Sheriffs on the Look-Out For the sixth year, Crescenta Valley Station will participate in Operation Chill. Since 1996, the 7-Eleven Corporation has sponsored Operation Chill which is a program that allows law enforcement officers to “ticket” youngsters they observe doing good deeds or exhibiting positive behavior. The ticket is actually a coupon good for a […]
By Aimee YEGHIAYAN The Crescenta Valley High School Team 589 Falkon Robotics had the chance to present their robot to the Dreamworks Technology department on Friday. The robotics team, consisting of about 40 students from Crescenta Valley and seven adult mentors from Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the high school led by Dr. Greg Neat, participates […]
CV has been competing in numerous passing games to prepare for upcoming season. By Maddy PUMILIA School may be out for Crescenta Valley High School students, but that hasn’t stopped the Falcon football team from working hard. “It’s like its own little season,” said Head Coach Paul Schilling of the summer practices. To prepare for […]
By Mary O’KEEFE “It’s the flight of the disc.” That is how professional disc golfer Catrina Allen described how disc golf became her sport of choice. On a recent weekend, disc golfers participated in a two-day tournament titled Canon Ball Run. It began on July 9 at Veterans Park in Sylmar, and then moved to […]
By Michael YEGHIAYAN The La Cañada Gladiators junior football league is set to begin summer team practices, with the league’s tackle teams beginning practice on July 25 and flag football and cheerleading to start soon after. The Gladiator program consists of six divisions of football teams that are organized by weight and age guidelines plus […]
The La Crescenta Tournament Team rounded out its 2011 tournament season taking second place at Big League Dreams in West Covina. The team won three out of four games (mercying two of their opponents), but came up short in the championship match against Fountain Valley. The boys who played baseball in the CSA organization this […]
The La Crescenta Mustang division went undefeated in pool play in the Toluca Firecracker Tournament to advance to the championship game on Sunday, July 10. La Crescenta went head to head with La Cañada in a hard fought game to take the championship 7-5. La Crescenta will wind up its tournament season in the VCAA […]
Luncheon offers opportunity to celebrate local businesswomen, learn about legislative developments and progress. By Mary O’KEEFE The 12th Annual Women in Business luncheon was held on Friday at The Castaway restaurant in Burbank. California State Legislators, Senator Carol Liu and Assemblymembers Mike Gatto and Anthony Portantino presented the event. The women honored were from the […]
The members of the Kiwanis Club of La Cañada learned recently that there are 45,000 toxins in the air we breathe everyday. Barbara Spiegel, M.A. guest speaker at the Wednesday luncheon meeting of the club held at Van de Kamp Hall at Descanso Gardens, revealed some frightening statistics about toxins in our environment. “You must […]
Dear Phyllis, My home has been for sale for over a month. After the Realtor’s® open house, I had a few showings but that was it. Although I am on a quiet street with a lot of desirable upgrades, my Realtor® has yet to show my home. How do you suggest I motivate her? Frustrated […]