Webber Wins Again, Dinger Next Dr. Terry Webber, DDS successfully defended his King-of-the-Hill title with a narrow 82-81 victory over City Manager Scott Ochoa. His next challenger will be Rick Dinger, a local insurance broker. Rick played his high school football at St. Francis and college football at Cal State Northridge. After CSUN, Rick returned […]
Below are scores for last weekend’s contests of the La Cañada Gladiators. JR. GREMLIN FLAG (Teams do not keep Score) GREMLINS La Cañada 19, Temple City Rams 0 JR. PEE WEE La Cañada 0, Temple City Rams 33 PEE WEE La Cañada 6, Temple City Rams 19 Jr. Midgets La Cañada 36, Hacienda Heights 0 […]
Quarterback Club The Glendale YMCA Quarterback Club meets at 11:30 a.m. for a luncheon meeting at the Glendale Elks Club in Glendale. Local high school and GCC coaches update the group on weekly football activity and a guest speaker entertains the group each week. Membership is $50, lunch is $17. Contact John Simpson at (818) […]
By Misty DUPLESSIS Valley View Elementary School families were in for a treat on Friday afternoon when they gathered to enjoy their annual back to school celebration on the school grounds. The Fall Family Picnic, hosted by the Valley View Education Foundation, was a social highlight that brought families together for a night of fun […]
Several club members at Crescenta Valley High School took the opportunity this week to share with their fellow students what it is they do during Club Expo held on the school campus. Tables were set up in the quad area that highlighted the various activities that each club focuses on, whether it’s volunteering in the […]
Photos by Charly Shelton TOP: Students played in kickball tournaments for the cause. CENTER: Games took place on the upper and middle fields, with several teams competing. BOTTOM: For those not playing the game, food trucks parked all around the field to provide cool treats for the hot day.
GPO Holding Auditions The Glendale Pops Orchestra is holding auditions for The Glendale Pops Youth Chorus. This all student/all city choir will perform under the direction of Choral Director Rod Yonkers and Artistic Director/Conductor Matt Catingub at the Dec. 7 HolidayPOP! performance at the historic Alex Theatre in Glendale. Audition information can be found online […]
Kimball Sanitarium Part 6 – Kimball’s Becomes Ralphs Supermarket By the late ’50s it appeared Merritt Kimball, owner/operator of Kimball Sanitarium, was ready to get out of the sanitarium business. A full size community hospital was being planned for the growing Crescenta Valley, and Merritt Kimball had put his property at Rosemont Avenue and Foothill […]
Ask Not For Whom The Bell Tolls. I’ll Get It. As my kids will attest, I have three immitigable personal quirks (okay, at least three). One: I can’t walk past a light switch without turning it off if no one’s in the room. Two: An outside door left open during the winter while our […]
Meet Congressman Adam Schiff By Mary O’KEEFE Congressman Adam Schiff is back in La Crescenta. Not that he was ever that far away, but due to redistricting if elected this November he will once again represent the unincorporated area of Los Angeles County, La Crescenta. Since he began serving as a congressman in 2001, he […]