SPORTS
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March 26, 2014 A tough season wasn't without rewards for the Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy soccer team. Tologs senior Dani Garcia was named the Mission League's Most Valuable Goalie, while senior Casey Basso was selected to the league's first team and sophomore Lauren Savo was tabbed a second-teamer on the recently released awards list. “It's surprising, but not surprising, at least when I first heard about it,” Garcia said. “A couple of [Mission League] coaches said they thought I did an amazing job this season and I was honored they said that.
SPORTS
By Grant Gordon, grant.gordon@latimes.com | January 25, 2014
Having resided in Southern California for roughly a year now, budding mixed martial arts star Marina Shafir will fight for the first time in the Golden State. “The Supernova from Moldova,” boasting an unblemished 4-0 amateur MMA record, will take on Nicole “Fidget” Upshaw in a featherweight (145 pounds) bout Feb. 9 at The University of MMA's Fight Night 5 at Club Nokia in Los Angeles. The 20-year-old Upshaw sports a 1-1 record and, fighting out of Arizona, boasts a karate background and is a former college softball player.
NEWS
By Joylene Wagner | January 24, 2014
If education guru Dr. Bill Daggett had his way, the declared goal of the Common Core curriculum would be to prepare students to be career-ready. As he told Glendale teachers last August, the push for “college-and-career-ready” standards came from the higher education contingent among the many representatives who came together to develop the Common Core. In the end, “college and career” won out. I think I understand Daggett's frustration at the dual goal. After all, isn't all education, K-12 through college and graduate school, designed to prepare students for life beyond school?
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By Charles Rich, charles.rich@latimes.com | January 21, 2014
GLENDALE - After a slow beginning in the Pacific League, things have turned around for the Glendale High boys' soccer team. That's not the case for Burbank. Glendale and Burbank competed against each other Tuesday in the first of two league meetings. Thanks to a career-best effort from Avo Haroutunyan, Glendale gained the upper hand. Haroutunyan finished with seven goals and one assist to power host Glendale to a 12-1 win against Burbank at Moyse Field. Haroutunyan had four goals in the first half to spur the Nitros, who improved to 9-5-2, 3-2-1 in league.
ENTERTAINMENT
By Gene Sculatti | January 17, 2014
For a man who's sold some 20 million records, collaborated with the likes of Michael Jackson, Bono, Public Enemy, Lou Reed, Daft Punk and Britney Spears and revolutionized electronic dance music, Moby admits he “doesn't have a lot to complain about… except having no hair.” PHOTOS: Moby interviewed at Los Angeles Academy of Music in Pasadena The admission came during an hour and a half “Let'sTalkMusic” interview session held...
COMMUNITY
By Brittany Levine, brittany.levine@latimes.com | January 7, 2014
For Edgar Bullington, or Mr. B as he's affectionately called, books are toys. And for the past 26 years he's had the grandest time playing with them as the children's librarian at Glendale's Grandview Library. “I love reading to kids. Their eyes, their smiles. I get to play,” said the 67-year-old who is retiring next month. Bullington is beloved for his theatrics. When he reads to children, which he has done weekly at a pre-school story time at Grandview Library for roughly two decades, he gives each character their own voice.
SPORTS
By Charles Rich, charles.rich@latimes.com | December 31, 2013
Less than three minutes away from helping the Glendale High boys' water polo team win the program's first CIF Southern Section championship, Arman Momdzhyan heard an unpleasant sound and looked over his right shoulder in dismay. It was the reverberation of the referee's whistle and signaled the senior utility player had picked up his third exclusion of the tight contest with 2:22 remaining in the fourth quarter. Momdzhyan arrived at the Glendale bench and sat nervously while the Nitros were left to compete without their leading scorer while protecting a two-goal lead against Los Altos in the CIF Southern Section Division V title match at William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center in Irvine on Nov. 23. “It was without a doubt the most stressful few minutes of my life,” said Momdzhyan, who finished with a team-high six goals for top-seeded Glendale in a 13-11 win against second-seeded Los Altos.
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By Andrew J. Campa, andrew.campa@latimes.com | December 19, 2013
The following are updates on local athletes at the collegiate level. Jenna Orlandini (Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy, 2008) Washington volleyball senior: Perhaps the end came quicker than anyone expected for both Orlandini and her Huskies at the NCAA Final Four semifinal on Thursday evening. The No. 3-seeded Huskies, who entered having won seven straight matches, struggled to stay competitive and turned in their two worst sets of the season in falling to visiting second-ranked Penn State, 25-14, 25-13, 25-16, at Key Arena.
SPORTS
By Andrew J. Campa, andrew.campa@latimes.com | November 14, 2013
MURRIETA - A brilliant four-year career that included multiple Pacific League individual championships and deep postseason advancement came to an end for Crescenta Valley High senior golfer Jocelyn Chia on Thursday afternoon. The three-time reigning All-Area Player of the Year carded a five-over-77 at her fourth consecutive visit to the CIF-Women's Southern California Golf Association Championship and Regional State Qualifier at the Golf Club at Rancho California in Murrieta and did not advance to the season-ending state championship at Quail Lodge in Carmel.
ENTERTAINMENT
By Laura Tate | November 12, 2013
Sewing is in Ana Adina Ispas' blood. As a little girl, she sat with her Romanian grandmother who taught her how to crochet, knit, use a sewing machine and to sew by hand. Now, more than 20 years later, the Pasadena resident is one of three semi-finalists in the fashion Accessories Designer division for the Los Angeles RAWards, an event that seeks to support new and independent artists from film and fashion to music, performing arts and makeup artists. Ispas designs unique, circular neckties for women and men. They are made from recycled, traditional men's 100% silk ties, which are then pleated and adorned with buttons, pearls and studs to “provide a feminine touch to the masculine tie.” Ispas, who is 33, moved from Romania to the States when she was 18. Her interest in sewing took a back seat while she “adjusted to the new life.” She received a bachelor's degree in Fashion Design from the International Academy of Design, in Tampa, Fla., in 2001, moved to California to intern with BCBG Max Azria, and then took jobs in retail to earn a living.