CV WEEKLY FANTASY FOOTBALL III

Heurkins New King-of the-Hill, Tho Bui is this Week’s Opponent In a rematch of the 2011 CV Weekly Fantasy Football Super Bowl game, Holly Heurkins knocked off Dan Hooper 68 – 47. Heurkins’ team was led by 30 points from Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch, 20 points from Saints quarterback Drew Brees and 12 points […]

SPORTS notes

CVLL 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 Online registration is now […]

Lose Some, Win More – Falcons Continue Tournament Play

By Aimee YEGHIAYAN After last year’s beyond successful season, winning the CIF Southern Section Division IV championship and ranking second in the state, the CV boys’ soccer team had a lot to live up to. So far these expectations have been met, despite their loss against Loyola Tuesday. Tuesday’s 2-0 loss to Loyola in the […]

Students Excited about Science at Mountain Avenue

By Misty DUPLESSIS Mountain Avenue’s Science Fun Fair coordinators Saty Raghavachary and Jackie Bodner have been getting students excited about science for the past three years. To kick off the fourth annual Science Fun Fair, this year the organizers held a mini-science display where past entries were recreated to generate creativity and excitement. “This kick-off […]

Seven La Crescenta Teens Among L.A.’s Emerging Leaders

Local young women honored at Hollywood luncheon featuring L.A.’s top female executive talent. Seven Glendale-area Girl Scouts have been named Emerging Leaders by Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles in recognition of their outstanding extra-curricular accomplishments. On Dec. 5, Heather Abrams, Morgan Beck, Mithra Bhadha, Antonia Issaevitch, Jillian Kauffman, Isabel Martos-Repath and Rachel Nakumra of […]

Local Schools Welcome Guest Principals for a Day

By Misty DUPLESSIS On Thursday morning, Dec. 6, the Glendale Educational Foundation sponsored the 21st annual Glendale Unified School District Principal for a Day The special guests performed many of the tasks that the principal would usually do, such as greet students in the morning, make announcements and visit classrooms. At Lincoln Elementary, Principal Williams […]

Supervisor Antonovich Welcomes the 2013 Rose Queen and Court

The Los Angeles County board of supervisors welcomed the 2013 Rose Queen and Court during the weekly meeting on Tuesday. Pictured from left are Tournament of Roses President Sally Bixby; Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich; Nicole Cherie Nelam, 17, Pasadena High School; Sonia Marie Shenoi, 17, San Marino High School; Madison Michelle Barili Teodo, 17, La […]

My Thoughts, Exactly » Jim Chase

Playing My (Christmas) Cards Right It’s that most wonderful, horrifying time of the year: time to decide who gets a Christmas card and who doesn’t. Do we send a card to everyone in our address book, or just close friends and relatives? Do only those people who sent us a card last year get one […]

Treasures of the Valley » Mike lawler

A Hike Through  Crescenta Valley in 1910 In 1910, a writer for the Los Angeles Times wrote about a hike he and a friend took from Glendale to Tujunga one January day in a piece titled “A Walk With Bill Through La Crescenta Valley and On To Sunland.” At that time the Crescenta Valley was […]

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Suggestion to Vons The letter [in the Nov. 29 issue] about the interaction between a customer and Vons corporate loss prevention folks highlights two problems: 1) there is an big theft issue at that store, so prices are increased for all of us to compensate for the losses and 2) most shoppers are honest, pay […]