The Crescenta Valley High School Falcon varsity boys’ basketball team won its Pacific League opener on Tuesday at Hoover High School when they downed the Tornadoes 79-47. In the easy win, Tyler Carlson had 22 points to lead the team, and he connected on five three-pointers. Andreyas Boghossian helped with 20 points. CV is undefeated […]
Rediscovering Framed in Montrose What’s old is new again! The owners of Framed in Montrose, formally FastFrame, left the FastFrame franchise in June 2018 and went independent. The frame shop opened in La Cañada on Foothill Boulevard in 1989 and the de Lucia family purchased the business in 2005. In 2015 they moved the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE “This is Christmas, the season of perpetual hope…” ~ Kate McCallister (Catherine O’Hara) Watching the national news, “hope” during this season is not what most people feel. This week the nation mourned the loss of the U.S. 41st President George H.W. Bush. For the most part, this has been a time […]
“Laughing, quaffing all together. Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la Heedless of the wind and weather. Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la …” ~ 16th Century Welsh melody, English lyrics written by Scottish musician Thomas Oliphant, 1862 The melody was a well-known one among Welsh miners, but its origins may date from the 16th century. In the 18th century Mozart used the […]
Last Saturday at Two Strike Park, families gathered for the treasured Winter tradition of playing in the snow. But in the Crescenta Valley, with temperatures comfortably in the 60°’s, playing in the snow is a rare treat. The Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation hosted a Snow Day by having ice brought in […]
Ascencia’s board of directors announced that Dr. Laura Duncan, the director of Programs who has been serving as the organization’s acting executive director since July, is the new executive director of the 12-year-old, nonprofit homeless services agency based in Glendale. As the executive director of Ascencia, Dr. Duncan “considers it a privilege to invest in […]
Standing Tall After the Woolsey Fire After the fires but before the rain, Steve and I traveled to Malibu to see the damage from the Woolsey Fire. He volunteers on the Montrose Search and Rescue Team and he wanted to see some of the areas burned. He also wanted to check how one neighborhood […]
A recent group of Glendale Elks took a bus trip to Laughlin, Nevada for some fun gambling and enjoying the sights. Shown are Marilyn Boehm, Gus and Joan Taix, Frank and Elin Mrozek enjoying breakfast at the Edgewater Casino. A copy of the CV Weekly was brought along (being held by Joan & Elin). CV […]
Beau Srinivasan of La Cañada Flintridge graduated this summer from Ohio Wesleyan University. Srinivasan earned a Bachelor of Arts degree. Founded in 1842, Ohio Wesleyan University is one of the nation’s premier liberal arts universities. Located in Delaware, Ohio, the private university offers more than 90 undergraduate majors and competes in 25 NCAA Division III […]
Buyer And Seller Communication Dear Phyllis, I have been enjoying your column for years and believe I have a new dilemma. We sold our home last month and for the most part it was very smooth. Two weeks before we moved we began notifying credit cards, magazines subscriptions and of course the post office of […]