Wisdom is a Smart Choice “Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.” – Alan Alda Written by Ashley Sia, Intern /Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce As a student aspiring to become a business administration major at the Haas School of Business at […]
By Ted AYALA Southwest Chamber Music’s (SWCM) cycle of the Mozart String Quintets continued last weekend, on August 6 and 7 at the loggia of the Huntington Library. Sandwiched between the Third and Fifths String Quintets was a delightful, contemporary chamber work that very nearly stole the spotlight from Mozart. Charles Wuorinen has long been […]
By Michael YEGHIAYAN The Crescenta Valley All-Star Softball team leaned on its big bats to earn the team a birth into the semi-finals of the Southern California State Championships. Facing elimination in the Victorville based tournament, CV defeated South El Monte 14-6 with a late burst of offense. The day before the team showed similar […]
By Michael YEGHIAYAN The San Gabriel Valley Babe Ruth All-Stars made their way to the World Series, capping off an undefeated stretch of four games at the Pacific Southwest Regional Tournament. Tuesday night’s final, played in Modesto, featured clutch hitting and gritty play to earn the team a 5-4 victory over Watson. The SGV All-Stars, […]
By Michael YEGHAYAN While the Crescenta Valley Junior All-Star softball team drew on a bit of everything to earn their way into the semi-finals of the Southern California State Championship, they came up two wins short of the championship with a 3-1 loss to Westchester Del Ray last Wednesday, July 27. Crescenta Valley brought its […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Four Jet Propulsion Laboratory proposals have been awarded with NASA $100,000 grants. NASA officials announced today that 30 innovative projects will be awarded $100,000 each for one year of research as part of the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC). This is a small portion of the administration budget, but is an appropriate […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The summer is not quite over. There are still a few more weeks to hit the beach but soon – very soon – it will be time for school to begin again. Throughout Crescenta Valley moms and dads will spout early morning wisdom like, “I told you to go to bed earlier,” […]
By Brandon HENSLEY, Jackie HOUCHIN, Maddy PUMILIA and Charly SHELTON Several foothill neighborhoods either hosted or attended Tuesday night’s National Night Out – NNO – festivities. The event started in 1984 and has grown to 37 million people participating in 15,110 communities across the United States. It’s a way to fight crime while getting to […]
By Ted AYALA When the Present family, owners of Crescenta Valley Towing Company, stepped into the Glendale City Council chamber on July 26, they thought that an injustice done to them was finally going to be righted. “We thought the city would do the right thing,” said Hal Present, who founded the company 50 years […]
These hot days of August give no indication that school is going to be starting up before we know it. Just when we’ve gotten into the rhythm of enjoying fewer cars on neighborhood streets between the hours of 7:15 a.m. and 8 a.m., at the end of the month traffic will back up again as […]