Falcons’ basketball guard played a key role in last season’s success, but will transfer to Maranatha next season. By Brandon HENSLEY The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away. Crescenta Valley High School basketball player Nick Springer will transfer next year to Christian high school Maranatha in Pasadena, citing mainly religious reasons for he and […]
By Roger SONDERGAARD The CSA Bronco (boys 11-12) fans were treated to an outstanding series of games in this year’s playoffs. All games were held at Montrose Park over 10 days in a double elimination format. On Thursday, May 9, Landry’s defeated LRM without using their ace Hayden Burns to begin the playoffs. The game […]
By Leonard COUTIN The track and field Southern Section CIF finals were held on Saturday at Mt. San Antonio College. For some athletes this marked an end to a long season, and for a few who made qualifying times, new challenges were to be conquered. Falcon sophomore Megan Melnyk has had an exceptional year running […]
By Natalie MAIER The 45th Annual Les Tupper Awards presented by the La Cañada Flintridge Coordination Council (LCFCC) took place recently in the Von Karman Auditorium at the Jet Propulsion Laboratories. The recipients were Heather Haaga who helped refurbish a section of Descanso Gardens; La Cañada school board member Joel Peterson; La Cañada Flintridge Chamber […]
The Kiwanis Club of La Cañada AM has been participating in the Eliminate Project, whose goal is to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus from 30 countries by providing doses of tetanus vaccine. A fundraiser features Bob Burleson riding his motorcycle to a Kiwanis Club meeting in each of the 48 states and via a webcam […]
Questions About Today’s Real Estate? Ask Phyllis! Being an uninvolved seller Dear Phyllis, I am in the midst of trying to get my dad’s home on the market to sell. Last year we placed him in assisted living and it’s apparent that he won’t be moving back to his home. Between working full […]
Maria Muriello, sales partner with the La Crescenta office of Dilbeck Real Estate Real Living, was recently named a 2013 Los Angeles Five Star Home Professional. Five Star Professional partnered with “Los Angeles” magazine to identify real estate professionals in the Los Angeles area who deliver outstanding service and client satisfaction. From a pool of […]
Glendale Adventist Medical Center will host its annual Cancer Survivor’s Luncheon and Flame of Hope award ceremony on Monday, June 24 from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The event will celebrate cancer survivors and their caregivers. Keynote speaker is Debbie Gibson. At 16 years old, Gibson became the youngest artist to write, produce and perform […]
By Susan JAMES Arguably one of the best series reboots in movie history, J. J. Abrams’ second installment of the new Star Trek prequel saga, “Star Trek: Into Darkness,” is a worthy addition to its predecessor. Cleverly written and fast-paced, with excellent CGI riffs on actual space photography, Captain Kirk and his intrepid crew make […]
By Ted AYALA Dmitri Shostakovich’s 1959 “Cello Concerto No. 1” is a compact, grim little piece in four movements that tends to veer off into the darker end of the emotional spectrum for nearly the whole of its 25-minute duration. Not that the composer would have told you or anybody else that. Shostakovich was infamously […]