Lending a Helping Hand

By Isabella MEGERDECHIAN, intern The Lincoln Elementary School community came together to bring comfort to the migrant children who are being held in Long Beach as part of the Reunification Project. The Lincoln community donated over 300 new toys and books for the children, both in English and Spanish. “Lincoln Elementary is a service-centered community,” […]

LCFOG Lends Support to OIC

LCFOG Lends Support to OIC

La Cañada Flintridge Orthopaedic Guild (LCFOG) has provided financial support to Orthopaedic Institute for Children (OIC) since the group was formed, with the support of several young La Cañada women, in 1957. LCFOG was one of four auxiliaries formed at that time – all with the same mission: to provide the best orthopaedic medical care […]

Softball Seniors Honored Despite Game Postponement

Softball Seniors Honored Despite Game Postponement

By Justin HAGER Coaches, parents, fans, teammates and even opponents rolled out the red carpet at Crescenta Valley High School on Tuesday for the graduating seniors on the girls’ softball team. Soon-to-be graduates of Burroughs High School received flowers from their CVHS counterparts and the home team members of the class of 2021 shared a […]

Defensive Battle Gives Burbank the Edge over Falcons in Baseball

Defensive Battle Gives Burbank the Edge over Falcons in Baseball

By Justin HAGER After weeks of anticipation, the final two weeks of the regular season of CVHS boys’ baseball have arrived, featuring a four-game clash of the titans as CVHS takes on both of the other top two teams in the Pacific League. The Falcons entered the week in second place in the Pacific League […]

Letter to the Editor

The Crescenta Valley Fireworks Association sincerely appreciates the outpouring of support and donations from the community for this year’s 4th of July fireworks show. We’re getting close to our goal but we still need your donations to cover the expense of providing this amazing fireworks display to the thousands of viewers in the Crescenta Valley, […]

Glendale Noon Concerts Welcomes Cellist Jonathan Flaksman

Glendale Noon Concerts Welcomes Cellist Jonathan Flaksman

On Wednesday, June 2 at 12:10 p.m., the Free Admission Glendale Noon Concerts program will be streamed. Cellist Jonathan Flaksman will perform solo works by Paul Hindemith, Eugéne Ysaÿe, and Gaspar Cassadó on a Facebook stream and YouTube. Selections include “Solo cello music of the 1920s,” Paul Hindemith (1895-1963), “Sonate für Violoncello allein op. 25 Nr. […]

Calendar This

PROGRAM PLANNED FOR BURBANK AFRICAN VIOLET SOCIETY The Burbank African Violet Society will be having its next club meeting today, Thursday, May 20, at 10 a.m. at The Little White Chapel Christian Church, 1711 N. Avon St. in Burbank. The program will be “My Violets and Other Hobbies,” which will include a raffle and silent […]

NMSC Announces Scholarship Winners

National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC®) announced this year’s winners of the National Merit $2500 Scholarship. The 2,500 Merit scholar designees were chosen from a talent pool of some 16,000 outstanding finalists in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship program. National Merit $2500 Scholarship winners are the finalists in each state judged to have the strongest combination […]

Mexican Heritage Celebrated at LCPC

Mexican Heritage Celebrated at LCPC

  By Lori BODNAR, intern Cinco de Mayo was celebrated locally in grand style by nearly 70 students and their teachers at the Center for Children at La Crescenta Presbyterian Church (LCPC). The group welcomed Grupo Folklórico de USC that performed traditional Latin American dances in an outdoor courtyard on May 5, a special day […]

PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE <<< My Return to Disneyland

PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE  <<< My Return to Disneyland

By Charly SHELTON Well it has been 440 days, 13 hours and 10 minutes since I last set foot inside Disneyland, but who’s counting? That is the longest period in my 31 years that I have been away from Disneyland. Suffice it to say, walking back into the park after such a long time was […]