By Timithie NORMAN The Glendale Unified School District released its 2012 Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) results last week, drawing attention to notable five-year gains at the elementary and middle school levels. In La Crescenta, Dunsmore Elementary School saw a 6.3 percent increase in the number of students testing “at or above proficient levels” in […]
By Mary O’KEEFE It is time once again for the Annual Crescenta Valley Town Council Pancake Breakfast on Sept. 29 from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. The CVTC Pancake Breakfast is held at Crescenta Valley High School, 2900 Community Ave., La Crescenta, and is a fundraiser to help the council’s scholarship program. Each year the […]
Call to action to raise funds for living quarters for foothills bear. By Mary O’Keefe Crescenta Valley Weekly and Prom Plus have joined with Lions, Tigers and Bears, an exotic animal sanctuary in east San Diego, to help Build A Bear … Habitat for Meatball. The fundraising has begun to help Meatball remain a California […]
Sept. 8 1800 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge, a 26-year-old La Cañada man was arrested after he allegedly bit a piece of his brother’s ear off. The man reportedly told deputies that he and his brother got into an argument over a personal family issue. There was some shoving that ended in […]
By Misty DUPLESSIS To get folks excited about returning to church, the La Cañada Lutheran Church in the Foothills held an inaugural “hoe-down” on Sept. 9 that treated guests to a feast that consisted of baked beans, watermelon, chili and more. Church members and guests even dressed in western attire for the family event. It […]
Inaugural Korean Armenian Festival The first Korean Armenian Festival is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 15 from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 16 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Crescenta Valley Park. The festival celebrates the music, traditions, games, food and activities of the Korean and Armenian cultures. The event is co-sponsored […]
Oct. 19, 1918 – Sept. 8, 2012 Mary T. Laub was born Oct. 19, 1918 in St. Louis, Mo. She passed away on Sept. 8 with daughter Vikki by her side at Verdugo Hills Hospital. She was a beloved mother, grandmother, aunt and friend. She married her sweetheart Louie. Mary, Louie and daughter Vikki came […]
OLIVIA COMING TO OUAT On Saturday, Sept.15 at 9 a.m., a picnic breakfast with Olivia is taking place at Once Upon a Time Bookstore. Join us for a scrumptious breakfast picnic with the irrepressible Olivia, Ian Falconer’s porcine prodigy, who will be here to celebrate the release of “Olivia And The Fairy Princesses. “ Tickets […]
Republican kick-off party and a meet and greet with a Democratic senator highlight the week. By Jason KUROSU “Hickory dickory dock, in 2012 we’ll be rid of Barack” read signs which lined the path outside the Jeffers Estate in La Cañada, site of the local Republican Campaign Kickoff Party on Sunday. Despite the shade the […]
The second and final round of the inaugural Glendale City Golf Championship presented by the Local Trusted Choice Agents took place on Aug. 27 at the Oakmont Country Club. The field of 88 players from the first day of play on Aug. 22 at Scholl Canyon Country Club was reduced to 40 golfers that competed […]