By Charly SHELTON California needs rain but for the areas recently burned by wildfires rain can mean mudslides. And mudslides mean evacuations. The Crescenta Valley is no stranger to mudslides and various other debris flows, as was seen in the aftermath of the 2009 Station Fire and, of course, the New Year’s Flood of 1934, […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Jan. 30 and Jan. 31, members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) United Healthcare Workers West (UHW) at USC Verdugo Hills Hospital will be voting to decide if they want to continue to stay with their union or to leave, i.e. decertify. At present, members of the SEIU-UHW, which includes […]
Make It Stop As I’ve written before, I’m not a politico. This angers some people who feel I should have a strong opinion, driven by politics or party, that is vehemently shared and defended in the CV Weekly. But I don’t operate that way. I purposely don’t immerse myself in matters swirling around politics. When […]
“The rain is falling all around, It falls on field and tree, It rains on the umbrellas here, And on the ships at sea.” ~ Robert Louis Stevenson, “A Child’s Garden of Verses” Yes, last week brought us some good old fashioned rain! Remember back in elementary school? It seemed to rain at least three […]
She Clarifies the Issue I am a resident of La Crescenta. I am also an immigrant. I am responding to editor Robin Goldsworthy’s column titled: “Opening Your Doors Though Ignorant Of Who Might Be Knocking.” The issue she is raising is not about watching “too many scary movies.” It is about a humanitarian crisis at […]
By Julian MITCHELL Mike Lawler has again published a book providing historical insight into the Crescenta Valley community. In his newest book, “Thrilling Tales of the Montrose Search and Rescue,” Lawler chronicles the numerous journeys of the historic Montrose Search and Rescue team. On Sunday afternoon, Lawler and members of the team shared some of […]
edited on 1/24/19 – see bold below. End the Shutdown, Mr. President The government shutdown has now been going on for over a month – it’s officially the longest in U.S. history. The negative economic effects are mounting and working families are suffering. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers and contractors in California and across […]
CVCA to Kick Off 2018 The Crescenta Valley Community Association will have its first meeting of the year tonight, Thursday, Jan. 24 at 6:30 p.m. in the La Crescenta Library community room. The meeting will include discussion on local issues as well as an opportunity for foothill residents to bring their own concerns. For those […]
A Week of Crime in 1955 Reading old newspapers is a great way to get interesting perspectives on the past. We often imagine that things were better in the past [with] less crime. But sometimes newspapers from the past remind us that there was just as much crime, perhaps even more, when one considers that […]
In keeping with a long standing annual tradition, the Italian Catholic Federation (ICF) branch at St. Bede the Venerable Church in La Cañada Flintridge has announced that this year’s St. Joseph Table event will exceed expectations with a large table of donated baked goods, focaccia, homemade tomato sauce and a variety of specially prepared foods […]