WEATHER WATCH <<< TAKING A LOOK OUTSIDE OUR WINDOW

By Mary O’KEEFE Tuesday, April 22, is Earth Day. When I was a kid, Earth Day was when we would have walks to raise money to save the whales or bring awareness of overpopulation (a big thing in the ’70s). That was not long after Earth Day started and over the years I feel it […]

IN BRIEF

CVTC General Meeting The general meeting of the Crescenta Valley Town Council takes place tonight, Thursday, April 17 in the community room of the La Crescenta Library, 2809 Foothill Blvd. It begins at 7 p.m. On the agenda is the commemoration of the Armenian Genocide, presentation of certificates, public comments, community announcements and community reports. […]

‘First They Came’ – An Exploration of Nazi Escalation

‘First They Came’ – An Exploration of Nazi Escalation

By Mikaela STONE The poetic confessional “First They Came” by concentration camp survivor and reformed Nazi sympathizer Pastor Martin Neimoller is a well known overview of Nazi escalation during the Holocaust. Neimoller did not speak out when Nazis came for Jews, communists, socialists or trade unionists. The poem concludes with “Then they came for me. […]

AI at Work: How NASA’s JPL Uses Artificial Intelligence to Explore Mars and Understand Earth

By Charly SHELTON While consumer-facing AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude have taken center stage in popular culture, scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have been quietly and effectively leveraging artificial intelligence for years to advance space exploration and Earth science. Mars exploration is one of many missions using advanced AI, which demonstrates how […]

CVHS Dance Team Ends Competition Season On An Impressive Note

CVHS Dance Team Ends Competition Season On An Impressive Note

By Hannah LIM, Intern The Crescenta Valley High School – CVHS – competitive dance team has concluded its competition season and brought home two national titles: West Coast Elite (WCE) Nationals and United Spirit Association (USA) Nationals. With countless hours of practice, team work and perseverance by every dancer, each win is memorable.  Since the […]

Monarchs to take Flight

Monarchs to take Flight

By Eliza PARTIKA Liana Esmaili, assistant varsity coach for the girls basketball team at Crescenta Valley High School, began playing basketball when she was 14 and became a coach at CVHS after her graduation. Now in her 10th year of coaching, Esmaili is seeking to start an affordable, local basketball program that will compete against […]

Spanish Dual Immersion Kindergarten Teacher Marylou Escobar Selected as Glendale Unified School District Teacher of the Year

Marylou Escobar, a kindergarten Spanish dual language immersion teacher at John Muir Elementary School, has been selected as Glendale Unified School District’s 2025 Teacher of the Year. Escobar will represent the District at this year’s Los Angeles County Teacher of the Year competition. Escobar has been an educator for nearly 40 years. In addition to […]

GUSD Honors Scholastic Bowl Winners and California Distinguished School Verdugo Woodlands

Steve Sarkissian, sixth grade student at Verdugo Woodlands Elementary, led the pledge of allegiance at the Tuesday night, April 9 Glendale Unified School District (GUSD) board of education meeting. He also spoke about the academic opportunities offered to him as a student at Verdugo Woodlands.  Verdugo Woodlands Elementary won the California Dept. of Education’s California […]

Crime blotter

April 13 900 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge, a employee reported that she observed a male Hispanic, Suspect No. 1 wearing a white shirt and black shorts, and a second male Hispanic, Suspect No. 2 wearing a gray shirt, enter the store. The two suspects walked to the liquor aisle and stopped […]

Capt. Hahnlein Named Commander

By Mary O’KEEFE Los Angeles Sheriff’s Dept./Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station Captain Robert Hahnlein has a new title: commander.  It was a bit of surprise for Hahnlein as he was responding a couple of weeks ago to head down to headquarters.  “They brought me down to headquarters to discuss something about the Eaton Fire. When I […]