Erin Ashby has dominated local competition for years. Her next challenge? Stanford. By Brandon Hensley Step into the batter’s box against Erin Ashby during a game and you’ll probably lose, walk back to the dugout having struck out and hope for a pitching change sooner than later. Step into the box against her on a […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Crescenta Valley Park offers the members of CV High School’s cross country team and its competitors a place to run during the season. This summer, CV coach Mark Evans is allowing not only his team but people of all ages a chance to get out and run the park’s terrain. On July […]
Charles Elachi, director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, has announced three personnel appointments effective on Aug. 15. Firouz M. Naderi has been named the director for Solar System Exploration. Naderi has been serving as JPL’s associate director for Project Formulation and Strategy, a position that will now be filled by Jakob van Zyl. […]
Public treated to the sounds of J.D. Hall Band and Cal Bennett. By Mary O’KEEFE Two Strike Park hosted an afternoon of jazz on Saturday. The day began with the sounds of the J.D. Hall Band and their jazz/rock mix and ended with the classical jazz sound of Cal Bennett from the Los Angeles County […]
California Superior Court judge and former local Congressman James E. Rogan told an audience of local Republicans of the behind the scenes events of the Clinton impeachment hearings and Senate trial in the 1990s. Rogan appeared at the summer social of the La Cañada Flintridge Republican Club held at the home of Mary and Leonard […]
The Desi Geestman Foundation and The Crescenta Valley Sheriff Support Group held their Annual Golf Classic July 18 at the La Cañada Flintridge Country Club. Seventy-six members of the community participated including four players from the Glendale College golf team that were sponsored by J’s Maintenance. Thanks to the major tournament sponsors, The Cal Tech […]
Capt. Dave Silversparre of the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station congratulated Sgt. Gary Ogurek for completing 35 years of service to the citizens of Los Angeles County. Sgt. Ogurek has had a full career that includes serving as an intern at Lakewood and Carson stations; a service assistant at Sheriff’s Automotive at the Firestone and Lynwood […]
by Susan JAMES When Daniel Craig’s Jake Lonergan wakes up in 1873, barefoot and gunless in the scorching heat of the Arizona desert, a new screen hero is born. Like so many Western heroes before him, Lonergan is a man carved of flint, straddling both sides of the law, on a mission of revenge. […]
By Ted AYALA Marvin Hamlisch, the Pasadena Pops Orchestra’s new principal conductor, cut the ribbon on his inaugural season with the Pops on Saturday night in a stylish concert played under the shade of the Rose Bowl. The program beckoned the audience to follow Hamlisch along in a sentimental journey that shined a spotlight on […]
By Susan JAMES The cosmic collision of entertainment that was Comic-Con 2011 might have been short one “Bones” panel but it was long on drama. From the “Glee” cast controversies to the “Castle” questions about Beckett’s survival to the big “Bones” reveal of Booth and Brennan’s pregnancy, this year’s convention had a lot of fans […]