By Aimee YEGHIAYAN After a 2-2 tie to Muir on Jan. 4 and a 1-0 win against Glendale on Jan. 7, the Falcons were not ready to lose their first home game of season against the Burbank Bulldogs. They need not have worried as they neatly won Wednesday’s game 4-1. With the win, CV improved […]
It’s Hooper versus Webber for King-of-the-Hill The first year of the CV Weekly Fantasy Football King-of-the-Hill has reached the championship match. With a 76-point effort, two-time winner Dan Hooper easily qualified for the final King-of-the-Hill match. In a tight finish, three-time winner Terry Webber finished second with 57 points. Two-time winner Joe Kroening (55 points), […]
CVLL Hosting Camp, Holding Sign-ups Crescenta Valley Little League is now holding baseball and softball sign-ups online. Registration deadline is Jan. 10. Pay now or pay onsite at tryouts. All fees increase $25 for registration after Jan. 11. Avoid late fees – register today. To register online, visit https://registration2.pointstreak.com/rfs/pslogin.do?leagueNo=2502&season=1d3d. Time for CSA Registration Crescenta Sports […]
By Misty DUPLESSIS Mountain Avenue Elementary second grade friends Morgan Lashley-Haynes and Rylan Brodie joined fellow classmates in participating in the school’s annual science fair. During a play date, the girls began to brainstorm ideas for the science fair and came up with a weather balloon project that would be out of this world – […]
Area Student Awarded National Scholarship The Verdugo Glen chapter of the American Business Women’s Association (ABWA) has announced Arpa Shahijanian of Burbank, a business student at Glendale Community College, is the recipient of a national $1,000 scholarship. This year’s scholarship was named in memory of Laurali Fey of Glendale, a long time ABWA member. Shahijanian […]
Hucksterism in the Birth of Montrose As we run up to the 100th anniversary of Montrose next month, we’ll see a fair amount of flowery talk about its founding and growth. Robert Newcombe’s new book “Montrose” (on the shelves in just a couple of weeks) covers all that and more. But I’m a guy who […]
Happy New Laws With each new calendar year come a slew of new laws regulating an already over-legislated populace. Last year I incurred the wrath of more than a few readers by merely mentioning a handful of the thousands of new laws that had just been enacted. So heck, let’s have some fun and […]
Shares Her Shopping Experience I was saddened to read about Daniel Allard’s experience [“Disappointed at Vons,” Letters, Nov. 29] at Vons located at Foothill and Pennsylvania. I’m a regular shopper of Vons since we moved to the area in 2007. Vons is my favorite store and I shop there almost every week. I haven’t experienced […]
Jan. 4 300 block of Evelyn Street in La Crescenta, someone entered a backyard and stole a vehicle ramp between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. 1900 block of Verdugo Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge, someone entered a locked vehicle while parked at the United Artist Theater parking lot and stole the side view mirrors. The […]
By Ted AYALA The war of attrition that has characterized the battle between CalTrans and residents of Glendale, La Cañada, Pasadena, South Pasadena, and northeast Los Angeles over the proposed 710 extension entered a new phase this week. CalTrans announced that ownership of 17 of the homes in its possession across Pasadena, South Pasadena, and […]