lectures are now shared by thousands on YouTube, making her […]
Shooting Down City Council Decision I’ve been a gun enthusiast (I’ll let others add the “nut” appellation) since my youth. I learned to shoot a .22-caliber rifle out in the Mojave Desert about the same time I learned to ride a bike. Today, at any given time I have several long rifles, pistols, revolvers, shotguns […]