By Eli LOCKE Last month the Crescenta-Cañada YMCA held its annual summer camp sign up carnival. Camp sign up day used to be a very time consuming affair, but in recent years camp sign ups have been available on the Internet as well as at the carnival, with around 25% of camp signups taking place […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Upon first inspection, the quad at CV High School on March 19 may have looked like any other during a fundraiser: There was music, food, a special performance by a Taekwondo group, and many raffle prizes to award. But a closer look revealed something else, something more than just skin-deep. “This day’s […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]