Leah Gagliardi was born with a hole in her heart. Now she tears holes in opposing defenses. By Brandon HENSLEY It hasn’t started yet, but it’s coming. The server throws the ball up in the air, extends her shoulder and whacks it across the net to the other side, where it meets the middle back. […]
By Brandon HENSLEY As audacious as it might sound, if there was one positive to come out of the Station Fire, Dawna Berger has an idea of what it would be. On Saturday evening at the Wine Cave in Montrose Shopping Park, it sat on a table, corked and bottled, ready to be taken in […]
By Brandon HENSLEY, Jackie HOUCHIN, Maddy PUMILIA and Charly SHELTON Several foothill neighborhoods either hosted or attended Tuesday night’s National Night Out – NNO – festivities. The event started in 1984 and has grown to 37 million people participating in 15,110 communities across the United States. It’s a way to fight crime while getting to […]
After years of working, waiting and wondering, CV pet parents can celebrate the approval of $645,000 in funding for a dog park. By Brandon HENSLEY The dog park Crescenta Valley residents have wanted for years is officially on its way. The L.A. County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a $645,000 appropriation to fund the CV […]
By Brandon HENSLEY The County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works held a special ceremony at Big Tujunga Dam on July 21 to celebrate the completion of the dam being seismically retrofitted. The retrofit project cost $100 million and took three years to build. It included building a new dam in front of the […]
Erin Ashby has dominated local competition for years. Her next challenge? Stanford. By Brandon Hensley Step into the batter’s box against Erin Ashby during a game and you’ll probably lose, walk back to the dugout having struck out and hope for a pitching change sooner than later. Step into the box against her on a […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Crescenta Valley Park offers the members of CV High School’s cross country team and its competitors a place to run during the season. This summer, CV coach Mark Evans is allowing not only his team but people of all ages a chance to get out and run the park’s terrain. On July […]
Carmaggeddon – schmarmageddon. The real action was found on Saturday at Deukmejian’s Weedageddon. By Brandon HENSLEY While people across the Southland were stressing about “Carmageddon” last weekend, officials at Deukmejian Wilderness Park held an open invitation for anyone to join in on “Weedageddon” on Saturday morning. The phrase might conjure up boring images of pulling […]
Goodbye to Tom Kuh Earlier this summer, I found myself passing through the pool area at Burbank High School filled with water polo players. I had to get to the gym to watch a basketball summer league game. The smell of chlorine and the walking across wet pavement as kids splashed and joked around brought […]
By Brandon HENSLEY La Crescenta Presbyterian Church was rocking last Friday night – at least more than usual. It is true the church holds a Sunday service with Christian rock music, but this was on a new level, all for a worthy cause. The bands Future of Forestry and IAMWE came together on the last […]