Beginning on Monday, Feb. 1 AARP tax aide volunteers will be certified and ready to help individuals prepare their 2009 income tax returns at two local sites. The free tax service is done while the taxpayer waits and will continue through April 15. It is very important that each taxpayer bring their last year’s tax […]
Verdugo Hills Hospital’s (VHH) A Balanced Life program helps seniors by offering a comprehensive falls-prevention program that treats patients of all ages who are at a high risk of falling. They provide a customized physical therapy program and in-home risk assessments. The program also offers specialized treatment for patients who suffer from dizziness or disequilibrium. […]
By Brandon HENSLEY For Brian O’Keefe in a year that saw his family business shut down and the economic crisis worm itself into his life like it has so many others, the Boston piano that sits in his living room represents hope, a starting point for something new and yet a way for his life […]
By Brian PARK CV Weekly Intern Guard Cassie Pappas scored 27 points and had three steals as the Falcons (15-4, 5-1 in league) defeated the Burbank Bulldogs (8-10, 3-3 in league) 57-26 at Crescenta Valley on Wednesday night. The Falcons started the game off fast, scoring seven straight points before the Bulldogs made a free […]
Shooting for Glendale Community College on Wednesday night was former CV Falcon Narbeh Ebrahimian, now a freshman at the college. The former Falcon is playing forward #35. On Wednesday, Glendale hosted West Los Angeles. Glendale won 64-63.
By Andrew SIMON In the second half of the Crescenta Valley boys’ basketball game at Burbank on Wednesday, Coltrane Powdrill decided the burden was on him to lift a struggling Falcons squad. “I think we were kind of lackadaisical on the offensive end and defensive end, so I felt I needed to kind of pick […]
By Mary O’KEEFE About 40 Crescenta Valley High School students met in a classroom last week and began talking strategy. “OK, how do we want to play the game?” said Sam Sampson. “Do we want to shoot the ball and wait 15 seconds and shoot the other ball?” asked Julian Shur. The discussion continued about […]
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By Jim CHASE Once, when I was in not yet in my teens, I spent a precious dollar of my meager allowance to buy a 45 rpm record of the Beatles’ “She Loves You.” I lovingly carried it home from Grayson’s Tune Town like I had purchased the Holy Grail itself. I played that small […]
By Mike LAWLER A few years ago, when my third daughter Annie was obsessed with cooking, we indulged her passion with a few cooking classes. She really did learn some lifelong skills, and isn’t afraid to whip up anything now that she’s a teen. One of her more successful classes was in making pies under […]