First Tho Bui La Crescenta 67 points Second Fernando Chiari Glendale 58 points Third Joe Kroening La Crescenta 53 points Third Terry Webber La Crescenta 53 points After two runner-up finishes, Tho Bui broke through with a big win this week. His team […]
Crescenta Valley High School boys’ and girls’ basketball will host their annual Falcon Classic Tournament next week. CV boys will host several local teams from Dec. 5 to Dec. 9 for three games per day for four days culminating with four games for the finals on Dec. 9. Game times Dec. 5 through Dec. 8 […]
The Community Center of La Cañada Thanksgiving Day Run and Food Drive, co-coordinated by Allied Waste and the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station and held Nov. 1 through Nov. 22, collected enough food to feed over 175 local families in need. The CV Sheriff’s Station will distribute the food in the coming weeks throughout the foothills […]
By Agnes CONSTANTE To ensure a joyous holiday for disabled men and women, a Montrose resident is hosting a “Christmas Party” on Saturday from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in Healy Hall at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church. Grace Chase, the event coordinator, has a sister with autism who took part in two programs for adults […]
On Nov. 6, the YMCA of the Foothills held its annual volunteer recognition night in the Boddy House at the Descanso Gardens. Over 70 community members attended the event including volunteers, board members, community leaders and Y staff members. The highlight of the evening was the presentation to Chris Waldheim of the 2010 Pat Aho […]
With the Montrose Christmas Parade just days away, Kim Kelly and Kris Kline of Merle Norman Cosmetics on Honolulu Avenue shared some fun history of the Nethercutt family, founders of Merle Norman Cosmetics and whose descendents are this year’s grand marshals of the parade. Many years ago, Merle Norman’s nephew, J.B. Nethercutt, desperately wanted to […]
By Charly SHELTON It’s time to play the music, it’s time to light the lights, it’s time to meet the Muppets in the newest Muppet movie, simply titled “The Muppets.” Written by and starring Jason Segel of “How I Met Your Mother” and “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” as well as Amy Adams of “Enchanted,” this film […]
By Ted AYALA In 1934, the young Dmitri Shostakovich, 27 years old at the time, was at the apex of his youthful career. His opera “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District” premiered to sold-out performances in Moscow and Leningrad in 1934, and by 1936 had been performed over 200 times. It was also performed abroad to […]
Glendale Community College is hosting several events in December that are open to the public. On Friday, Dec. 2, is a screening of “Race to Nowhere,” a documentary directed by Vicki Abeles and Jessica Congdon about the emphasis on testing in education and the resulting pressures on kids and parents. Screening will be followed by […]
Jim and Fae Lumsden just had to take the CV Weekly along with them on a cruise to Hawaii and French Polynesia. Here is the Weekly in Bora Bora, one of many exotic ports, several of which were so small the ship could not enter and guests had to be tendered ashore. One special stop […]