CVCA Meets Tonight The Crescenta Valley Community Association will have its monthly meeting tonight, Thursday, Sept. 27 at 6:30 p.m. at the La Crescenta Library community room. The CVCA is a cross-jurisdictional, volunteer organization that encourages collaboration between community groups so that the Crescenta Valley can be represented with one voice. All are invited to […]
Edmond Clinton III discusses and signs “Clifton’s and Clifford Clinton: A Cafeteria and a Crusader” at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 5 at La Cañada Congregational Church, 1200 Foothill Blvd, La Cañada Flintridge. Clifford Clinton owned Clifton’s – all of them – and everything he did was about doing unto others; nobody going hungry on […]
PINE NEEDLE BASKETRY WORKSHOP AT BOLTON HALL MUSEUM Sunland-Tujunga artist Shelley Matousek will teach the art of pine needle basket weaving using the historic Native American coiling method at Bolton Hall Museum on Saturday, Sept. 29 from 9 a.m.–1 p.m. All participants will go home with a basket they created during the workshop. The fee […]
QUESTION: We thought we raised our two boys to be responsible and then one of them just got a ticket for texting and driving. Both the boys are in college and we pay their expenses including cellphone bills because we’re on a family plan. We’re concerned in a major way because we realize the dangers […]
Feb. 11, 1993 – Sept. 16, 2018 Matthew Lance Fielding passed away on Sept. 16 at the age of 25. He was born in Burbank and attended St. James the Less Elementary School, Rosemont Middle School and Crescenta Valley High. Matt’s first job was helping his father, Lance, at Gene & Eddie’s Kustom Hot […]
With a rise in veteran suicide, a local organization works to provide help. By Mary O’KEEFE According to a study by the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs, in 2014 about 65% of all veterans who died by suicide were age 50 or older. After adjusting for differences in age and sex, risk for suicide was […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Foothill Boulevard median project that has been discussed for about two decades is finally a reality. Construction began on Sept. 4 with trucks in the center lane, red flags and warning lights. “The bulk of the construction, including installation of the community monument signs, will be completed by Thanksgiving,” said Steven […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Tuesday, Sept. 14, the Glendale City Council approved a bid for the Pennsylvania Avenue Rehabilitation Project during the council meeting. The cost of the $2.8 million project will be split evenly with Los Angeles County since the west side of Pennsylvania Avenue is under Glendale jurisdiction and the east side of […]
Surprised? No, Not Really The big discussion these days are the new medians being installed along Foothill Boulevard. Social media has been aflutter with people confused as to what the construction is along Foothill. It’s almost as if the start date for this long-awaited project was never going to arrive. CV Weekly has been […]