The four-team middle school league of Rosemont, Wilson, Toll and Roosevelt are currently enjoying a competitive soccer season. This year Rosemont, Wilson, and Toll have a boys’ team and a girls’ team. Roosevelt has a boys’ team and a coed team. Here’s how everyone is faring so far. Boys’ teams (all have two more boys’ […]
By Isiah REYES This year celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Pasadena Showcase House of Design and no expense was spared in the lavish reworking of this Pasadena 1915 English country estate. The Showcase House is the main fundraiser for the Pasadena Showcase for the Arts, which is celebrating its 65th year. The architect of […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On April 7, John Drayman was sentenced to 365 days in Los Angeles County jail, with five years probation, and ordered to pay restitution to the Montrose Shopping Park Assn. On Tuesday, he was released from county jail with an ankle monitor and allowed to go home. Alyce Russell, former president of […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY The average person will fall in love how many times before actually getting married? Which U.S. state is nicknamed the Gem State? Answers to questions like these – and more – were what participants of the 26th annual Smart-A-Thon were seeking at the annual luncheon held at USC Verdugo Hills Hospital on […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Her voice was scratchy, but her play on the field? Super smooth. It is often said that left-handers have the sweetest swings in baseball and softball, and Crescenta Valley High School’s Hannah Cookson certainly exemplified that Tuesday afternoon in a 10-0 home victory over Glendale High School. Cookson was three-for-three against Glendale […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Monday morning in L.A. Superior Court, Dept. 102, former City of Glendale councilman and mayor John Drayman was sentenced to 365 days in Los Angeles County jail and five years probation in addition to paying restitution after pleading guilty on March 12 to embezzlement, giving false statement to the California State […]
By Brandon HENSLEY A shaky infield defense and a lack of offense contributed to the Crescenta Valley High School baseball team’s shutout loss Tuesday night against the Pasadena Bulldogs, 3-0. It certainly was not the way the Falcons had hoped to open the Pacific League portion of the schedule. The Falcons dropped their record to […]
By Nahreen TARZI The 19th annual Elks Car Show took place in Glendale on March 16, raising over $5,000 for children’s charities while providing a fun day for locals. With 103 cars entered, there were many impressive vehicles, but only 35 went home with special plaques. The “People’s Choice” plaque, voted on by the public, […]
With a new coaching staff, some key freshman and the Cookson sisters, the Falcons can compete for a league championship. By Brandon HENSLEY The Crescenta Valley High School softball team entered this season with a new coaching staff and a talented core of returning players who will try and unseat the reigning champion Burbank Bulldogs […]
By Brandon HENSLEY There will be no repeat. The Crescenta Valley High School girls’ water polo team was denied a chance at its second straight CIF Division V championship on Wednesday when the Lady Falcons were eliminated by the Warren Bears in the semifinal round 16-9 at Whittier College. Led by the great plays of […]