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Celebrating the Past and Building the Future of the Crescenta Valley The 135th Anniversary Gala for the Crescenta Valley was a huge success. Attended by Supervisor Kathryn Barger who was the gala’s main sponsor, State Senator Anthony Portantino, and Assemblymember Laura Friedman, among countless other dignitaries, celebrated another milestone for our community courtesy of St. […]

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

I would like to extend a hearty “Thank You” to Alissa and her crew at Ocean View Bar and Grill for a great dine out night for the Crescenta Valley  Chamber of Commerce.  The food was delicious (lots of it) and everyone was so friendly and accommodating—you felt like home!  I also made some new […]

Six Wins for CVHS Football

Six Wins for CVHS Football

By Vincent PAGE Six weeks into the Crescenta Valley Falcons football season, and the team has captured six wins and sits at a perfect record going into the final stretch of their season. Their most recent win came last Friday, when they defeated the Burbank Bulldogs by a final score of 45-14. As is the […]

Hoots and Howls

Scary Salutations to my witches and warlocks. It’s me, Holly Ween, “Scare Reporter” for the CVW and I am back for another year of reporting on all the fun, family-friendly and frightening things to do and see around town for this Halloween season. By Holly Ween, Scare Reporter Rock Star, Cinderella, Casper, Fairytale, Baby Boo, […]

Fitzpatrick Rounds out LCFOG Program

La Cañada Flintridge Orthopaedic Guild (LCFOG) will celebrate 62 years of service to Orthopaedic Institute for Children (OIC) on October 22.  OIC is one of the largest providers of pediatric orthopaedic treatment centers in the Western United States.   The annual Book and Author Luncheon will be held at the La Cañada Flintridge Country Club, […]

Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party at Walt Disney World

Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party at Walt Disney World

By Charly SHELTON Each year, the local theme parks go all out for the spookiest time of the year. It used to be a few nights around Halloween, with some festive decorations – a little fake blood and some pumpkins – and put on a Halloween stage show or haunted house. Then it grew to […]

GPD Invites All to Their Open House

The Glendale Police Department Open House kicks off this Saturday morning at 10 a.m.  GPD will have its Breast Cancer Awareness Vehicles on display as well as the new Armored Tactical Vehicle. The police helicopter will be landing between 7:30 a.m. and 7:45 a.m. at the corner of Isabel Street and Broadway Avenue. The public […]

CV Weekly On The Move!!

Sharon Raghavachary went to Iowa in early September to celebrate her uncle’s 80th birthday. “Of course, I took the Weekly along and posed next to the University of Iowa Hawkeye’s mascot Herky the Hawk,” she said. Thanks, Sharon, for taking us along for the trip! CV Weekly loves to travel! Take us along on your […]

People Making News

The University of Iowa recently welcomed the most academically accomplished class in its 172-year history. Among those entering is Katharine Perkins, a first year student in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, from La Crescenta. This fall’s incoming undergraduate class at the UI averaged higher high school GPA scores at 3.76 than any previous […]

CRIME BLOTTER

Oct. 5 900 block of Town Center Drive in La Cañada, numerous bottles of vitamins were stolen from a store. According to a witness, two men, one described as a white male and the other an Armenian male, entered the store and took several bottles of antioxidant vitamins. The two males then ran out of […]