By Mary O’KEEFE The Montrose Shopping Park will be celebrating all things artistic with this weekend’s 36th anniversary of the Montrose Arts and Crafts Festival. The event will be on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Honolulu Avenue will be closed to vehicular traffic in the […]
A Different Charge of the Light Brigade I don’t know about you but I was curious when I saw random solar lights starting to dot the mountainsides surrounding the Crescenta Valley. I know many of our local residents have seen them, too, because CV Weekly has gotten emails and notes regarding the strange little lights. […]
“To be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird’s nest or a wildflower in spring – these are some of the rewards of the simple life.” ~ John Burroughs, naturalist and essayist No May grey here, at least not caused by the expected seasonal overcast skies and fog. Our gray […]
By Julian MITCHELL The Glendale Unified School District Board of Education met for its antepenultimate meeting of the 2018-19 academic school year. The meeting was the annual awards recognition meeting with no additional agenda items. After the conclusion of a search for a new superintendent last week, the relaxed meeting was a welcome change of […]
GWP Tailgate 2019 The City of Glendale – Water & Power is hosting its annual Tailgate event on Saturday, June 1. The community is invited to come to the Perkins & Parcher Plazas, 141 N. Glendale Ave. between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. to learn about the programs offered by the GWP. There will be […]
Sewers and Grease: A Bad Combination Fats, oil and grease, known as FOG in the wastewater business, can have a negative impact on wastewater collection and treatment systems. Most wastewater collection system blockages can be traced to FOG. Blockages in the wastewater collection system are serious, causing sewage spills, manhole overflows and sewage backups […]
Montrose Search and Rescue – Whittier Narrows Earthquake Buries Construction Worker It was a clear morning just after 7:30 on Oct. 2, 1987. In the mountains above Altadena, a construction crew was digging a deep shaft, three feet wide and 37 feet deep, which was to be filled with concrete to create a footing […]
So Glendale’s last remaining Welcome To Glendale median barrier on Foothill Boulevard at Pennsylvania Avenue has been demolished in a traffic collision. Three accidents involving the identical Lowell Avenue barrier led to its removal but, for some inexplicable reason, Glendale decided to keep the eastern city boundary installation. That shortsighted decision left a proven road […]
By Grace BENNETT, intern Nelson Keasberry, an Eagle Scout in Troop 288 of La Crescenta, has made a significant impact on his career as a Boy Scout as well as to community of Tujunga. Keasberry recently completed his Eagle Scout service project, which is the last stepping stone to achieving the highest level in Boy […]
Every month Crescenta Valley High School student Thalia Miller gives her perspective on some of today’s most popular and upcoming YA titles. “Wild and Crooked” As communication systems evolve, people have become accustomed to talking to others who live far away. This is possible through modern technology and social media, which allows people on […]