On June 28, The Clothing Market in Montrose opened its doors for a night of shopping to raise funds for women’s education. The P.E.O. Chapter VS of Glendale partnered with The Clothing Market to help the organization raise funds to educate women through scholarships, grants, awards and loans. The boutique’s proprietors and hosts Maral and […]
Long Drivers of America (LDA) announced that multiple world champion Pat Dempsey of Sunland is slated for induction into the prestigious LDA Hall of Fame. Induction ceremonies are scheduled for Oct. 21 in Mesquite, Nev. during the finals of the 2012 RE/MAX World Long Drive Championship Powered By Dick’s Sporting Goods. Dempsey, 55, added 2011 […]
CV girls’ basketball star expected to miss next season due to knee injury. By Brandon HENSLEY Talk about tough breaks. There’s a good chance members of the Lady Falcons basketball team are enjoying their summer less now that they are without star player Ella Stepanian, who injured her right knee and will most likely miss […]
By Brandon HENSLEY When you play for the CV Crush Little League team, big things can happen. Things much bigger than, say, winning games with teamwork and commitment. Because when you play for the CV Crush, Dee Gordon will sign your face. At least, that’s what happened to one Crush player recently at Dodger Stadium […]
Juniors Played for District Championship On Tuesday, Crescenta Valley Little League boasted two wins for District 16. The 10-Year-Old All-Star Team move on to Sectionals on Saturday at 9 a.m. in Northridge and the 12-Year Old All-Star Team will move on to Sectionals on Saturday at 6 p.m. in Quartz Hills. The Juniors played […]
Girl Scout Gold Award focuses on the community youth center. By Brandon HENSLEY Perhaps it’s not worthy of being featured on “Extreme Makeover,” but the Fire House youth center in the 2500 block of Foothill Boulevard is looking much improved thanks to the efforts led by a local Girl Scout. Mithra Bhadha recently completed her […]
The Kiwanis Club of La Cañada recently took time from its regular weekly noon meeting to honor eight young students from Palm Crest and La Cañada elementary schools. The event was held at Van de Kamp Hall in Descanso Gardens. Kiwanis member Tom Slaughter regularly works with elementary school teachers in selecting young people who […]
A teen screenwriting class with author/screenwriter Kathy McCullough for kids 12 years and up teaches the fundamentals of creating a screenplay. Class meets daily July 16 to July 19 from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Fee is $100. Class is limited to 12 students. Sign up at the bookstore. Creative writing is for kids 10 […]
My New Summer Fling Okay, so who knew there was an exciting, fun, challenging and stupidly inexpensive sport with tens-of-thousands of devotees being played every day of the week around the world, across the country and even at two venues right here in the Crescenta Valley? For my birthday last month, my youngest son took […]
Sanitariums in CV – Hillcrest Sanitarium Part 3 Continuing with my series on Hillcrest Sanitarium, once located at the top of Lowell Avenue, we conclude with its post WWII career. It had a pre-war run as a high-end sanitarium for lung disease and various other chronic ailments, and its wartime function was basically as a […]