By Mary O’KEEFE After six weeks of mind numbing equations, programming nightmares, mechanical arms and a mini robot three local high schools waved goodbye to their robotic creations until they meet again at their chosen regional competitions. Clark Magnet, Crescenta Valley and La Cañada high schools’ robotic/engineering teams have all been working on their robots […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Candidates for the Glendale Community College Board of Trustees were present during the CV Town Council meeting Feb. 17 to discuss key financial matters pertaining to the college. Inside the La Crescenta Library community room, challenger Vartan Gharpetian and incumbents Vahe Peroomian and Tony Tartaglia introduced themselves and took questions from the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Crescenta Valley residents need to keep their umbrellas out for a little longer, and maybe get out those really thick sweaters. “Snow levels can come down to 1,000 feet,” said David Gomberg, meteorologist at the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration (NOAA) in Oxnard. Before the snow Crescenta Valley will see rain, about […]
The Crescenta Valley Community Association is hosting a candidate forum this Friday, Feb. 25 for those running for Glendale City Council. The event begins at 7 p.m. and takes place at the Dunsmore Park Community Room, 4700 Dunsmore Ave. in La Crescenta. According to organizer Mike Lawler, the purpose of the forum is to familiarize […]
By Brandon HENSLEY and Jason KUROSU Spencer Walch, who usually spends his time as a “tax attorney, or wrangling my kids,” was placed in a decidedly different role for one particular Wednesday, along with around 30 other members of the community. This was because Feb.16 was the 19th Annual Principal for a Day, an event […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Tonight at 7 p.m. the Crescenta Valley Armenian Community and Youth Center will be hosting a free workshop titled, “Teenagers and the Law.” The workshop is part of an educational series developed by the center to help community members in areas that specifically pertain to teenagers including the law, taxes, immigration laws […]
Growing up just south of Montrose, Saturday usually meant getting together with friends and heading north to spend the afternoon in the Montrose Shopping Park. Heading north on Verdugo Road we’d first pass by a lot full of shiny new Mercedes and Volvo automobiles. Do you remember Colonial Imports auto sales? Next we’d stop to […]
I recently had the chance to be a Principal for the Day at Monte Vista Elementary School. The school is beautiful, well run and high achieving, but that’s a story for a future column. While I was there, I was put to work telling the kids in three different third grade classes about local history. […]
By Misty DUPLESSIS Once a year, the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts encourages Scouts to participate in World Thinking Day that celebrates the cultures of troops around the world. To that end, the CV/Glendale Girl Scouts took the community for a trip around the world on Sunday, Feb. 20 for the 27th […]