By Mary O’KEEFE Over the years music styles fade in, they fade out and some fade away, but for over seven decades the sound of swing has been the heartbeat of America. It is music that can transport listeners to sepia tone images of men in military uniforms trudging through small villages in Europe or […]
By Jason KUROSU The Glendale City Council took time off Tuesday for a tour of local parks, getting a firsthand look at how many of the city’s parks and recreation programs are implemented for educational and recreational uses. In lieu of their regular meeting at City Hall, the city council with staff and members of […]
By Charly SHELTON The park at the corner of New York and Honolulu avenues is a favorite among residents of the Crescenta Valley. When it was founded in 1925, it was known as La Crescenta Picnic Grounds. Some upgrades were made over the years including the addition of a stage, dance floor, parking area and […]
By Charly SHELTON After an extensive search process, it was announced last month that the Glendale Unified School District had found its new superintendent in Winfred Roberson Jr. out of Davis Joint Unified School District in Davis, California. It was a position tentatively held until Tuesday night when the monthly board of education meeting saw […]
By Charly SHELTON The 10th annual Battle of the Badges blood drive held Feb. 11 at the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station has ended. Benefiting the American Red Cross, this annual drive contributes to blood banks in the area to provide blood for transfusions as a result of blood loss in accidents, surgeries, trauma and any […]
Donations On Hold at Central Library The Friends of the Glendale Public Library is putting book donations “on hold” temporarily at the Central Library due to renovation work that has greatly reduced storage space for used books. Donations can still be made to other library, arts and culture locations during open hours. Used book sales […]
The Crescenta Valley Town Council is hosting the top five candidates for the upcoming election for the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors 5th District seat that will be vacated by Supervisor Michael Antonovich this year. One candidate will attend each of the four CV Town Council meetings that will be held before the Primary […]
By Jason KUROSU The National Park Service has recommended adding 170,000 acres to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation area in their full study of the Rim of the Valley corridor released Tuesday. The updated study concludes that the new boundary adjustment represents “the most effective and efficient alternative,” which includes portions of the Los […]
“The vast space above us – so near, and yet in many respects so far beyond our reach, so familiar, and yet so strange … the moving shapes and shifting hues of that vault which is like the floor of heaven trodden by angels … which, in indifference to its glory and beauty, we so […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Friday, Feb. 12 the Burger King at 3517 Foothill Blvd. closed its doors. As reported in October 2015 in the CV Weekly there had been rumors a Starbucks was planning to move into the location in February 2016. This seems to follow a trend with Starbucks and established drive-through restaurants. The […]