Falcon Basketball Winning Despite Lack of Size

Falcon Basketball Winning Despite Lack of Size

By Brandon HENSLEY The Crescenta Valley High School boys’ varsity basketball team was 10-6 in summer league action as of Tuesday night. The Falcons took three out of four games in the San Fernando Valley last week in the annual War on the Floor tournament. Similar to last year, the team will count on Chris […]

Tower Construction Halted at Sheriff’s Station

Tower Construction Halted at Sheriff’s Station

By Brandon HENSLEY L.A. County Supervisor Mike Antonovich has informed LA-RICS to stop the construction of a communications tower at the CV Sheriff’s Station in La Crescenta. Antonovich’s office sent a letter to LA-RICS’s executive director Patrick Mallon on June 19, one day after the most recent Crescenta Valley Town Council meeting, where council voted […]

Falcon Basketball Pushes Through Summer League

Falcon Basketball Pushes Through Summer League

By Brandon HENSLEY The differences are always striking in the summertime. Players grow their hair out, or simply grow. Faces mature, arms get bigger and new guys are asked to prove themselves worthy of playing time once the real season begins months from now. All of that has been on display this month for the […]

Congratulations in Order

Congratulations in Order

Scott Cox stopped by Los Gringos Locos in La Cañada to sign a congratulatory card for community member Bob Baffert, whose horse American Pharoah won the Triple Crown. The public is invited to sign the card at the restaurant located at 631 Foothill Blvd. in La Cañada. Photo by Brandon HENSLEY

Lessons Learned, Appreciated with Smileys

Lessons Learned, Appreciated with Smileys

By Brandon HENSLEY A man is never a success until his kids have outpaced him. That’s a saying Jim Smiley, a popular teacher at Crescenta Valley High School, threw out one afternoon inside his classroom perched on the third floor of the aging 2000 building. It was late May, a week before another graduating Falcon […]

Students Promote, Graduate into the Future

Students Promote, Graduate into the Future

GUSD schools moved students on within the district while graduating high school students into their future. By Mary O’KEEFE It was a Rosemont Middle School promotion to remember, not just because over 600 students are now heading off to high school but it also marked the end of a Rosemont era – it was the […]

Students Present Solutions to State Drought

Students Present Solutions to State Drought

By Brandon HENSLEY Local middle and high school students presented their possible solutions to California’s drought before the Crescenta Valley Town Council meeting on May 21. As part of the Global Initiatives Alliance, two separate panels from La Crescenta’s New Hope Academy addressed the major water issues, including recommendations for the Town Council to possibly […]

Town Council Says Community Not Heard Over 710 Tunnel

By Brandon HENSLEY The Crescenta Valley Town Council is concerned Metro and Caltrans are not listening to the community’s concern about increased traffic on the 210 freeway and Foothill Boulevard if the proposed SR North 710 freeway tunnel is approved. Representatives from Metro, Cal Trans and the engineering company CH2m Hill took questions from council […]

Gymnast Jensen Honored at Falcon Hall of Fame

Gymnast Jensen Honored at Falcon Hall of Fame

By Brandon HENSLEY From an early age, Jennie Jensen was used to tumbling on a mat, excelling in gymnastics at the Crescenta-Cañada YMCA. Tumbling from inside a car after an accident? That’s a whole other deal. One day, as a student at Crescenta Valley High School, Jensen was driving her family’s VW van on a […]

Softball Looks to Sweep Arcadia in Finale

Softball Looks to Sweep Arcadia in Finale

By Brandon HENSLEY he Falcons said goodbye to their seniors on Tuesday, but at least they can still say hello to a playoff spot next week. With one game remaining in the regular season, the Crescenta Valley High School softball team picked up a much-needed win on Tuesday at home. Of course, the win was […]