Falcons Do Work Over Spring Break

By Alan Der OHANNESSIAN The Falcons varsity baseball team continued its winning ways at the Babe Herman Tournament  as it routed the Torrance North Saxons 9-0 Tuesday night at Stengel Field. The Falcons have been on an offensive tear defeating Oak Park 15-2 on Monday. CV was 12-1 overall heading into Wednesday night’s game against […]

CV Tires in Playing Game of Catch-Up

By Alan Der OHANNESSIAN The Falcons boys volleyball team played catch up most of the match on last Friday,  failing to sustain a lead against the Bishop Alemany Warriors. The Warriors jumped on the Falcons right from the start and never let go. CV kept the deficit manageable for most of the first set as […]

Another Dual Win for Falcons Track and Field

By Leonard COUTIN The Falcons track team faced the Burbank Bulldogs March 31 on Burbank’s new all season track. Facing a strong field of competitors, the Falcons boys and girls team overcame the Bulldogs. The boys won 83-53 and the girls won 79-57. Stepping up was junior Josh Straschewski who had a day winning a […]

A New Pet Hospital Opens Its Doors

By Mary O’KEEFE Montrose Pet Hospital at 2444 Honolulu Ave. is celebrating its grand opening on April 10. The new pet hospital is owned and operated by local resident Dr. Kym Mitchell. Some may know Mitchell from her work at the Rosemont Pet Hospital and others from room mom duties at Valley View Elementary. She […]

Sunland-Tujunga Prepares for Relay

Volunteers for the American Cancer Society (ACS) are urging residents in the Sunland, Tujunga, Shadow Hills and Lakeview Terrace areas to join the second annual “Relay For Life” on April 9 and April 10 at Verdugo Hills High School. Relay is the ACS’s signature fundraiser event. Folks can form their own teams or join an […]

Hoop Heroes Help Salvation Army

By Brandon HENSLEY Near the end of the first half of the charity basketball game between the Glendale firefighters and the Glendale police on March 26, a little boy in the stands turned to his mom and asked which team was winning. “The firemen are winning,” the mother said. “But why?” cried the boy. “I […]

Childhood Obesity Gets One-Two Punch at 3-2-1

On Saturday, March 26, 50 local children whose ambition is to work on TV and film got to work out with World Boxing Federation Middleweight World Champion Junior Earl Butler at Mae Ross’s 3-2-1-Talent Showcase Acting Studios. Butler is featuring the children in his upcoming nationally-distributed DVD, “JEB Boxercise, Kids Counting Out Obesity” and original […]

Talking with Hayk Hambartsum, Director of “Confessing with Music”

By Ted AYALA Tonight, Thursday, April 7, the Brand Library (1601 W. Mountain St.) will be a screening the American premiere of a documentary film that explores the life of feted composer Tigran Mansurian. Mansurian (born 1939) has long been lauded in Central Europe and his native Armenia, though his work is still not as […]

Vio-fonik Found at Glendale’s 1st Baptist

By Ted AYALA Ensconced just a minute’s walk away from Downtown Glendale is one of the city’s best kept musical secrets. The 1st Baptist Church of Glendale (209 N. Louise St.) plays host to the Glendale Noon Concerts, a free series of noon-time musical concerts that are free to the public. Every first and third […]

A Tea Party Celebration for Media City Ballet

By Mary O’KEEFE Media City Ballet is celebrating its 10th anniversary season with “A Crazy Spring Mad Hatter Party” on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the Media City Dance Centre, 237 E. Palm Ave. in Burbank. The fundraiser/celebration will feature music and Media City Ballet dancers roaming among the crowd dressed as special characters. “The […]