Lily Shaw of La Cañada and a sixth grader at Mountain Avenue Elementary School was selected to participate in the Nationals’ 2010 Miss Pre-Teen Pasadena pageant held on Sunday, March 28. Lily competed in the Miss Pre-Teen division, one of four divisions that included young ladies between the ages of 7 and 19 competing in […]
By Hyung SEOK LEE CVW Intern Crescenta Valley High School held its annual open house on Wednesday, March 31. The event is an opportunity for parents to meet their children’s teachers with the students, learning about the projects and activities that they have participated in through the school year. Additionally, open house provides a chance […]
By Hyung SEOK LEE CVW Intern Four Crescenta Valley High School students were honored by the Glendale Unified School District board of education on March 18. They were presented with the Character and Ethics Award for their outstanding service to the community. Award recipients were Anahid Baghdasarian, Ashlynn Fiss, Mathew Sutphin and Melanie Gaspar. Each […]
By Hyung SEOK LEE CVW Intern It was a full house on April 1 when La Crescenta Elementary School’s fourth, fifth and sixth graders sang, danced and adopted the personas of famous historic composers in the school’s Bulldog Production of “Compose Yourself.” The storyline was based on the movie “Night at the Museum,” when a […]
NOT SURPRISED BY THIS VOTE As expected Rep. David Dreier voted the chicken vote with the rest of the whiny corporate puppets against health care reform. The “I’m-going-to-hold-my-breath-’til-I-get-my-way” tactic didn’t work but they still can’t behave like gracious losers. It is perplexing why the Republicans stuck to the lie that “no one wants this bill.” […]
By Jim CHASE Because we added onto our house sometime during the last century, we have two separate attics. In our original attic, stacks of boxes reach to the rafters in places, filled with accumulated family history that archeologists from the future are sure to go through with collective awe and reverence. Or not. You […]
By Mike LAWLER The state of education in California is often criticized. But imagine that our own school district would take a bold step and create a school like no other. Imagine that school would focus its curriculum on the high tech future that has made California great. Imagine that they would pull in teaching […]
An asteroid is expected to safely fly by Earth today at 4:06 p.m. The Catalina Sky Survey in Tucson, Ariz. recently discovered the asteroid named 2010 GA6. At its closest approach it will be 223,000 miles away from Earth, about 9/10th the distance to the moon. The asteroid is about 71 feet wide. “Fly-bys of […]
Cell phone rules near approval The Glendale City Council is one vote away from adopting an ordinance to place strong controls on cell phone towers in residential areas and on public access streets. The ordinance will come before the council for a vote next week, to take effect in 60 days. New cell phone towers […]
LOCAL MUSICIAN AT WINE CAVE Matthew Sikora will be performing at the Wine Cave on April 10 beginning at 7:30 p.m. At 24 years old, Sikora, a professional musician, has a long list of credits and accomplishments including the lead vocals and acoustic guitar for the band Fathom that toured in the Vans Warped Tour […]