It was a close game on Wednesday afternoon when the Falcon JV boys basketball team met the Burbank Bulldogs at CV. The team enters the final games of the season in first place in the CIF Pacific League. Beating the Bulldogs was necessary, but at times seemed doubtful as the Falcons had trouble holding onto […]
By Brandon HENSLEY By now, it might be possible to think that if Coltrane Powdrill and Nick Dragovich were being attacked from all sides in an alley, ala a cheesy crime-fighting TV show, the two of them wouldn’t have much of a problem disposing of their enemies, taking on all attackers with their backs to […]
By Hyung SEOK LEE CV Weekly intern The Crescenta Valley High School Jazz Band hosted its annual Big Band Swing Dance, inviting the entire community for a night of dancing. On Feb. 6, dancers of all ages gathered in Crescenta Valley High School’s cafeteria where they were served an Italian dinner as the CV Jazz […]
By Hyung SEOK LEE CV Weekly intern The Scouts of America are known for their ability to hike for miles without stopping. On Jan. 29, over 200 Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Girl Scouts of the Verdugo Hills Council proved their ability by hiking four miles throughout La Crescenta and Montrose on what is known […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Girl Scout Troop 423-1 has mixed horticultural science with philanthropic work and Two Strike Park is the beneficiary. The girls, based at both Monte Vista and Valley View Elementary schools, are working on their Silver Award by taking over a former Gold Award project. About two years ago, Scout Brianna Johnson created […]
PROBLEM MAY LOOM AT LIBRARY There’s a potential issue at the new library I found on my first visit the week it opened. I approached the new front entrance on foot from the west and met a mother and her two very young children at the base of the stairs. I stayed to the extreme […]
By Mary O’KEEFE St. George’s Preschool and Episcopal Church in the 800 block of Foothill Boulevard has unfortunately been added to the list of buildings, and homes, affected by the recent rains. On Saturday, debris had flowed into a drain causing rainwater to back into the playground and Lower Softley Hall where the kitchen and […]
Gray Berg 1926- 2010 Gray Berg died at home on Feb. 4 after a long fought battle with cancer. Born in Pontiac, Mich. on Sept. 20, 1926, his family moved to California in 1944. Gray enlisted in the Army Air Corps on D-Day and hoped to become a pilot. He was in cadet training at […]
The History of JPL subject of next meeting The Historical Society of the Crescenta Valley will be presenting a history of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory at its next meeting. JPL’s roots go back to the ‘30s when a group of Caltech students, dubbed the Suicide Squad, were using the vacant land of the Arroyo Seco […]
Evacuations ordered By Mary O’KEEFE Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station has issued evacuation notices via the reverse 911-phone system for homes in La Cañada and La Crescenta. The decision to evacuate was made at the executive level by the incident unified command, said Sgt. John Caffrey. The evacuation orders, according to the Los Angeles Public Works […]