OPENING DAY CEREMONY »AYSO (American Youth Soccer Organization) held its opening day ceremony on Sunday at Glendale Community College. Teams marched in front of about 1,000 fans and families as they kicked off their new 2009-10 soccer season. Check our website www.crescentavalleyweekly.com for more pictures of the day’s events.
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY Whether it was preseason jitters or lack of a full padding Hell Week due to the Station fire, the CV Falcons collected as many penalties as points during Friday night’s game against the Verdugo Hills Dons at Moyse Field. Yes, it’s true that the match against the Dons wasn’t much of a […]
CV High School Back to School Night: Sept. 17 starting at 7:00 p.m. Holy Redeemer School Parent Orientation Back to School night for grades 5-8. Sept. 17 at 7 p.m. Valley View Back to School Picnic Sept. 18. Check school for time. Dunsmore Elementary Back to School Night: Sept. 22 starting at 6:30 p.m. Fremont […]
It seems like only yesterday folks could pick up the CV Sun newspaper every Friday morning and peruse the pages to catch up on the happenings in this usually serene suburbia we call home. That ended when the Sun’s distant corporate owners (a major metropolitan newspaper whose subscriber base is in free fall, I might […]
In my capacity as “prez” of the local historical society, I often get calls from locals asking me to come and look at some cool old thing they found in their attic or yard. Last week I got just such a call from Glendale Park Naturalist Eric Grossman, urging me to come up to Deukmejian […]
Sept. 14 2600 block of Prospect Avenue in La Crescenta, a black 1995 Ford Thunderbird was stolen. 1800 block of Fairmont Avenue in La Cañada, tools were stolen from a truck between 3 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. 4600 block of Viro Road in La Cañada, several large appliances were stolen from a home under construction […]
By Charles Cooper The Glendale City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to adopt a moratorium on the opening of medical marijuana facilities in the city. The zoning code does not list such facilities as a permitted use, but litigation is currently challenging a city’s right to ban such use. The moratorium, initially in effect for 45 […]
Glendale district administrators are pleased with the newly released Academic Performance Index report. The district rose 13 points to 830, with a majority of schools making, and some surpassing, the state goal of 800. Crescenta Valley schools once again performed well: School, 2009 Growth Elementary schools: Lincoln, 894 Dunsmore, 905 […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY Americana at Brand last Friday was the site for the opening of duck season — the Glendale Kiwanis Incredible Duck Splash (KIDS) season that is. The annual duck splash, this year being held on Saturday, Oct. 24, is the biggest fund raiser for the Glendale Kiwanis Club. At Friday’s kick off, a […]
Though the Station fire dominated the news for most of the end of August and beginning of September, the Crescenta Valley Town Council was also making news with the installation of three new military heroes banners along Foothill Boulevard. A banner has been installed for Nick Steinbacher in front of Pickens Canyon Park where his […]