By Mary O’KEEFE The Crescenta Valley Skate Park is hosting an event for both skaters and scooter riders. The CV Skate Park opened officially in August 2016. The park was started because of local skaters, including Cooper Iven and Corbin Southworth, who wanted a park of their own with their own design. With the help […]
The Rosemont Spartan after-school sports program will have a slightly new look this year. Boys’ basketball, girls’ soccer and cross-country will compete in the fall (September-November), the flag football, girls volleyball and track seasons run from December to February, and girls basketball and boys soccer complete the year, running from March through May. “The middle […]
By Charly SHELTON Last Saturday, McGroarty Arts Center hosted its third annual summer cookout fundraiser – Burgers, Beer and Band Night. The dinner featured grilled hamburgers, cheeseburgers and veggie burgers with all the fixins, as well as craft beer from 818 Brewing and live music by Seize the Night. “It went very well. Our development […]
By Brandon HENSLEY The Crescenta Valley High School football team is 2-0 after last week’s non-league road victory over Santa Fe High School, 27-7, and now it’ll look to go 3-0 when it takes travels to Montebello High School to take on the Oilers Friday at 7 p.m. The Falcons won another easy game last […]
Burn Pits – The Next Agent Orange? By Blake HYFIELD Burn pits were a common way to get rid of waste at military sites in Iraq and Afghanistan. Waste products in burn pits include, but are not limited to, chemicals, paint, medical and human waste, metal/aluminum cans, munitions and other unexploded ordnance, petroleum and […]
Lily Wu of La Cañada Flintridge was named to the dean’s list for the spring 2018 semester at Washington University in St. Louis. Wu is enrolled in the university’s College of Arts & Sciences. To qualify for the dean’s list in the College of Arts & Sciences, students must earn a semester grade point average […]
Rotary International member and CV Weekly reader Camille Levee took the CV Weekly along to Vermont when she and her daughters April Sheeler and Mary Kuszewski visited Ben and Jerry’s in Vermont. CV Weekly loves to travel! Take us along on your next trip and send us a photo. You may find yourselves on the […]
Ask Phyllis! Who Pays For Termite Repairs Dear Phyllis, I look forward to your column and don’t recall you addressing termite repairs. We purchased our home five years ago. At that time, the seller provided termite completion as part of our regular contract. It was not a negotiation but just included. My son […]
CV’s First Inhabitants – The Neighboring Villages of Tujungna and Hahamongna Last week I talked about our local village of Wiqangna. Historically it is described as being in La Tuna Canyon, although no archeological remains have ever been found. I took a guess that the site of today’s Verdugo Hills Golf Course may have […]
The FAA Must Improve LA’s Helicopter Noise Complaint System, Not End it Helicopters play a crucial role in law enforcement, responding to medical emergencies and reporting on news and traffic. Most recently, they have been on the frontlines of California’s fight against wildfires. Yet for many residents of Los Angeles, the number of helicopter flights […]