By Isiah REYES Singer-songwriter Jacob Whitesides, 17, performed at the Flintridge Preparatory School auditorium on Saturday to a crowd of more than 100 loyal fans and raised more than $16,000 to benefit Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services in the process. The concert was organized by 14-year-old Delila Brown, an eighth grader at Flintridge Preparatory School. […]
By Isiah REYES Though she’s been teaching for more than 30 years, Cecilia Celis, music teacher and pianist for the Center for Spiritual Living-La Crescenta, has no plans of leaving her profession – and her passion. Celis is a composer, pianist, arranger, teacher and organist, and holds a bachelor’s degree in music, major in piano, […]
By Isiah REYES Local residents from Glendale and La Crescenta will be honored during today’s Rose Parade. Antonia Gonzalez, a La Crescenta resident, will be one of 15 float riders on Kaiser Permanente’s 10th Rose Parade float, titled “Together We Thrive.” It will be dedicated to the Special Olympics World Games. Gonzalez has been […]
By Isiah REYES ormer distributor of CV Weekly newspapers Jay Eatherton moved last September from La Crescenta to Alaska to live a more relaxed and calmer life. But just two weeks ago, he found himself saving someone else’s life. The 42-year-old was on his way home from work and decided to take a different route […]
By Isiah REYES The Crescenta Valley Town Council meeting installed new members and officers while also honoring departing members during its Dec. 18 meeting held in the La Crescenta library. Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael Antonovich helped install the new council for 2015. It will consist of Robbyn Battles as president, Harry Leon as vice […]
By Isiah REYES Dog owners looking to improve the behavior of their “best friends” should head on over to the Glendale Civic Auditorium where the Pasadena Humane Society will be offering basic obedience classes for dogs. Beginning on Jan. 29, the five-week course is designed to deal with common dog behavior problems, such as […]
By Isiah REYES he Casa Adobe de San Rafael in Glendale has a long-standing tradition each holiday season to decorate the house with lighted candles in the decades-old celebration of Fiesta de las Luminarias. The event is hosted by Glendale Beautiful, which provides tours of the house on the first Sunday of every month. “The […]
By Isiah REYES Crescenta Valley High School’s Instrumental Music Dept. presented its 2014 instrumental winter concert to a full house of supportive friends and family on Friday at the school’s auditorium. The instrumental winter concert featured the school’s wind ensemble, jazz band, string orchestra, marching band, drumline and color guard. It was conducted by Mat […]
By Isiah REYES It was a hungry crowd that gathered in the parking lot of the Ralphs Market Place shopping center on Dec. 10 ready to enjoy good food, see classic cars and dance to live music, provided by the CV High School jazz band, during the annual Taste of the Foothills event. Normally […]
By Isiah REYES The Crescenta Valley Youth Town Council has been searching for the local home with the best Christmas lights, best decorations and overall most festive display of the holiday spirit to present its annual Spirit Award. The seven members of the youth council traveled throughout the valley to see which house had […]