ivy.hopper@gmail.com Ivy Hopper is a teen columnist who talks with authors and fans of books that are currently being read by today’s youth. This week I sat down with author Pamela Wells. Pamela Wells wrote The Heartbreakers and The Crushes. The Heartbreakers is soon to be a movie called “Rules of Dating for Teenage Girls.” […]
I’m a firm believer in the philosophy that it’s better to give than receive – unless, of course, someone has a three-figure gift card to Bass Pro Shops or Guitar Center with my name on it. I’d happily take something like that off your hands, thank you very much. Other than that, I get considerably […]
Rocky Cola Café at Honolulu Avenue and Verdugo Boulevard is another of the many gems that make up the “treasures of the valley.” The building Rocky Cola occupies was built in 1923 by the Belanger family as the Montrose Pharmacy. It was the iconic drug store/soda fountain combo that graced so many small town main […]
TRIUMPH MEANS MORE THAN TROPHIES The Crescenta Valley High School Falcon Marching Band capped off a season of record-breaking scores with a “personal best” in its final competition. At the prestigious Moorpark “Battle of the Bands” field show tournament on Saturday, Nov. 21, the band earned its highest-ever overall score in a field tournament. The […]
Dec. 15 2600 block of Honolulu Avenue in Montrose, Glendale police made a total of nine arrests at The Mix. The arrests were made just north of Honolulu Avenue on Rosemont Avenue. The suspects who were going into The Mix were contacted because of alcohol violations. Three suspects were arrested for felony gun possession; six […]
California Highway Patrol Officer Andre Primeaux will be leaving as the public information officer for Crescenta Valley at the end of December. Primeaux went above and beyond his duties as PIO by attending CV Town Council meetings and working together with council members for safe school routes. The PIO is the liaison between the community […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Home Instead Senior Care is sponsoring a community service program that brings gifts to seniors in La Crescenta, La Cañada, Burbank and Glendale. The “Be a Santa to a Senior” program reaches out to seniors who are alone for the holidays and brightens their day with a gift. Senior Care is a […]
By Mary O’KEEFE St. Luke’s Anglican Church will once again be heading for court if the United States Supreme Court agrees to hear its case. On Wednesday the church attorneys filed a petition for writ of certiorari with the Supreme Court of the United States “asking them to decide whether California courts violated the U.S. […]
By Chris BLUME As the state budget shrinks smaller and smaller and less and less money is afforded to the school system, it is indeed a difficult job to advocate for the district’s children and their future. That is, however, exactly what Mary Boger, currently the president of the Glendale Education School District board, will […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Parents at Holy Redeemer and St. James the Less Catholic Church were surprised to find that their two schools would be merging. St. James would accommodate kindergarten through fourth grade and Holy Redeemer would have students from fifth through eighth grade. The reason given at a meeting Wednesday night with Father […]