CV topples Burbank in league opener

By Alan DER OHANNESSIAN The Falcons cruised past Burbank, five goals to one, in their opening match of the season. Eager to defend their title, the current Pacific League champions were looking for a strong start at the contest held on the CVHS field on Dec. 15. Before the beginning of the match, head coach […]

Chatsworth stymies CV in tourney championship

By Seth AMITIN It wasn’t exactly the outcome the Crescenta Valley High boys’ basketball team expected in their own tournament, but a second place finish in the Falcons Basketball Classic is what the Falcons got in their 78-69 loss at the hands of Chatsworth in the championship on Friday. Crescenta Valley High was up 31-25 […]

Troop 3541 completes Silver Award project

Taylor Wolfe and Caroline Bearden from Girl Scout Troop 3541 of the Crescenta Valley & Glendale Service Unit completed their Silver Award project recently with the delivery of over 200 cans and 16 grocery bags of cat and dog food to the Pasadena Humane Society. The goal for the project was to collect donations to […]

Treasures found

Crescenta Valley High School JROTC families cleaned out closets and garages and brought their findings to the school’s cafeteria for their annual rummage sale on Saturday. Early morning treasure hunters lined up before the doors opened at 7 a.m. Everything from clothing to holiday dishes were displayed at bargain prices. This is the second annual […]

Easiest Christmas tree shopping ever

By Mary O’KEEFE Falcon football and baseball teams’ Christmas tree fundraiser ended this Saturday with a parking lot full of picture perfect trees and very happy customers. The teams combine their efforts in selling trees as part of a win-win fundraiser. The trees arrived at the Crescenta Valley High School overflow parking lot on Friday […]

Routine traffic stop finds suspect with gun

By Mary O’KEEFE A routine traffic stop by Glendale police ended in the arrest of a 50-year-old man and the discovery of a handgun and loaded magazine. On Sunday about 5:37 p.m. Glendale police stopped a vehicle for expired registration license plate tags in the area of Boston and Anderson avenues. During the stop they […]

Wild night in the Crescenta Valley

By Mary O’KEEFE On Friday about 9:30 p.m. Glendale police received a 911 call concerning someone screaming, yelling and threatening to kill someone near the convenience store at La Crescenta and Montrose avenues. The caller had given a description of a pick-up that was being driven by the threatening suspect. The reporting party told officers […]

Local man throws his hat into the GUSD school board ring

By Mary O’KEEFE La Crescenta resident Todd Hunt announced on Monday that he will be seeking a seat on the Glendale Unified School District board of education on the April 5, 2011 ballot. The terms of GUSD board members Mary Boger and Nayiri Nahabedian are up for re-election in 2011. At a time when education […]

MSPA to assume full control of the Montrose War Memorial

By Ted AYALA At the Glendale City Council meeting of Dec. 7, the City passed a measure giving ultimate control of Montrose’s Vietnam War Memorial (located on the northwest corner of Honolulu Avenue and Oceanview Boulevard) to the governing board of the local business improvement district (BID) – in this case, the Montrose Shopping Park […]

The one that didn’t get away

By Jason KUROSU Former Crescenta Valley High co-principal Mike Livingston set out on the Vagabond, a sport fishing vessel, in late November with hopes of a relaxing fishing trip. He ended up getting that, but also happened to set a world record in the process. While fishing at Magdalena Bay, along the west coast of […]