By Brandon HENSLEY The Crescenta Valley High School cafeteria was buzzing last Friday afternoon – not with hungry eaters, but with eager science students showing off their knowledge of biotechnology. Students from the La Cañada High School Biology Institute and the CV Biotech Boot Camp were there for the first Biotech Showcase, installing displays throughout […]
By Brandon HENSLEY If it’s summer, it must be time for administration positions to switch within the Glendale Unified School District. Less than a month after it was announced Bill Card would be leaving Lincoln Elementary, the school has its new principal. Stephen Williams, who will leave Franklin Magnet Elementary as principal, will take over […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Whether by car or motorcycle, the drive up Angeles Crest Highway to Newcomb’s Ranch Bar & Restaurant from La Cañada is 27 miles of steep, winding road. Twenty-seven miles of breath-taking scenery but also sharp turns, which give way to a view down below that even Wile E. Coyote wouldn’t survive if […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Enrollment for schools in the Glendale Unified School District has decreased in recent years, according to numbers provided by the district. From the 2003-04 school year to 2010-11, enrollment has gone from around 29,000 students to around 26,000. This year, enrollment was down 266 students. All numbers are for grades kindergarten through […]
By Brandon HENSLEY It has been a rocky road for Christian Life Church the past four and a half years, but now some light is starting to show through with the recent news that the church is on its way to rebuilding. Pastor Randy Foster said this week that his church has submitted plans for […]
By Brandon HENSLEY A cheer rose up from Crescenta Valley residents at the CV Town Council meeting June 9 when the timetable for the construction of the CV dog park was announced. Inside the La Crescenta Library community room, Susan Pearson from the L.A. County Parks and Recreation Dept. of Planning was there to give […]
By Brandon HENSLEY By the way members of the Crescenta Valley Town Council were talking last week, it’s not only the Altadena California Highway Patrol station that will be missing one of their own come September, it will also be residents of CV. Capt. Bill Dance of the Altadena Station has been named as the […]
By Brandon HENSLEY So this hot-shot science student walks into Orenda Tuason’s classroom at Crescenta Valley High one afternoon and it immediately becomes a family atmosphere. The student at first turns a chair around to sit in it like A.C. Slater in “Saved by the Bell.” Tuason has none of that that and scolds him […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Maybe the Crescenta Valley High boys’ varsity basketball team would have advanced further in the CIF playoffs this season than it did if several key members did not fall ill in the days leading up to their matchup against Quartz Hill. But they did, providing a sluggish effort all game, and the […]
By Brandon HENSLEY The Women’s Council of Verdugo Hills Hospital hosted its annual fashion show at Verdugo Hills Hospital on May 20. There were about 80 attendees and fashions were provided by Holiday Hats and Gowns, Montrose, and table favors by Merle Norman Montrose. The theme of the event was “On the Red Carpet” and […]