The California Dept. of Transportation (Caltrans) will close lanes, on/off ramps and connectors on the Foothill Freeway (I-210), as part of a pavement rehabilitation project. Below are those in the La Crescenta, La Cañada and surrounding areas. The project is at 96% completion. Now that there is warmer weather, crews are scheduled to complete the […]
BY STEVE ZALL AND SID FISH April 2019 Here are some of the shows you can see in our local theaters this month: OPENING “The Root Beer Bandits – A Rootin’ Tootin’ Wild West Musicale” tells the story of Polly Peppercorn, the only female to ride for the Pony Express. […]
By Charly SHELTON Back in 1932, berry farmer Walter Knott was introduced to a new berry hybrid by his friend Rudolph Boysen. It was part red raspberry, part blackberry and part loganberry. The notoriously hard-to-grow berry plant was dying under Boysen’s care, so Knott took it back to his berry farm in Buena Park where […]
By Mary O’KEEFE For those who remember their parents or grandparents baking brown bread or who love a good Irish breakfast and real English tea, there is a store close to the Crescenta Valley that is filled with these hard-to-find foods and items that awaken memories from across the pond. Kitty O’Shea’s Irish Imports is […]
Local families in need have been the focus of the community outreach committee of the Assistance League of Flintridge (ALF). The committee identifies areas of need and provides items and services funded by ALF Bargain Box Thrift Shop revenue. In December, the committee filled shopping carts with toys for foster children who attend Sunland and […]
Setting out to enhance and beautify the healing environment of USC Verdugo Hills Hospital for its patients, families and staff, a group of dedicated individuals have created a healing arts program that has grown and blossomed into ongoing installations and exhibitions from the community’s local artists. The Healing Arts Committee selects pieces from local artists, […]
CV Weekly recently boarded the American Queen steamboat and traveled from New Orleans to Memphis, courtesy of Audri Ferguson and Stephanie Levy. American Queen is reputed to be the largest steamboat ever built, and is a gracious and elegant triumph of American ingenuity. In the photo with Audri and Stephanie is Captain Bobby Duncan. CV […]
The March meeting of the La Cañada Flintridge Orthopedic Guild (LCFOG) was held at the Orthopaedic Institute for Children (OIC) in downtown Los Angeles. The Guild enjoyed a lunch provided by OIC and was guided on a site tour by Karla Delgado, assistant director of Development and Community Outreach and Michael Willis, manager, Volunteer Services […]
La Cañada Flintridge resident Sean King, Class of 2020 at Connecticut College in New London, has been named to the dean’s list for the 2018 fall semester, achieving dean’s honors. King is a computer science major. Founded in 1911, Connecticut College is a highly selective private liberal college located on a 750-acre arboretum campus overlooking […]