Challenges and Opportunities for March 3 Elections Our City has faced many of the same challenges for decades: traffic congestion, development, speeding, affordable housing, street repair, homelessness and spending, to name a few. These are not unique to Glendale. We keep asking for change. But we’ve been beating the same drum. You hear the complaints […]
“I had discovered that I am the kind of person who cannot live comfortably, tolerably, on all-flat terrain. For the sake of inner equilibrium there has to be at least one mountain range on at least one of the four quarters of my horizon – and not more than a day’s walk away.” ~ […]
Protecting LA’s Natural Beauty for Generations to Come Part of the magic of Los Angeles is that we live in an urban and suburban environment, yet are surrounded by mountains, forests, and magnificent wildlife like mountain lions, bears and birds of prey. In February, the House of Representatives took a major step toward preserving […]
Dignity Health – Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center (GMHHC) welcomed John Cotton Richmond, the United States Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. Leaders from across Dignity Health shared with Ambassador Richmond successes from its human trafficking initiatives, including its Survivor Advocate Program that places a human trafficking survivor along the frontlines of […]
QUESTION: What’s to be done with people who are ultra-critical? We have a woman in our office who finds fault with anything and everything and writes lengthy emails to our group. As a group, we function well and the work we’re assigned gets done; however, we’re weary of her nit-picking. Is there a kind way […]
LCPC Parent Education announce that its annual gala, “Loving Mercy; Restoring Lives” will be held on Saturday, Feb. 29 (Leap Day) at Oakmont Country Club in Glendale. In addition to LCPC Parent Education raising funds for its operational budget, it will be partnering with a local foster care advocacy organization, Foster All, to raise funds […]
VA Home Improvements and Structural Alterations (HISA) This grant provides medically necessary improvements and structural alterations to veterans/servicemembers’ primary residence for the following purposes: Allowing entrance to or exit from their homes, use of essential lavatory and sanitary facilities (e.g. roll in showers), allowing accessibility to kitchen or bathroom sinks or counters (e.g. lowering counters/sinks), […]
Meeting Planned for CVHS Athletic Field Improvement A meeting will be held at the Crescenta Valley High School auditorium on March 5 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. to discuss the environmental impact report on the proposed installation of stands and lights for the school field. The public is encouraged to attend to voice support […]
Ask Phyllis! Selling By Owner Dear Phyllis, I look forward to your column in the CV Weekly. May I ask some advice from you? I have to sell my house within the next year. It was bought four years ago and I know someone who’s very interested in buying it. I have pulled […]
CV Street Name Origins – Part 2 Last week I asked readers to send in what they’ve heard about origins of street names, and I’ve already received two. Steve Goldsworthy wrote: “I grew up on Henrietta. Named for his three daughters, Henrietta, Gertrude and Frances. We had a street reunion back in late ’60s […]