One of the things that my dad and an older brother often did in their spare time was to take an ordinary car or truck, strip it down to its nuts and bolts, pistons and bearings, gaskets and gears – and then rebuild the entire vehicle from the tires to the headliner, turning it into […]
I’m not a person of faith, yet I have had to summon a lot of that just that to continue to support John Drayman. The attacks on him have been unrelenting. Some have said, “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.” I maintain that in some cases, and this is one of them, “Where there’s smoke, there’s […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Crescenta Valley High School JROTC has had a very busy schedule this year. They are unique in the area, the only ROTC program in Glendale Unified School District which means their color guard services are very much in demand. Once they added the table honoring Prisoner of War/Missing in Action, the requests […]
LCFShakes Returns this Summer From Friday, June 24 to Sunday, July 31 at 8 p.m., VanguardRep will present its annual summer festival, La Cañada Flintridge Shakespeare Festival (LCFShakes). The world premieres of “After the Autumn” and “Tragic Women” will play in repertory with a further adaptation of last year’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” LCFShakes will […]
Team Wins Losses Ties Warren 10 2 0 Trotta 8 3 1 Rountree 8 4 0 Landry’s 6 5 1 Gangi 6 6 0 High Temp 2 10 0 Police 1 11 0 CVLL Major’s – Overall Standings Team Wins Losses Ties Warren 20 4 0 Landry’s 15 8 1 Trotta 13 10 1 Gangi […]
The Crescenta Sports Association 2011 Bronco 12 & Under Division championship game was held on Saturday, June 11 at Montrose Park. The game pitted El Sol against Togo’s Baskin Robbins beginning at 6 p.m. but at a score of 16-6, El Sol mercied Togo’s Baskin Robbins to claim the division championship title. Kirk McCreary pitched […]
By Eli LOCKE Under the leadership of first-year head coach Paul Schilling, the CV Falcons varsity football team started the season with high hopes, and high expectations following the previous year’s playoff run. Early on, the program dealt with the loss of legendary former coach Gordon Warnock, who passed away on the verge of the […]
Summer time is the time when many local families open their homes to foreign exchange students. EF – Education First – Homestay Program works with families to host students from around the globe, offering a glimpse into the American lifestyle. Students will be staying for three-and-half weeks from June 30 through July 27. All students […]
A group of local Republicans, members of the La Cañada Flintridge Republican Club and some members of the Young Republicans of La Cañada Flintridge took a bus trip last week for a tour of the newly refurbished Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley. Pictured waving from the steps of Air Force One are top […]