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Sports | | January 20, 2012
ARCADIA — Historically, bad fortune has often come the way of the Crescenta Valley High girls' soccer team at Arcadia High. And when the latest installment of the heated rivalry occurred on Friday with first place in the Pacific League at stake, it was the same, classic bitter rivalry and, unfortunately for the Falcons, it was more bad fortune. On the strength of a pinball score from senior Sarah Rock off a corner kick in the 56th minute, Arcadia defeated visiting Crescenta Valley, 1-0. "We always know that it's gonna be a good game," said Falcons Coach Jorden Schulz, whose team fell to 7-4-1 overall and 5-1-1 in league, while Arcadia jumped out of a first-place tie, as it improved to 8-4-2, 6-0-1.
NEWS
| February 16, 2011
The local Armenian community braced against a public rush to judgment after authorities on Wednesday announced a major crackdown on Armenian organized crime that included 74 people arrested on fraud and racketeering charges. The federal indictments, unveiled at Glendale police headquarters Wednesday, alleged that members of the gang Armenian Power engaged in a range of white collar crimes to defraud the public of $20 million. In a city where people of Armenian descent make up roughly 40% of the population, news of the arrests raised fears of what seems to be the inevitable: a rush by a vocal few to reinforce stereotypes.
SPORTS
| August 13, 2010
The top-10 female high school athletes of the year were voted on by the Glendale News-Press sports department. These are selections 2-10. See Wednesday's edition for the Female Athlete of the Year. 2 Cassie Pappas, Crescenta Valley basketball, senior — In her final season manning the court for the Falcons, the guard put together a fabulous season that featured her share of team and personal success. The 2010 All-Area Girls' Basketball Player of the Year, Pappas, who will attend the University of Pennsylvania, scored 755 points and averaged 25.2 points, 6.4 rebounds and 3.1 steals per game for a Crescenta Valley squad that went 24-6 and 12-2 in the Pacific League for second place.
SPORTS
| January 20, 2012
WEST HILLS - Two defensive breakdowns in the first and last few minutes cost the St. Francis High boys' soccer team two points in a Mission League game at Chaminade Thursday. The Golden Knights tied the Eagles, 2-2, but it felt and looked a lot more like a Chaminade win after the Eagles celebrated the result after they scored a back-breaking goal in the final two minutes of the game. St. Francis Coach Glen Appels said the tie felt like a loss. "I'm proud we fought back to go up, 2-1, but up with two minutes to go we've got to defend better," Appels said.
NEWS
| April 23, 2011
SOUTH GLENDALE — A 39-year-old man was arrested at his home Thursday night on suspicion of possessing more than 10 ounces of heroin for sale near a school for students with severe developmental disabilities, police said. The man's 8-year-old son was in the house during the arrest. Glendale narcotics detectives saw Albert Ghazarian sell the drug to three people at his home in the 900 block of East Harvard Street, Sgt. Tom Lorenz said. Ghazarian's home is a block away from Tobinworld.
NEWS
December 15, 2011
Police arrested a 48-year-old Whittier woman Thursday who was suspected of stealing $14,000 from at least two dozen personal bank accounts. Natalie Diamond was taken into custody at a neighbor's home in Whittier after detectives went to her home to issue court-ordered arrest and search warrants, but noticed she wasn't there, Glendale Police Sgt. Tom Lorenz said. Detectives went door-to-door throughout the neighborhood until they found her, he added. Police released surveillance photographs of Diamond last week, asking for the public's help in finding her. “Since her pictures were first released… we have been receiving nonstop calls here on her whereabouts,” Lorenz said.
NEWS
October 12, 2002
Twelve La Canada Flintridge girls have a chance to be princesses on the 2003 Tournament of Roses Court, it was announced Thursday. The girls are among the 38 finalists who will vie for positions on the court, which will be announced Monday at the Tournament House in Pasadena. In the top row, from left to right, are Monique Evenson (La Salle High School), Anjali Agrawal (La Salle High School), Candace Jacobs (Blair High School), Valerie Ho (Arcadia High School)
NEWS
| October 16, 2011
Anahit Grigoryan has long dreamed of becoming a doctor. She graduated from Glendale High School in 2009, enrolled in community college and set her sights on transferring to a four-year institution. But the 20-year-old would not be allowed to sit for the MCATs, much less take the Hippocratic Oath. Grigoryan, like thousands of other California college students, is in this country illegally, making it impossible for her to secure a social security number, a driver's license or a legitimate job. “My whole life is a lie,” said Grigoryan.
SPORTS
January 7, 2012
OFFENSE QB - Brandon Cox, Junior, Pasadena All-Pacific League first-team selection shined this season with his arm and his legs. Through the air, he threw 26 touchdowns to just five interceptions, completing 60% of his passes for 2,697 yards. On the ground, he led his team with 562 yards and eight touchdowns in 96 carries. RB - Austin De Los Santos, Senior, St. Francis A first-team All-Mission League honoree, he scored five touchdowns and rushed for 1,049 yards in 203 carries, becoming the first St. Francis back to eclipse 1,000 yards rushing since 2008.
SPORTS
| September 19, 2008
SOUTHEAST GLENDALE — Heading into halftime, Hoover High’s football team had momentum on its side and its first victory in over a year in its sights. Twenty-four minutes and 22 South Pasadena points later, the Tornadoes simply found themselves on the wrong end of another unsettling loss. “I think the kids thought that [we were on our way to a win],” said first-year Hoover Coach Chris Long after his team’s 29-14 nonleague loss on Thursday night to visiting South Pas. “I knew it was two quarters left.
SPORTS
| January 18, 2012
Among the members of the Crescenta Valley High girls' water polo team, you won't find any big egos or prima donnas. To hear Coach Pete Loporchio tell it, the Falcons, who are off to an 18-0 start thanks to their depth and team-first approach, are a pretty selfless bunch who would just as soon pass off credit for the team's hot start. But, inevitably much of that praise and acknowledgment gets deflected back toward junior goalkeeper Gabriel Isacson, whose play in goal has been the backbone of the Falcons' vaunted defense and whose play making as a passer keeps Crescenta Valley's counter razor sharp.
NEWS
November 17, 2011
The preliminary hearing for a 27-year-old Tujunga man charged with fatally shooting his cousin and dumping her body on the Foothill (210) Freeway was postponed Thursday. The hearing for Aram Sarukhanyan was rescheduled for Jan. 12 in the Los Angeles County Superior Court in Pasadena. Sarukhanyan is charged with one count of murder for shooting his cousin, Adrine Arzumanyan, at least once in chest on April 29 before she was pushed from the car and on to the freeway, officials said.
NEWS
| July 25, 2008
DOWNTOWN — Design Review Board No. 1 on Thursday approved the design for a private day care facility to be built for the children of Walt Disney Co. employees, moving another element in Disney’s Grand Central Creative Campus project in northwest Glendale closer to completion. The company has proposed building a 23,426-square-foot day care facility on a 2.1-acre area bound by Flower Street, Paula Avenue, Davis Avenue and Truitt Street in northwest Glendale. The site houses three Disney-owned buildings and a parking lot. The company will level those buildings to construct a five-building child care complex that will include two outdoor courtyards, as well as 53 surface parking spaces.
SPORTS
| August 20, 2009
Fittingly perhaps, it seems as if four years have gone by fast for Crescenta Valley High’s Zack Torres. In the fall of 2005, he was recognized as the fastest freshman in California cross-country. And in the spring of 2009, he graduated from Crescenta Valley with a laundry list of Pacific League titles, all-this and all-that accolades and a spot running for UCLA awaiting him. During his senior year, he finished second in the CIF Southern Section Division I cross-country finals and second at state, all of this coming after a repeat as league champion and before he dove across a San Diego finish line to tie for 15th and an All-American honor at the Footlocker Nationals.
FEATURES
| December 1, 2008
An ambulance’s siren blends in with the hustle and bustle of the city for most people — but not for Robert Coppel. It reminds Coppel of his job as a family care coordinator for OneLegacy, a nonprofit organ procurement organization. The longtime Burbank resident often spends hours in the hallways and waiting rooms of hospitals in Burbank and Glendale, supporting grieving families of potential organ donors with everything from information about donating to simply emotional support.
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