The battle between Torres and Rees has still yet to be decided. By Maddy PUMILIA The school calendar may read summer, but the Crescenta Valley Falcons football team can be found on the field, either practicing or competing in passing games in preparation for the upcoming season. And the pressing question in the preseason is […]
Glendale AYSO Region 88 (Glendale/La Crescenta) group finished the 2011-12 tournament season with another gold medal at the Freeway Jam tournament held at Duarte/Arcadia soccer fields on July 7 and July 8. The G16 squad brought in five G19 girls to play this very competitive tournament. Saturday began with a game against a Valencia team. […]
Juniors softball defeated Canyon Country/Mission Hills 13-9. They now advance to the division tournament in Westchester on Saturday at 6 p.m. at Kent Mace Field. The 12-year-old All-Stars played Quartz Hills Wednesday night. Results were not available as of press time. This game is the section championship. The 10-year-old boys All Star team had a […]
By Sammi SLAYBACK Early birds gathered at Rosemont Middle School on Saturday morning for what is hoped to be the first annual burrito breakfast. Hosted by Crescenta Valley High School’s Key Club, the Academy of Science and Medicine, and Rosemont Middle School’s Camp Firework, the breakfast was a fundraiser to support various health organizations that […]
Matthew Casciani, Class of ’12, was recently honored by the Los Angeles Police Protective League (LAPPL) with a $7,500 educational scholarship. The mission of the LAPPL is to vigilantly protect, promote and improve the working conditions, legal rights, compensation and benefits of Los Angeles police officers. The organization, under the motto “Protecting Those Who Protect […]
The scholarship chairwoman and members of Glendale Area Alumnae Panhellenic, a nonprofit organization consisting of National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) sorority alumnae volunteer women, announced the recipients of the organization’s 2012 scholarship awards. Awards are given annually to eligible area high school senior girls and Glendale college women who are planning to attend a four-year college […]
Another New Game in the Bag Not that I’m turning this into a regular column about alternative sports, but in addition to my newfound interest in disc golf which I wrote about last week, I also find myself involved in yet another new (at least to me) game this summer. Here’s how it happened: I […]
Sanitariums in CV – Rockhaven Sanitarium Part 1 After hearing about Hillcrest Sanitarium, one might get the impression that all the sanitariums were somewhat nightmarish. Not so. Hillcrest had a bumpy career, starting as a high-end sanitarium and slowly declining as its age began to show. It had that brief interlude during the war as […]
Addresses Concerns about GWP Recently, there has been a great deal written about Glendale Water & Power (GWP) in the press. Much of it has been controversial – smart meters, leadership changes, a budget deficit, proposed rate increases, poor public outreach, the revenue transfer to the City’s general fund. In the absence of straightforward […]
Weekend of Musical Interludes I am fortunate that I enjoy many different types of music. Listening to great music in an awesome venue with good friends…well, it just doesn’t get better than that. This past weekend I had the chance to experience that not just once but twice. Saturday night, Steve & Karen Pierce and […]