Whether moving up or down, Trevor Bell knows he’s one lucky guy. By Brandon HENSLEY The bags started to fall out of the bus, in the dead of night, and soon covered almost two miles of desert highway. As the Orem Owlz baseball team from Utah was taking a 15-hour ride to Casper, Wyo., a […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY The Crescenta Valley High School boys varsity basketball team headed south last weekend for the UCSD Basketball Tournament held at the college campus in La Jolla. Six contests were held over the three-day period with CV capturing four wins. Highlights of the weekend included strong performances by Falcons Christian Misi, Dylan Kilgour […]
The Crescenta Sports Association 10U tournament team made an outstanding showing in the La Cañada Summer Smash Tournament at the end of June winning three games before dropping in the championship contest 6-4 to Toluca Lake. The team opened the tournament by crushing Westlake 15-2. Later the squad mercied Palisades 17-2 in a quarter-final contest. […]
Dr. Summer Drake joined the medical staff of Verdugo Hills Hospital (VHH) recently as an osteopathic physician specializing in family practice medicine. Dr. Drake trained under VHH’s best doctors during her medical school and residency years. Dr. Drake’s specialty is primary care for men and women from adolescents to geriatrics. She is passionate about care […]
Congressman Buck McKeon met with local community and business leaders on Friday, July 9 at Crescenta Valley Insurance. The visit was initiated when some of the Congressman’s constituents were in Washington DC for the Insurance Agents and Broker of America National Legislative Conference. Rep. McKeon’s district includes parts of La Crescenta, Tujunga, Sunland and the […]
The International Trombone Association has announced that Robert Marsteller has received the Lifetime Achievement Award. The award recognizes people, living or deceased, for their excellence in trombone profession over a long period of time. Marsteller, now deceased, was the principal trombonist for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra for 25 years. Upon his retirement, he became […]
By Susan JAMES Nicholas Cage returns to the realm of symbols and sorcery in director Jon Turteltaub’s new film, ‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice’ co-starring Jay Baruchel as his geek-chic student. Cage plays Balthazar, himself a former apprentice of the legendary Merlin, trying for millennia to contain and control another of Merlin’s pupils, rogue killer Horvath, played […]
By Charly SHELTON Attack of the Movies 3D is a three-dimensional arcade game by Majesco for the Xbox 360 and the Wii. It is an arcade-style shooter, but on a console. This reviewer anticipated the arrival of this game with the utmost glee. My favorite arcade game ever was Terminator 2. The robots would pop […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Who needs Central Park? Crescenta Valley has Two Strike and its own version of Shakespeare in the Park. Friday’s cool summer night was perfect for an audience of over 100 people to bring a light picnic snack, sit back and watch the Bard at his comic best in “Twelfth Night.” The production […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The foundation of the legend of the American Cowboy is to be fair to others, to honor and respect your country and to do what is right. That is not far from the teachings of the Gospel. Those common bonds were highlighted and celebrated on Sunday at the Center for Spiritual Living’s […]