By Leonard COUTIN The last meet for the summer All Comers cross-country program was held on Aug. 15 at CV Park. Coach Mark Evans of Crescenta Valley High School co-sponsored the four-week program with the County of Los Angeles Parks and Recreation Dept. The three-mile varsity race attracted runners from Bishop Amat in La Puente […]
Crescenta Sports Assn. 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. Walk up signups and tryouts are on Saturday, Aug. 25 […]
The Con is On My father-in-law called while I was working at my desk the other day. He asked if I knew that one of my sons (the one attending college in Missoula, Mont.) had been in a car accident in British Columbia and was now in jail. Wait. What? I was vaguely aware of […]
Sanitariums in CV – Kimball Sanitarium Part 2 Last week I wrote about the background of Merritt Kimball, owner of Kimball Sanitarium. He had been raised in the fledgling mental health industry in Southern California, his father having been head of the first state run insane asylum in San Bernardino, and later a large private […]
Reflections by College Bound CVer Part II Now that I’m back from my last beach trip for a while, I am ready to write the final goodbye letter. First, thank you to the Leum family for letting my little sister and I stay with them at the beach and for teaching us both how to […]
By Michael J. ARVIZU Retired Glendale Community College Latin American studies professor Carlos Ugalde completed a six-day, roughly 500-mile bicycle ride from San Francisco to his home in Alhambra on Saturday to raise funds for the Dumay Ecovillage Project, a new housing development that will provide homes to 60 families displaced by the 2010 7.0-magnitude […]
Screening, Discussion at Library Population Connection and the Glendale Human Relations Coalition will be hosting a screening and discussion of the documentary “Mother: Caring for 7 Billion.” It will take place on Thursday, Aug. 30 at 7 p.m. at the La Crescenta Library community room (accessed from the rear parking lot). Light refreshments will be […]
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. You are the guy who’ll decide where to go. ~ Dr. Seuss Do you remember when summer vacation included Labor Day and continued on […]
A Top Notch Afternoon It’s always fun to discover something new to do, especially something close to home. This past Sunday, Steve and I were invited by longtime friends Mark and Katharine Warner to go to lunch with their friends Dan and Lana Tartre (shown at right with Steve and I) at the Top of […]
By Brandon HENSLEY On second thought, the Crescenta Valley Town Council has had a change of mind with regard on how to deal with its displeasure over the solar panel project by Glendale Unified School District. During the council business portion of the Town Council meeting Aug. 16, council unanimously voted to rescind a letter […]