By Maddy PUMILIA More than 350 people attended the Crescenta-Cañada YMCA’s inaugural barbecue on Sunday night. “It’s a place for the community to get together,” said Jackie Schaumyan, YMCA’s membership director, of the Y. “It’s a place for current members to make relationships with other members they might have never [met] before, to bring the […]
The Desi Geestman Foundation and the Crescenta Valley Sheriff Support Group held their Annual Golf Classic on July 16 at the La Cañada Flintridge Country Club. Ninety-one members of the community participated. Thanks to the major tournament sponsors, the Cal Tech Employee Credit Union and Xerox, the event raised almost $20,000 that will be split […]
Questions About Today’s Real Estate? Ask Phyllis! As is home sales Dear Phyllis, We just opened escrow on a home and had our inspector out. There are a lot of things wrong with the house, and many will cost a lot of money to fix. The plumbing is galvanized, the roof is near the end […]
The Assistance League of Glendale is gearing up for its biggest sale of the year, Christmas in July, at Thrift Alley, 314 E. Harvard St. in Glendale. Sylvia Kowal and Claire Collins are preparing all the silver to make holidays most elegant. The entire front building will be filled with lighted trees, wreaths, fur coats […]
Cornell University’s Jean Van Buren of La Cañada has been placed on the dean’s list of the College of Arts and Sciences for Excellence in Scholarship for the spring 2012 semester. The College of Arts and Sciences is Cornell University’s largest undergraduate college. __________________ The following students have graduated from Loyola Marymount University, joining more […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Plant a seed and let it grow. It’s a basic metaphor that has frustrated soccer fans in the U.S. for decades: Plant all the seeds they want, the sport still lags behind others in sheer popularity. But here comes another season of the American Youth Soccer Organization, and maybe it’s fitting that […]
The La Crescenta Monarchs 9U Tournament baseball team took their La Crescenta pride to the Central Coast Showdown Baseball Tournament in Pismo Beach last weekend, winning the championship by going undefeated in five games over two days. This victory qualifies the team to compete next in the Triple Crown Sports National Tournament in Las Vegas […]
By Leonard COUTIN As the temperatures cooled on the afternoon of Wednesday, July 25, runners gathered at Crescenta Valley Park cross-country course for the second all comers Run in the Park. CV High coach Mark Evans welcomed the cross-country girls from Arcadia, and the West Torrance boys and girls runners, who were led by the […]
The Crescenta-Cañada Family YMCA Dynamite gymnastics team recently competed at the National 2012 USAIGC championships in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. There were 76 USAIGC clubs represented from the United States, Bermuda, Canada and South Africa and over 750 gymnasts competing. In the Copper Level, the local Y placed second in the nation. Twelve local girls from […]
By Brandon HENSLEY With one last gentle strike of the gavel, Aimee Yeghiayan said goodbye to her presidency of the Crescenta Valley Youth Council on July 26, giving way to new board members ready to usher in the council’s second year. Inside the community room of the CV Sheriff’s Station, present board members Yeghiayan, James […]