By Mary O’KEEFE In recent weeks Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. – Crescenta Valley Station has received reports of a scam that targets mostly the elderly and their love for family. The scam is not isolated to the La Cañada Flintridge – Crescenta Valley areas, not even to California, but has affected people throughout the […]
By Charly SHELTON Each year, medical scientists do their best to predict which strain of influenza virus will attack the population hardest then create a preemptive vaccine to combat it. Sometimes it’s the A strain that causes problems. The H1N1 virus can get out and cause an epidemic as it did with the 1918 Spanish […]
By Mary O’KEEFE California is no stranger to wildfires. Each year, thousands of acres burn across the state with crews battling to save homes and wildlife in arduous conditions. But California has never seen anything to the extent of the wildfires currently ravaging Australia. The total burned area in the Australian wildfires would stretch from […]
CV Town Council Meets Tonight The general meeting of the Crescenta Valley Town Council will be tonight, Thursday, Jan. 16 at 7 p.m. at the community room of the La Crescenta Library. On the agenda is the induction of officers and directors by Supervisor Kathryn Barger. All are invited to attend. The La Crescenta Library, […]
“The birds, the moon and the clouds have an important mission: to make mankind turn their eyes towards the skies! And so man can leave his own little local world and focus on something bigger – the universe!” ~ Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish playwright and novelist If all went as predicted – a change in […]
Socially Unacceptable I’ve written before my thoughts about the internet in general and social media in particular. There is so much information available on the internet now compared to just 15 years ago. In fact, I remember a commercial (I can’t remember what for) that came out not long after the internet started to […]
June 13, 1926 – Jan. 7, 2020 Henry Joseph Bogust (lovingly nicknamed and known to all as “Bud”) was born June 13, 1926 to Joseph and Victoria Bogust in Patchogue, Long Island, New York. He had two sisters, Francis, who was 9 years older, and Ellie, his twin. He was a patriot, a gentleman, an […]
Miss Vivienne. She is a Girly Girl on the Go. And she has big Bette Davis eyes she hides under her sunglasses. 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!
KIWANIS CLUB PRESENTS NEW VOTING SYSTEM On Jan. 10, the Kiwanis Club of Glendale will present information on the new City of Glendale election system. Guests are welcome at the weekly lunch meeting. The cost to attend, which includes lunch, is $15. Meetings start at noon. The Club meets Friday afternoons at the Elks Lodge, […]