By Leonard COUTIN CV managed to qualify three athletes for the CIF track and field finals being held Saturday, May 22 at Cerritos College. Field events will start at 10 a.m. with running at 1 p.m. Entry cost is $7 for adults and $5 for students with school identification. Distance runners Cali King and Claudia […]
The Crescenta Valley High School junior varsity baseball team faced off against the Arcadia Apaches on Friday afternoon battling for the Pacific league title. Under the tutelage of Head Coach Mike Padula, with assistant coaches Richie Carrol and Grant Clark, the Falcons won its third consecutive JV baseball league championship 5 to 3. Highlights included […]
By Seth AMITIN Crescenta Valley High’s baseball season ended at Stengel Field on Tuesday when the Falcons lost to Northwood in the CIF Southern Section Division II wild-card game, 9-1. The Falcons had no answer for Northwood starting pitcher Zack Weiss, who went the distance, allowing only one run on two hits and one walk. […]
By Debbie TAYLOR Montrose-La Crescenta Kiwanis Club held its 23rd Annual Student Scholarship Luncheon on Tuesday, May 18 at the American Legion Hall in La Crescenta. Awards were handed out to qualifying students from both Clark Magnet and Crescenta Valley high schools. The Norm Avril Scholarship award winners were Andrea Aghaian, Daniel Brehm, Talar Malakian, […]
Student volunteer orientation at Descanso Gardens Students interested in volunteering at Descanso Gardens can attend the next student volunteer orientation session on Saturday, May 22 at 9 a.m. Orientation is for students ages 14 and older. For more information and to RSVP, call Tali Arnold at (818) 949-7978. Descanso Gardens, 1418 Descanso Drive, La Canada […]
Many Crescenta Valley residents know that there has been an effort to extend the 710 freeway northward to the 210 freeway for 60 years. There has also been a battle to defeat this effort and to reclaim the 500 homes that are still owned by Caltrans. The City of South Pasadena has led this fight […]
So where was I? Oh, right. In my column two weeks ago I opened up the whole driving-while-talking-on-a-handheld-wireless-phone can of worms. Since then, it seems that things have gotten worse. Now, apparently, you don’t even need a car to be a dangerous cellphone user. A few days ago I was driving down my long driveway […]
CV residents once again find themselves at a difficult crossroads in crafting the future of our valley. The completion of a list of recommendations for a new community plan for the Glendale portion of CV was recently published on the city’s website. The recommendations were well put together by a committee of business owners, property […]
May 11 2400 block of Rockdell Drive in La Crescenta, an iPod was reported stolen from an unlocked vehicle overnight. El Caminito Road and Rosemont Avenue in La Crescenta, a woman reported exiting her vehicle and then hearing a loud “pop.” She walked back to her vehicle and noticed a man near her car. He […]
Kenneth Cleghorn Kenneth William Carlyle (Ken) Cleghorn, a La Crescenta resident for 60 years, passed away at Verdugo Hills Hospital on April 21. Ken was born at home in Burbank on Jan. 27, 1931. He served his country in the United States Air Force, worked making tile at Gladding McBean/Interpace Corp. on Los Feliz in […]