By Timithie NORMAN Crescenta Valley girls’ softball team has been through a lot in the last year. Last season, the team and community lost Dan Berry, the girls’ varsity coach of nearly 30 years. Current head coach Mark Samford has risen to the task of leading a fresh group of players through the 2012 season, […]
~Tennis~ By Alan der OHANNESSIAN Coming into Thursday’s match, Pasadena was dead last in the standings, having lost all their games as the season neared its conclusion. The sad run included a recent loss against Hoover, 4-14. Likewise, the Falcons were coming off a heavy 3-15 loss to Burroughs two days earlier. But the Falcons […]
By Charly SHELTON This year marked the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. To celebrate, this reporter did three separate things in remembrance. First, my family and I saw “Titanic” in theaters on April 14 in the afternoon so that we saw the film in real time 100 years to the minute after […]
By Misty DUPLESSIS Over the last 13 years, Crescenta Valley Veterinary Hospital has built long lasting relationships with the pets that come in and the families that bring them. As much as the staff at CV Vet Hospital loves the animals and critters they see, they are equally passionate about saying thank you to their […]
Health Resources for Vets By Andy GERO Some veterans of the U.S. Armed forces may have been exposed to substances such as ionizing radiation and Agent Orange that are known to cause cancer. Veterans who were exposed to these agents several decades ago may now be at an age when cancer might develop. The […]
Terry M. Walker, chosen by the Kiwanis Club of La Cañada as La Canadan of the Year, will be honored on Wednesday, May 2 at 11:45 a.m. at the club’s weekly meeting at Van de Kamp Hall at Descanso Gardens. Walker is the former vice president and director of Human Resources of the Allen Lund […]
Ask Phyllis! Are there pitfalls to the seller rent back? Dear Phyllis, We have been saving for three years, going to open houses and overall preparing to buy our first home. We found a home we love and made an offer, but the seller doesn’t want to move out until their kids get out of […]
The Verdugo Hills Hospital Beginnings Family Education Program will offer a babysitting class on May 5 designed for boys and girls between the ages of 11 and 15. Classes will also be held on June 30 and July 28. The babysitting class is an interactive course that teaches participants valuable skills, including infant/child CPR, basic […]
On April 12, the La Crescenta Republican Women met at the La Cañada Country Club to discuss the future of America. Ed Ames, a popular actor and singer of the ’40s, ’50s and ’60s, was the guest speaker. He showed the group that at the age of 84 he still has a powerful singing voice […]
By Ted AYALA It’s not an uncommon occurrence to see a flurry of vehicular and pedestrian traffic wending its way over to Disney Hall on any night a concert is under way. But the sight that met the hall’s patrons last Thursday night was something else entirely. Slow traffic on Grand Avenue and its surrounding […]