By McKenna MIDDLETON On Saturday, the 2015 Special Olympics World Games began. The Opening Ceremonies drew thousands of spectators to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti illuminated how fitting a city Los Angeles is to host the World Games; a city that celebrates diversity and acceptance is now further able to […]
Boy Scouts of America Verdugo Hills Council welcomed Jim Walls of the City of Glendale Radio Shop to its Mad Math Magic Club Day Camp. Walls visited 100 Cub Scouts from ages 5 to 11 years and demonstrated how his communications truck works to help the community in case of an emergency. Scouts were able […]
By Charly SHELTON Montrose Community Church recently welcomed a new pastor to help the church continue to grow. Terry Neven and his wife, Laura, are new to MCC and are hoping to bring a new light to the church in decline. “Montrose was looking for a pastor who can help them rebuild their congregation,” said […]
The Village Poets of Sunland-Tujunga announced that the Westside Women Writers will be featured at their Monthly Reading Series on Sunday, Aug. 23 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The venue is the McGroarty Arts Center, 7570 McGroarty Terrace, Tujunga, the former residence of John Steven McGroarty, designated poet laureate of California in 1933. Westside […]
“The dance of the palm trees, the oceans calling, the first rays of sun and heaven is here.”~ Mike Dolan Almost certainly over the years these words or similar ones were used to describe the memories and blessings of Crescenta Valley living. Thousands of years ago, the area’s indigenous people – the Tongva – gazed […]
By Charly SHELTON On Wednesday, the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station, in partnership with Huntington Hospital Blood Donor Center, held a blood drive. From 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. donors assembled in the parking lot of the CV Sheriff’s Station to make a donation in the Huntington Hospital mobile donation vehicle. As of 3 p.m., 13 […]
By Molly SHELTON This Saturday at 7 p.m., Heather Rivers’ Little Stars Performing Arts Academy will be hosting a dance benefit concert at Bellarmine Jefferson High School in Burbank to raise money for Camp del Corazon. Camp del Corazon is a non-profit organization with a mission to provide year-round opportunities for children with heart disease. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Members of the Prom Plus Club enjoyed a day at Redondo Beach on Sunday. PPC is a community service club and the youth arm of Prom Plus, the organization that provides Crescenta Valley High School seniors and their guests an alternative to an unsupervised after prom party. The club members can be […]
The Webster family took CV Weekly with them on a three-week Germany trip. Shown are the Websters: Mike, Mark, Luke, Glenda and Kira. 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 Mary O’KEEFE There was a time when residents living in American towns knew all their neighbors, they never locked their doors and everyone knew the “cop on the beat.” As little towns grew into cities and small suburbs began to expand, crime increased as well. There is more crime now than in the past; […]