AYSO88 Under 16 Girls Captures First at Downey Open

The Glendale Under 16 Girls AYSO soccer tournament team captured its third consecutive first place finish at the Downey Open Memorial Cup tournament on June 25 and 26. The team, which previously received gold medals at the Pasadena Spring Break in April and at the Glendale Leo Nedeff memorial in May, had a “three-peat,” earning […]

La Crescenta 8U Goes Four for Four in Tournament Play

The La Crescenta (8U) Tournament Team went four for four and took first place at the Hardcore Baseball State Championships Tournament in Rowland Heights over the Fourth of July weekend. Through four games, La Crescenta outscored their opponents by a total of 34-5. Shown are (front row): Boon Fay, David Case, Ryan Proctor, Aaron Kim, […]

Scholarships, Kases Part of Lions Club Outreach

By Maddy PUMILIA The Crescenta-Cañada Lions Club, following their mission to serve the foothill community, continued to make a difference by giving local high school students scholarships and collecting suitcases and backpacks for foster care children. On July 6, the Club awarded three Crescenta Valley High School and three La Cañada High School students with […]

Donations Sought for NCL Rummage Sale

Sellebration, a major fundraising and community outreach event, will come to Glendale’s Pacific Community Center this fall but members of the National Charity League, Inc., Glendale Chapter are already hard at work now to ensure its success. In addition to the donations of the Chapter’s 140 families, mothers and their daughters hit the streets of […]

People Making the News

Park receives BA Seung Park, son of Myung Park and Jae Park of La Crescenta, received a Bachelor of Business Administration from the Goizueta Business School of Emory University in Atlanta, Ga., at its 166th commencement ceremony on May 9. Wong accepted to MSN Brian Wong of La Crescenta has been accepted to attend a […]

Fundraiser Offers Fun While Filling Coffers

By Maddy PUMILIA Supporters of the Community Center of La Cañada came together on Saturday for a night of “gambling,” socializing and dining. The event raised money that will help fund programs at the community center, repair the facilities and keep the costs to the community – including classes in ceramics, digital photography and ballroom […]

PET PREDICAMENTS

This week, advice from Dr. Kym Mitchell Summer is a fun time to enjoy the great outdoors with your dogs. However, you must be careful not to give into the temptation of sharing your yummy picnic snacks and camping food with your furry friends. Any change in diet can result in an upset stomach for […]

Preparing for Nerd Paradise: Comic-Con 2011

Preparing for Nerd Paradise: Comic-Con 2011

By Charly SHELTON Christmas is a joyous time for Christians all over the world. Chanukah is a celebration for all Jews. Halloween brings happiness to goth fans once a year. Or as close to happy as they can get. And for nerds, there is only one time all year when we can truly celebrate, where […]

Milestone Theatre Presents “Distracted” at the Pasadena Playhouse

By Ted AYALA Shortly before the Milestone Theatre’s June 30 through July 10 run of Lisa Loomer’s “Distracted” at the Pasadena Playhouse’s Carrie Hamilton Theatre, I came across an oddly prescient article in the New York Review of Books. Under the title, “The Epidemic of Mental Illness: Why?” Marcia Angell reviewed a clutch of books […]