By Samantha SLAYBACK The CV Town Council is gearing up for its eighth annual pancake breakfast to be held Saturday, Sept. 19. Similar to past years, the tasty event will take place from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the Crescenta Valley High School quad. This year the event will be co-chaired by CVTC members […]
Audri Ferguson and Emma Lestina took the CV Weekly to Regensburg, Germany. Here they are in front of St Peter’s Cathedral. CV Weekly loves to travel! Take us along on your next trip and send us a photo. You may find yourselves on the pages of the community’s favorite newspaper.
By Brandon HENSLEY The L.A. County Planning Commission granted Options for Youth a Conditional Use Permit on Wednesday for a property near the Rosemont Avenue and Foothill Boulevard intersection. This comes on the heels of the Crescenta Valley Town Council having unanimously voted to deny a CUP application for the charter school at its Aug. […]
The Newest Threat to California Firefighters: Drones This summer in Cajon Pass, the “North Fire” raged along Interstate 15 as dozens of motorists were forced to abandon their cars and flee for their lives. Wind aided the fire’s growth, and aircraft were quickly needed to drop water and flame retardant on the blaze. In recent […]
I would like to offer a fuller view on Robin Goldsworthy’s comments on our public spending on illegal immigrants (“An Alien Idea,” Aug 1). A recent study by immigration scholars at USC (“Looking Forward 2014: Immigrant Contributions to the Golden State” [http://www.caimmigrant.org/research-and-analysis/contributions-html/]) reports that in one year California’s undocumented population contributes at least $130 billion […]
On Tuesday, Gov. Jerry Brown and Assemblyman Mike Gatto announced the participating agencies of the California Innovation Award, established by Gatto’s AB 2138 in 2014, which awards a prize of up to $25,000 for Californians who provide intellectual property that solves a specific problem, innovates a process, or streamlines a system within a government agency. […]
Hana Culbreath, 17, of La Crescenta has been accepted to Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan, the world’s premier fine arts boarding high school. Culbreath, the daughter of Wade and Teri Culbreath, will study theater arts at the Academy. Previously, Culbreath was a student at Crescenta Valley High School. She received the President’s Scholar Award for […]
By Charly SHELTON Dr. Lori Bettison-Varga has been named president and director of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. She is currently president of Scripps College and will be transitioning to her museum position on Oct. 13. “I have been honored to be president of Scripps College,” said Dr. Bettison-Varga, “but moving to […]
By Charly SHELTON Hydraulic fracturing of rock layers to release oil – fracking for short – is a practice that is hotly debated in the country today. The process involves pumping water into the earth to produce tension which then breaks the rock layers from the inside out and releases hidden oil pockets, allowing them […]