Pet of the Week
Oliver the puppy! CV Weekly loves to hear about your pets! Send a pic and small cap to steve@cvweekly.com, to share your lovable pets with the community!
Ticket Winners Share a Night of Fun
Congratulations Circus Vargas ticket winners Ava Garay and Isabella Lopez who took family members to a night of fun under the big top. “I was completely blown away by the performances. It’s mind boggling what the performers can do,” shared Ava’s dad Jon. “I can’t imagine how much they must practice. It was an awesome […]
Planning the La Cañada Junior Women’s Club Gala Fundraiser
In celebration of 50 years of philanthropy, the La Cañada Junior Women’s Club will hold its annual gala fundraiser entitled “A Night at the Troubadour” on Friday, March 6 at the La Cañada Flintridge Country Club, 5500 Godbey Drive, from 6 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. The gala will benefit Mending Kids of Glendale, which provides […]
Five Stars Awarded to Adventist Health Glendale
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) created the Overall Hospital Star Ratings program to help patients and their loved ones compare hospitals. The federal agency assigns star ratings to more than 4,500 hospitals nationwide based on their performance across seven quality performance areas: mortality, safety of care, readmission, patient experience, effectiveness of care, timeliness […]
People Making News
Benjamin Weitzel of Glendale, a graduate of Campbell Hall, and Matthew Sox of La Cañada, a graduate of La Cañada High School, earned academic distinction for the most recent semester at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. This recognition is given to students who have completed a minimum of 12 credits, passed all credits attempted, […]
Bingo-Palooza Around the Community
From the red carpet to games called by a drag queen, there’s plenty of fun to be had – and non-profit funds raised – at local bingo games. By Sabrina SHELTON The Crescenta Valley and surrounding neighborhoods are about to be taken over. People will be heard shouting and laughing and walking away with the […]
Nurses Bring Their Concerns to the Harvest Market
By Mary O’KEEFE Registered nurses [RN] had a booth at Sunday’s Harvest Market in Montrose to bring attention to their current negotiations with USC Verdugo Hills Hospital. “We started on negotiations with management and [they told us of] major takeaways [from the nurses],” said Yvette Sealy, a USC-VHH nurse. She added the nurses went into […]
Season Ends for CVHS Basketball, Soccer
By Brandon HENSLEY It was not a good beginning, middle or end for the Crescenta Valley High School boys’ basketball team on Feb. 12 as they were eliminated from playoff action by Crespi High in the CIF Division I first-round playoff game, 61-41. Crespi was big and physical and CV couldn’t make shots, which led […]
Treasures of the Valley » Mike Lawler
CV Street Name Origins – Part 1 Recently I was sent a list of local street name origins by another local historian, Jo Anne Sadler. (For a deep dive into local name origins, get her book “Crescenta Valley Pioneers and Their Legacies.”) I’ll use her list and my own knowledge to reveal how certain […]
NEWS FROM SACRAMENTO» Laura FRIEDMAN
Each year, nearly 3,600 Californians die in traffic accidents. In addition to thousands of fatalities statewide, nearly 13,000 Californians are severely injured in vehicle-related collisions. It’s a public health crisis that has been growing for more than a decade, and it deserves the same focus on research-based solutions that any other public health emergency receives. […]