By Brandon HENSLEY Despite the struggling economic times, business was booming Sept. 8 inside the community rooms of Verdugo Hills Hospital. Almost 60 businesses came together for the Foothills Community Business Expo, presented by the Crescenta Valley, La Cañada and Montrose-Verdugo City chambers of commerce. “Businesses are struggling. But every year we try to just […]
The Crescenta Sports Association kicked off its Fall Ball season on Sept. 18. In the boys 10 and Under division, the Angels took on the White Sox at Two Strike Park. The Angels won the game with a score of 10 with the White Sox ending it at 8. Strong pitching contributed to the win […]
Brenda Adelman is an actress who recently presented her powerful one-woman play at the Center for Spiritual Living in La Crescenta. The play, which she wrote and performs in, is a tale of triumph over tragedy. It is the story of her family that was torn apart when her father Jerry killed her mother Barbara. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Members of the Montrose Search and Rescue team found the body of a teacher from the Los Angeles Unified School District at Big Tujunga Canyon mile marker 6.6 on Sunday at 8:40 a.m. Team members were training in the area when they discovered Rigoberto Ruelas, 39. “The team discovered a [Ruelas’] vehicle […]
The La Cañada Gladiators played their opening season games last weekend. Below are their scores. The next contests will be played on Saturday, Sept. 25 at La Cañada High School, 4463 Oak Grove Drive, La Cañada Flintridge. Jr. Gremlin – Cardinal (Teams Do Not Keep Official Score) On Sunday afternoon at 1:00 p.m. on a […]
By Eli LOCKE Traditionally, the St. Francis Golden Knights, who are in the fourth division, are usually favored against CV’s seventh division Falcons. However the disparity doesn’t diminish the intensity of the contest. This game, which was played last Friday, is always expected to be one of the toughest, hardest fought and most exciting games […]
By Eli LOCKE On Friday, Sept. 24, the CVHS Falcons played the La Cañada Spartans in an emotionally charged battle. Bringing to the field not only a focus on playing the game, the team was also grappling with the loss earlier in the week of long time CV coach Gordon Warnock who passed away in […]
By Mary O’KEEFE With only four candidates applied thus far to run for six available seats on the Crescenta Valley Town Council, members urge the community to step up and run. The CVTC consists of nine regular members and three alternates. Regular members are elected to a three-year term, alternates serve a one year term. […]
Crescenta Valley High School students and their parents filled the school’s quad for Back to School night on Thursday, Sept. 16. Before parents rushed from classroom to classroom following their child’s daily schedule, they ate hamburgers, hotdogs or sausage sandwiches at a barbecue to benefit Prom Plus. They then satisfied their sweet tooth with baked […]
Pancake breakfast planned Fremont Elementary School will be hosting its annual pancake breakfast on Saturday, Oct. 2, from 8 to 10:30 a.m. The cost is $5 per person and includes pancakes, sausage (donated by Schreiner’s), fruit, fresh coffee, milk, and juice. Contributors include IHOP, Vons and Trader Joe’s, The Coffee Bean Tea Leaf, Big Lots, […]