By Brandon HENSLEY It was loud, it was tough and it was nasty. In the end, though, the Crescenta Valley boys’ basketball team punched a return ticket to the CIF Southern Section Division 1A semifinals with a 68-54 home quarterfinal victory over the Millikan Rams on Friday night. It is the second straight season […]
QUESTION: We’re a family of five: my husband, twin boys, age 12, and a daughter, age 8 and me. Now is the time to plan our family vacation, which we always take the last two weeks of July. This year, it has become a free for all. During the year, our children have many activities, […]
By Susan JAMES Hollywood abhors a vacuum and with the conclusion of both the Harry Potter and the Twilight series, studios are scrambling to corral the millions of fans who flocked to those films and the millions of dollars they brought with them. The latest entrant in the teenaged, light-versus-dark fantasy sweepstakes is director Richard […]
By Tyler BIDDLE The plight of middle-aged women everywhere takes center stage on Feb. 26 and Feb. 27 at the Alex Theatre in “Menopause the Musical” and female military veterans are getting a special treat, courtesy of the YWCA and the Glendale Commission on the Status of Women. The musical is described as a “celebration […]
Award-winning American playwright Luis Valdez, creator of “Zoot Suit,” “La Bamba” and “Cisco Kid,” presents his newest play, “I Don’t Have To Show You No Stinking Badges,” at Josefina López’s Casa 0101 Theatre in Boyle Heights. Performances are on Friday and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and on Sundays at 5 p.m. through March 10. The […]
By Ted AYALA Conductor James DePreist, celebrated conductor and recipient of the National Medal of Arts, died at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz. on Feb. 8 from complications stemming from a heart attack suffered in March 2012. He was 76. DePriest had been serving as artistic advisor to the Pasadena Symphony following the abrupt end […]
Verdugo Hills Hospital (VHH) received a $10,000 donation from the VHH Foundation’s Women’s Council during a recent luncheon celebration at the hospital. The unrestricted funds raised will help support the purchase of capital equipment for the hospital. The event also included the installation ceremony of the 2013 Women’s Council board of directors when Eileen Akers […]
The Glendale Area Alumnae Panhellenic will hold its 65th annual scholarship luncheon on March 16 at the Oakmont Country Club in Glendale. Founded in 1902, National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) is one of the oldest and largest women’s membership organizations representing more than 4 million women at 655 college/university campuses and 4,500 local alumnae chapters in […]
Robert Haw, who has been employed at JPL for 25 years as a systems engineer on exploration missions spanning the solar system from Mercury to Pluto, addressed members of the Kiwanis Club of La Cañada recently with his informative talk and slide show regarding the environment and the changes that have taken place over past […]
‘We Build Community’ funds will help make the Crescenta Valley a stronger community for residents. Every day, the Crescenta-Cañada and Verdugo Hills Family YMCAs serve as a gathering place for the community. Kids pour in after school to play and do homework. Seniors connect with one another through exercise classes and group activities. Families learn […]