The media coverage of last week’s devastating tornado outbreak back east carried descriptions that are eerily familiar to me as a local historian. People reported having no warning. They suddenly heard a deafening roar and felt their walls shake. They had seconds to decide where to run, where would be the safest place in their […]
What a week. I’m sure more than a few regular readers will think today’s column will be about the royal pain in the … er, I mean … the royal wedding of last Friday. With the deconstruction of societal norms in full swing, I admit it was wonderful seeing such an unabashed celebration of traditional […]
Montrose Christmas Parade Association presented the Crescenta Valley High School Prom Plus Club with a check for $500 for their support of last year’s parade. When the parade organizers found they needed more volunteers they contacted the club. Members of the association Steve Pierce and Chris Waldheim praised the volunteers. “They had signed up to […]
By Mary O’KEEFE “Oh yeah, did I show you this? It’s Eleanor Roosevelt.” That statement, simply said, as if it happened yesterday and the woman standing in the photograph with a World War II squadron was just another woman. Retired Air Force Major George Haney stood in front of the Crescenta Valley High School’s JROTC […]
Dunsmore Elementary School celebrated Earth Day on Friday, April 22 with an array of planet-friendly activities. Students participated in a used book exchange, donated recyclables that will fund campus beautification projects and brought in used batteries so that they could be properly disposed of. A highlight of the day was a science event headed up […]
CVLL Majors Division – 2nd Half Gangi 3 0 Trotta 3 0 Warren 3 1 Rountree 2 1 Landry’s 1 3 Police 1 4 High Temp 0 4 CVLL Majors Division – Overall Warren 13 2 Trotta 8 6 Landry’s 8 6 Gangi 7 6 Rountree 5 8 High Temp 5 10 Police 4 12 […]
Fan Appreciation Night Crescenta Valley Falcons Baseball is hosting its 15th Annual Fan Appreciation Night at Stengel Field in Glendale on Friday, May 6. The event will include the Falcons’ baseball game being played against Pasadena at 7 p.m., gates open at 5:30 p.m. There will be food, raffle prizes, face painting, and a chance […]
By Alan der OHANNESSIAN The Falcons varsity softball team kept its composure to win 5-2 Tuesday at Burroughs. Having lost their lead earlier, the Falcons kept their focus to win the game. The win moved the Falcons (17-3, 9-1) into a first-place tie in the Pacific League with Burroughs as of Wednesday. The Falcons played […]
By Leonard COUTIN On Friday, April 29 Arcadia hosted the Pacific League prelims. Strong performances were seen for all ranking divisions. Qualifiers will now return to Arcadia Friday for the Pacific League finals when field events start at 5 p.m. and running events at 6 p.m. For the CV varsity boys, James Maturan (11.25) (23.47) […]
April 29: LRM 11 – Kana Pipeline 6 Suffering a heart breaking loss to Iotec, the game before LRM regained first place by defeating Kana Pipeline. Timely hitting by Ethan Sharp, Jake Jilizian, Trent Lousararian, Tyler Lobianco, Grady Rauh and Chad Ruf helped propel LRM for the win. April 30: LRM 21 – Rec. Room […]