By Ted AYALA Regional or community orchestras and opera companies tend to be given a bit more slack when it comes to musical standards and discipline. While audiences expect nothing less than perfection from ensembles like the Berlin Philharmonic or the La Scala Opera, a community orchestra may be forgiven the occasional lapse in ensemble […]
By Brandon HENSLEY In 2003, Normand Latourelle and his show “Cavalia” set out to give audiences a dream-like experience – a spectacle where horses and humans unite. Latourelle hoped it would last two or three years. As it turns out, the show is still going strong, and since its original production in Quebec, Canada, more […]
By Brandon HENSLEY The weather outside was frightful – or, at least rainy. But the Christmas party inside the La Crescenta Woman’s Club turned out to be delightful, as over 80 community members joined in celebrating the kickoff to the club’s 100-year anniversary Monday night. The event was hosted by the Historical Society of the […]
Mountview Retirement and Assisted Living Community announced the appointment of a new on-site management team. The seasoned leaders bring experience and talent to this active senior community. Leading the team is Laura Carrillo, executive director, who has more than a dozen years of experience in all facets of the healthcare industry. Sheri McCrea serves as […]
By Seth AMITIN Suffice to say Crescenta Valley has found the San Fernando Invitational a challenging tournament. The Crescenta Valley boys’ basketball team played three games this week in the Invite, beating Los Angeles University High with ease, 65-50, on Monday, getting steam-rolled by West Ranch, 73-55, on Tuesday and then returning the favor to […]
By Misty DUPLESSIS La Crescenta Elementary School Principal Kim Bishop is always looking for ways to expand her students’ cultural experience. Early in the school year Bishop formed a union with College View principal Jay Schwartz to develop a program they hope to permanently adopt. College View is a special needs school serving children who […]
By Misty DUPLESSIS On Dec. 6 Crescenta Valley High School launched its annual competition to raise items for the yearly Fall Food, Toy and Money Drive. On Dec. 15 students anxiously awaited the results of whose class would be named the winner of this year’s collections. The rules were simple. All second period classes were […]
For whatever reason, this month I find myself running out of time, energy and festive fortitude much, much quicker than in previous years. I’m not alone. Perusing Facebook the past few weeks, it seems as though many of us are putting lights up later (mine still aren’t up as I write this), waiting until the […]
Two weeks ago I set the stage for a showdown between the left-wing Hugh Hardyman and the right-wing American Legion members in an early conflict of what was later known as the McCarthy Era. Hardyman was somewhat of a political oddball in the very staid, conservative Crescenta Valley. The newspapers of that time jumped on […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Around 2 p.m. Sunday afternoon, the 5300 block of Pineridge Road was blocked off as Los Angeles County firefighters and workers from Los Angeles County Department of Public Works responded to a call of flooding. When they arrived they found the flooding occurred not because of full debris basins but due to […]