Puzzling questions, fun skits and a great lunch await those who take part in Smart-A-Thon. By Charly SHELTON “The indigenous Paiute people called this mountain Tumanguya or ‘Too-man-goo-yah,’ which means ‘the very old man.’ They believed this Great Spirit who watched over them lived here. Where is Tumanguya?” If you answered Mt. Whitney, you have […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The internet has opened the world to everyone, especially those who want to sell or buy items. Sites like Craigslist seem to have a never-ending list of various things for sale – some at unbelievable prices. For some reason, maybe because there are so many who believe, “If it’s on the internet, […]
March 1 1000 block of El Vago Street in La Cañada, two vehicles, a Tesla and BMW, were vandalized with graffiti while parked at the location. The driveway was also damaged with the same words/graffiti. There was a typed letter taped to the windshield of the Tesla. The graffiti and letter were not of a […]
On Monday, Feb. 11 at 1:26 p.m., a grand theft occurred at 211 N. Glendale Ave. The victim had just withdrawn a large amount of cash from the Bank of America at Wilson/Glendale. She walked to her vehicle parked at the Fashion Center and placed the cash inside the car. As she drove away, she […]
On Feb. 26, the Glendale Police Dept. arrested 21-year-old Starly Santil of Miami, Florida, and 21-year-old Joshua Ramos of Passaic, New Jersey, for identity theft and grand theft, respectively. Glendale police officers working at the Glendale Galleria and the adjacent Americana were alerted by Apple store employees that the suspects had been in other Apple […]
By Julian MITCHELL The Crescenta Valley High School Career Fair took place on Monday, providing high school students with the chance to see some potential career opportunities. The event took place from noon until 3 p.m. on the school campus and allowed students to explore over 40 different booths occupied by representatives of various businesses. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Four Loyola Marymount University [LMU] students will be going to Buenos Aires, Argentina next month due to their competitive spirit, business skills, foresight and innovation. One of the four students is Connor Grayson Sobczak, who is well-known in the Crescenta Valley area as he attended CV High School and has a name […]
The Pains of Disco On Friday night, after returning from three glorious days on vacation in Cambria (ah, the wine tasting, the smell of fresh pines, the wine tasting) I shopped in my closet to find appropriate garb for the annual Disco and Diamonds fundraiser benefitting the Glendale Educational Foundation. (Sadly I found everything I […]
“The sun did not shine. It was too wet to play. So we sat in the house. All that cold, cold, wet day.” ~ Dr. Seuss, The Cat in the Hat The rest of the country may scoff at Southern California shivering in 50- and 60-degree weather, but this has indeed been one of the […]
By Julian MITCHELL If you were to walk into the College View School, it would be relatively quiet. Students may be playing and instructors may be teaching, but all-in-all the halls remain quiet. That is until Mrs. Julie Kay Stallcup comes to teach her dance class. The halls are then filled with her music, her […]