CVHS cross country teams competed this past weekend, Oct. 23-24, in the Mt. SAC invitational meet where over 300 teams ran in the largest cross country contest in the country. Teams from California, Arizona and Nevada ran in over 118 individual races for the varsity, JV, soph and frosh categories for both boys and girls. Fifty eight of the 100 California state ranked teams were competing in sweepstakes races. Nine […]
By Brian PARK CV Weekly intern The Falcons got off to an early start on a Thursday night game to win their third straight, beating the Muir Mustangs 21-14. After several losses to the Mustangs in earlier seasons, the Crescenta Valley Falcons held on to take the win. The Falcons received the ball to start […]
By Mary O’KEEFE CV High School students from the cinematography class were busy filming around campus the last few weeks preparing for Red Ribbon Week. Teacher Peter Kim set the stage with a few questions that centered on the positive side of not doing drugs. Kim and principal Linda Evans decided to take a positive approach to Red Ribbon Week, empowering students to […]
By Shana LiVIGNI “We are celebrating back-toschool night and our silver anniversary – 25 years of our school becoming a school,” boasted College View school principal Ms. Jay Schwartz at the jubilee last Friday night. “In 1970, it started as a program to educate children with special needs. Then it became the Glendale Developmental Center […]
The Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy basketball players teamed up to beat breast cancer by holding a bake sale which raised over $750 for breast cancer research. The girls sold homemade cookies, cakes and brownies. Shown here are (back row from left) Kate Russell, Ivy Fitzgerald, Juliet Hook, Savanna Willliams, Bridget Fitzgerald, Melene Agakanian, Amber Casillas, […]
For many, cookies and crafts are all that come to mind when we see a Girl Scout, an image that Carol M. Dedrich, the chief external relations officer of the Greater Los Angeles Girl Scout Council, has been trying to dispel. As Dedrich explained, the Girl Scout program is about promoting l e a d […]
Last month, I attended the Laughing Out Loud For Literacy program at Crescenta Valley High, and I did laugh out loud (much to the annoyance of those around me). The show was put on by Once Upon A Time bookstore, a Montrose icon, and, just like the store’s selections, was geared to both kids and their parents. On my way out I spotted Jane and Bob Humphrey, who back in […]
Last week, I half-jokingly suggested that an appropriate icon for our fair foothills would be a trash bin in honor of those blue, brown and black plastic demi- dumpsters littering the streets, driveways and front yards of our neighborhoods. A recent email from a frustrated reader got me thinking about these waste wielding whales on wheels and what they’ve done to our community’s aesthetics. The e mail’s author has lived in the […]
Congratulations from the CV Chamber On Nov. 5, the Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce and community members will recognize the outstanding individuals who constantly contribute their time enriching the quality of life in the Crescenta Valley. Man of the Year Steve Pierce semi retired a few years ago and has devoted his time to the C […]
By Shana LiVIGNI …Gerry Lentz for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series – “House M.D.” the “House Divided” episode (the crowd cheers). That is what Gerry Lentz heard last September at the 2009 Creative Arts Emmy Award presentations. Local man Lentz, his wife Linda and 13-year-old son Kevin are long-time La Crescenta residents who love this community. Lentz has been nominated in this category three times and nabbed several other […]