On Sunday, March 8 the Glendale Youth Orchestra, conducted by Henry Shin, will perform the second concert of the 31st season at 7 p.m. at the historic Alex Theatre in Glendale. The program, titled “Russian Romantics,” will feature the powerful music of Tchaikovsky’s “Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture” and Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Scheherazade.” This concert will mark […]
By Mary O’KEEFE At Sunday’s Harvest Market community, youth shared their ideas and business savvy as an Entrepreneur of Tomorrow. The Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow event was started by Crescenta Valley Town Council President Harry Leon and CV Youth Town Council members. Students had the opportunity to be a vendor and sell their handmade items such […]
On Jan. 21, USC Verdugo Hills Hospital hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony to welcome two new surgical robots to its operating room. The robots offer a broader range of motion and 3D high-definition visuals for improved clarity and definition during procedures. The addition of the new robots represents a $4 million investment into the hospital’s […]
On Jan. 13, the Crescenta Valley High School marching band and color guard performed at Disneyland during its nightly flag retirement parade. “During May of last year, we submitted three videos and pictures of marching band, jazz band and symphony orchestra,” said music director Mathew Schick of how the high school became involved in the […]
Nikita Parthasarathy of La Crescenta was one of the more than 200 teenagers and young adults who dressed to the nines before heading to the 21st Annual Renal Teen Prom on Jan. 19 at the Glendale Hilton. Parthasarathy attended the prom with her older sister Divya. The event, created 21 years ago by Renal Support […]
By Lori BODNAR, intern Nearly 300 people gathered on Jan. 11 at Rosemont Middle School to watch the funny and entertaining play “Johnny Appleseed” performed by Mountain Avenue Elementary School students. In the play, Johnny and his little “apple seed buddies” travel across the land and make friends with everyone – people and animals. As […]
In addition to scholarships available via CAP (see story on this page), the La Crescenta Woman’s Club is offering three types of scholarships to graduating seniors planning on attending a four-year college or university. Students must reside within the Glendale Unified School District. Four $1,000 scholarships will be awarded to students planning on studying in […]
The Cañada Auxiliary of Professionals, known as CAP, has awarded four $1,000 scholarships to local high school graduates who are attending a two-year college or occupational program. CAP is an auxiliary of Assistance League of Flintridge (ALF). Two scholarship candidates and their families attended the September CAP meeting, during which they were introduced to the […]
In addition to scholarships available via CAP (see story on this page), the La Crescenta Woman’s Club is offering three types of scholarships to graduating seniors planning on attending a four-year college or university. Students must reside within the Glendale Unified School District. Four $1,000 scholarships will be awarded to students planning on studying in […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Adam Komjathy is a senior at Crescenta Valley High School and a member of the Falkons 589 robot team. He also takes classes in computer science. A year ago when he was in Dr. Greg Neat’s advanced placement computer science class he began working on an application that could help the school […]