By Michael YEGHIAYAN Although the start of the season does not officially get underway until Sept. 10 against Verdugo Hills, the Crescenta Valley Falcons varsity football team is well under way to build on last season’s performance. Paul Schilling, in his first year as head coach for the Falcons, does not anticipate major changes in […]
Playing over Father’s Day weekend, La Crescenta Thunder, the community’s only 14U girls fast pitch tournament team, went undefeated in the “Hit It Like It’s Hot” Sylmar tournament winning the division championship on June 20. Thunder defeated Sylmar 9-5 and Montebello 3-0 on Saturday. Thunder rolled to its second win over Montebello with a 6-2 […]
By Shari EMAMI David Gilbaugh is a star on the rise. With a former teaching background, he combines his love of helping others with his own artistic talents and brings them both to the community. He teaches art/sculpting at the Community Center in La Cañada on Wednesday evenings for intermediate to advanced sculptors. Surprisingly, Gilbaugh’s […]
“Finally! A women’s boutique in La Crescenta. I don’t have to go to the crowded mall anymore!” This is what clients say when they walk into Mademoiselle Womens’ Fashion & Accessories, a European style boutique that recently opened in La Crescenta. Mademoiselle was owner Rima Bedevian’s childhood dream of one day owning a boutique – […]
By Charly SHELTON Two years ago, the Universal Studios suffered a fire that devastated the New York Street area of their backlot. The three alarm fire of June 1st, 2008 damaged or destroyed Brownstone Street, New York Street, the King Kong Encounter, some structures that make up Courthouse Square, and the Video Vault, housing copies […]
HIGH SCHOOL REUNIONS The Crescenta Valley High School class of 2000 is having its 10-year reunion on July 17. From 6:30 to 10 p.m. there will be a hosted bar, reception buffet and door prizes. The event is being held at the ESPN Zone at L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles. For more information, contact […]
By Mary O’KEEFE “All things change but Truth, and that Truth alone lives on forever…In my Creator, my country and my fellow man.” –The Lone Ranger, Clayton Moore. The Cowboy Code from Gene Autry, according to cowboyway.com, “He must never go back on his word, or trust confided in him. He must not advocate or […]
By Julia RABAGO “Networking and ‘word of mouth’ advertising together are 7 times more likely to bring in business than all forms of traditional advertising and direct mail combined.” — Jane Attard On www.businessknowhow.com, Janet Attard states that networking, whether through business associations or other means, is the most prevalent and cost effective way for […]
By Mary DAWSON Right off the bat you might well ask, “So what in the world is the MSPA?” It’s an acronym for the Montrose Shopping Park Association, formed way back in 1968 for the purpose of representing the interests of the then “newly created” Montrose Shopping Park. The Shopping Park is a B.I.D. (another […]
By Ted AYALA By the time you read this article on Thursday, our next Artwalk will only be two days away. On Saturday, July 10, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Honolulu Avenue will be packed with a wide array of works from some of the area’s best fine artists. Saturday promises to be a […]