By Seth AMITIN For the second year in a row, Crescenta Valley High will host 150 Special Olympians in track and field and bocce ball for the CV CAN Games, a Special Olympics event in the Tri-Valley region, this Saturday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the campus. Both times the event was organized […]
In the April 8 issue of Between Friends, the article From the Ashes should have read that the bowls were made, glazed and fired at Glendale Community College under the direction of Mark Poore.
By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale Unified School District administrators invited parents and community members to a meeting at Crescenta Valley High School on Monday, April 26 to discuss their “wish list” for a new principal. Long time principal Linda Evans announced her retirement as of the end of the school year. Evans will actually be at […]
April 25 4900 block of El Sereno in La Crescenta, a purse was stolen and the front passenger window was smashed on a vehicle while it was parked in front of a home overnight. April 23 4700 block of Hayman Avenue in La Cañada, the front driver’s window was smashed and nothing was reported stolen […]
obituary Narlene “Skip” Boss Born Nov. 19, 1928, completed her life here on March 19, 2010. Narlene Wallace Barr was born in Fayetteville, Ark. to Harold and Faye Dearing Barr. The family later made their home in Baton Rouge, La. While attending LSU Skip was a member of the PHI MU sorority, served on the […]
April 19 2200 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge, four suspects entered the Yukiyama restaurant, ordered dinner, ate their food and left without paying. All four suspects were female between the ages of 16 and 17. The incident occurred at 5:15 p.m. April 18 5000 block of Castle Avenue in La Cañada, the […]
By Erna TAYLOR-STARK You wouldn’t want to be late to this event, because as far as the eye can see there were parked cars everywhere. The parking lots were full and cars lined the streets and side streets: it seemed that everyone was at the fair. The fourth Annual Hometown Country Fair, presented by the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A pursuit that began on Saturday at Glendale Avenue and Alvarado Street in Los Angeles ended with a car crashing into the front fence of a home in the 2500 block of Altura Avenue in La Crescenta. Los Angeles Police were conducting an undercover narcotic operation when the suspect fled in his […]
By Mary O’KEEFE From April 14 to 17 there were six drug related arrests involving Crescenta Valley residents and/or in the Crescenta Valley area. Two more were arrested just outside of the area in nearby Tujunga. “In the past week there has been an unusual number of drug arrests in the area,” said Sgt. Tom […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Crescenta Valley High School parents received a phone call on April 18 via the PhoneEd system announcing the retirement of long time CVHS principal Linda Evans. Evans will continue at the school until June graduation then will continue serving the district at the GUSD offices in Glendale until her retirement is finalized […]