By Mary O’KEEFE This historical property has been the site of community service for 100 years. In 1923 former nurse Agnes Richards, who had spent much of her career working in asylums in California, founded Rockhaven Sanitarium. Rockhaven and the Friends of Rockhaven, the caretaking arm for the property, will be celebrating their 100-year anniversary […]
By Lucian KUGLER In November, tens of millions of Californians voted on propositions and politicians resulting in a new year that saw sweeping changes signed into law year by recently re-elected Gov. Gavin Newsom. Redistricting has gone into effect affecting local representation in Washington DC, especially for those in the Crescenta Valley. While most of […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Glendale Teachers Association and Glendale Unified School District are still in negotiations. The teachers’ current contract term was from 2017 to 2020; they are now negotiating wages going back to 2020-21. This week teachers once again brought their concerns to the GUSD school board. Although many issues have been agreed upon […]
Always on a Wednesday So yesterday as I was thinking about this week’s column you won’t believe what happened. I got bitten in the leg by a dog! Before getting too worried, let me just fill in for you that a) I knew the hound that did this and b) he has all his shots […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The skies appear to be clearing just in time to allow us to “look up” – yes, remember that reference – into the night sky as the comet C/2022 E3 passes by Earth. It was first seen in March 2022 when it flew past Jupiter. According to NASA it’s a long-period […]
By Mary O’KEEFE For the third week in a row CVW is writing about hiking before, during and after storms – especially since recent recorded rainfall totals have drenched the entire state. California, like most places on Earth, can have rainfall occur in one area and then, not too far away, the sun is shining. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE In local elementary schools a common and fun exercise is the egg drop. This is when students are asked to engineer a container that will protect an egg when it is dropped from a high altitude. The experiment is a great family project that has kids using their imagination as they design […]
By Ruth SOWBY Founders’ Day 2023 may be the last one for the Glendale branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW). On Saturday Jan. 14, about 50 longtime AAUW members met over Zoom in the Oakmont Country Club to hear from Branch Support Group leaders. Sharon Siebert and Carol Holzgarfe, speaking from a conference […]
Dignity Health – Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center and Adventist Health Glendale each celebrated Armenian Christmas with dignitaries and community members. Those who attended were eager to celebrate a host of events relating to the birth of Jesus Christ.
The La Cañada Flintridge Orthopaedic Guild (LCFOG) will hold a fundraising event at Round Table Pizza, 502 Foothill Blvd. in La Cañada on Wednesday, Jan. 25. The public is invited to place their order any time from noon until 8 p.m., dine in or take home, their choice. Diners are requested to place their ticket […]