Wow! What a couple of weeks for the CV Chamber! Besides our usual monthly board meeting and legislative roundtable, we hosted a mixer, a Day at the Races, and, of course the 29th Annual Smart-a-thon. This year’s Smart-a-thon raised close to $5,000 which will go straight into the Mary Pinola/Crescenta Valley Chamber Education Fund to […]
Encore! Encore! Encore is an early 18th century French word meaning “Do It Again!” And last Saturday evening in the Montrose Shopping Park, cries of “Encore! Encore!” echoed throughout. Not only our many ticketed guests, but our participating merchants as well found this First Annual Montrose Spring Wine Walk to be, well, just to quote […]
Easter Celebration Bethel Church in Sun Valley is offering the following events during Holy Week: April 9 is Palm Sunday worship at 10 a.m.; April 16 is Easter sunrise service at 7:30 a.m. and offers a free fellowship breakfast at 8:30 a.m., worship and praise service at 10 a.m., followed by a children’s egg […]
On Feb. 26, The Campbell Center (TCC) held its inaugural bike race event at the Hoover High School main gymnasium to raise funds for its mission. With music blaring, courtesy of super DJ Shai’La whose mix of songs had everyone hopping, singing along and dancing to the beat, nearly 100 participants, cheerleaders, spectators, TCC clients, […]
BINGO TO BENEFIT USC-VHH WOMEN’S COUNCIL A bingo game is being held at USC Verdugo Hills Hospital council rooms on April 1 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. that benefits the hospital’s Women’s Council. Tickets cost $75 with profits earmarked for the hospital’s Neo Natal Intensive Care Unit. The USC-VHH Women’s Council has made a […]
By Nestor CASTIGLIONE People whose only knowledge of music is rooted in the expectations of pop culture may often find themselves scratching their heads as to why so many classical musicians perform the works of the greats time and again. One can attempt a “breakdown” as to how this works. But perhaps it’s best to […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY This year folks had to beware of not only the ides of March but of Smart-a-thon 2017. The annual fundraiser benefitting the Mary Pinola/CV Chamber of Commerce Education Fund was held at USC Verdugo Hills Hospital and hosted 33 teams of players (each team had a minimum of four players). A variety […]
The February meeting of the La Cañada Flintridge Orthopaedic Guild (LCFOG) found President Joan Cleven once again at the helm. Cleven agreed to lead the group for a third year and many of the officers agreed to retain their positions on the board also. Ginney Pruitt, Marie Baker, Elinor Bunn and Joanne Ploszaj will serve […]
The Don José Verdugo Chapter, Daughters of the America Revolution, National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, honored five local high school students recently with the organization’s prestigious Good Citizens Award. Students were selected by their respective schools for their outstanding qualities of service, leadership, dependability and patriotism. Good Citizens Chairman Barbara Rogers introduced the […]
Tim and Marilyn Wright went to Laughlin, Nevada for Marilyn’s Birthday weekend. We stayed at the Edgewater. March 11th. We took the Crescenta Valley Weekly with us. Very proud to be apart of this community. CV Weekly loves to travel! Take us along on your next trip and send us a photo. You may find […]