Questions About Today’s Real Estate? Ask Phyllis! Should We List now or wait until after the repairs are made? Dear Phyllis, I enjoy keeping up with real estate trends and reading your column. We have owned our home for over twenty years and it needs remodeling. We have at minimum a month’s worth of repairs […]
Following Dan Berry isn’t easy, but Mark Samford is up for the job again as he explains his reasons for returning to coach CV softball. By Brandon HENSLEY Mark Samford’s decision to stay on as head coach of Crescenta Valley High’s softball team this summer gave the program the stability it needed. Samford accepted taking […]
By Lisa RUF This past weekend, the La Crescenta Thunder battled some of the top youth baseball teams in Southern California – as well as scorching 109-degree temperatures – in Chino Hills. The Thunder had two days of consistent batting and fielding in its first age 11U tournament. This, coupled with great pitching by Niko […]
CSA Fall Baseball/Softball Signups CSA offers the opportunity for new and returning players to develop their baseball or softball skills in its fall ball program. Online signups for CSA are now open at playcsaball.com and are open to players from all leagues, areas and all skill levels. There will be manager registration and walk up […]
Reflections by College Bound CVer It’s been 162,744 hours that I have lived in the Crescenta Valley. I have had 46 teachers beginning at Dunsmore Elementary and working through Mountain Avenue Elementary, Rosemont Middle School and CV. I have logged 587 volunteer hours in the past four years and been part of eight school clubs. […]
Sanitariums in CV – Kimball Sanitarium Part 1 Finding information on the local sanitariums has been difficult. There’s this code of ethics called “patient confidentiality” that has been terribly inconvenient for local historians. A lot of what I have on Kimball Sanitarium is pieced together from random news clippings, eyewitness accounts from old-timers, and some […]
Summer Medal Moments It’s official: I’ve gone into Olympics withdrawals. Granted, I’m probably not as depressed as the London cleanup crews or vendors stuck with shelves of historically unpopular official souveniers, but now that the 2012 Summer Olympics have come and gone, I’ll have to wait two whole years until the Winter Games in Sochi, […]
Kids throughout Crescenta Valley are getting ready to head back to school. At Rosemont Middle School, seventh graders filled the hallways on Aug. 13 for Howdy Day. They received their class schedule and books and purchased their flattering and stylish physical education uniforms. On Aug. 14, it was the eighth graders’ turn to get their […]
By Misty DUPLESSIS The Sunland-Tujunga Lions Club has proudly hosted the longest running, largest non-profit festival in Los Angeles for over 50 years. The annual Watermelon Festival, which celebrated its 51st year this past weekend, has been a lively tradition in an otherwise quiet town. The crew began setting up for the three-day event at […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Does anyone really need an excuse to throw a Bingo night? Probably not, but for those looking for a good cause, head over to Holy Redeemer Healy Hall on Friday starting at 6 p.m. for the first Community Bingo Night. Community Bingo Night is an effort to raise money for a new […]