By Justin HAGER Last Friday, May 6, the Falcon boys’ baseball team defied all odds by taking down the heavily favored No. 2 seeded South Hills Huskies. The Huskies entered the game ranked in the top-50 teams in California, according to MaxPreps. The Falcons, meanwhile, were outside the top-200. The Huskies, though, did not count […]
By Justin HAGER Four years ago, 13 freshmen boys and two sophomores came together with Coach Nik Soforenko and founded CVHS’ first boys’ lacrosse team. None of the boys had ever played lacrosse before; most were not regular participants in any other sport. Learning the sport from scratch was especially difficult when practices had to […]
Happy Mother’s Day! It was brought to the attention of the Council that an anti-Semitic symbol was discovered within our community. The Council located the graffiti and advised Los Angeles County Public Works, which removed the graffiti. The Town Council, working closely with 5th District Supervisor Kathryn Barger’s office and the Crescenta Valley Sheriffs’ Station, […]
The Memories of Norma Quinn Potter – Part 3 A few weeks ago I began a series on the memories of Norma Quinn Potter, who moved to the valley as a kid in 1931. Norma today is a bright, charming woman and she was a bright, charming kid. She wrote about her childhood in an […]
By Lori BODNAR Mountain Avenue Elementary School hosted its first in-person event on April 28 since the pandemic. Culture Night celebrated places and people from around the world. Students and their families volunteered to share information about a culture through song, dance, activities, traditions, food, items and informational posters at their outdoor booths. Mountain Avenue […]
Why do Realtors Grossly Under Price Homes? Dear Phyllis, I recently read an article in another paper about a home in South Pasadena listed for $1,349,000 and selling for $2,105,000. My daughter has been looking at homes for six months and made three offers, each time getting outbid. It’s a very hurtful and emotional process […]
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Updated on May 9 with correct spelling of Tammy Tiber. By Justin HAGER Dozens of parents, teachers, and students packed the Glendale Unified School District board meeting on Tuesday night, May 3, to speak their minds on the application of a 10-year-old state law that mandates the teaching of contributions of persons with disabilities […]
A Perfect Day at the Fair Beneath a Chamber of Commerce picture perfect blue sky and ideal temperature, an estimated crowd of 5,000-6,000 parents, children, students, friends and just plain Fair lovers attended this year’s Hometown Country Fair last Saturday at Crescenta Valley Park. Check out this year’s participants … more than 50 vendor booths, […]
The Montrose Chamber’s New Normal It’s interesting to reflect back on how much we missed the “old normal” and how frightened and even resentful we were of a “new normal.” However, as we have resumed in-person events again this year and as we continue to plan our much anticipated Montrose Craft Beer Fest 2022 and […]