QUESTION: My mom died three years ago. She wasn’t just my mom, we were best friends and she supported me in everything I did. My question is how long should a person grieve over the loss of a loved one? My mom’s passing is just as fresh in my mind [today] as it was the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Los Angeles Sheriff’s Dept.-Crescenta Valley Station received a call on Saturday at 8:52 p.m. According to the CV Sheriff’s report, the caller stated to the dispatcher that he had shot and killed his parents. When he was asked where he was located he stated “at my house.” The caller gave an exact […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY The Glendale City Council traveled to the Chevy Chase Country Club for its meeting on Aug. 21. The move to the Country Club is part of the City Council in Your Neighborhood program, giving community members and the council members the opportunity to interact in a more personal manner. The special public […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY Supporting Cal Jam 18 where they will be performing in October, the Foo Fighters, who also perform under the name The Holy S**ts, were found on stage at the parking lot of The Palladium in Hollywood on Sunday afternoon. Opening for the Foos was drummer Taylor Hawkins’ band Chevy Metal, which performs […]
By Charly SHELTON For those in the haunted house maze business, the Halloween season starts in summer. Work begins with design – adding in the gags, finding the “scaractors,” incorporating the new tech that has come out for this haunt season and whatever else the designers can get their hands on. So the end of […]
Choirs, musical theater, school marching bands, opera, jazz bands and orchestras are just some of the non-profit organizations that have benefitted from gifts and grants from the Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts (PSHA). The organization’s president, Dana Marevich, announced that applications for gifts and grants are now available on its website at www. PasadenaShowcase.org. […]
KIWANIS CLUB GLENDALE HOSTS CITY MANAGER Amy Rangel of the Glendale High School jazz band will be the guest speaker at the Aug. 31 lunch meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Glendale. Guests are welcome at the lunch meeting. The cost to attend, which includes lunch, is $15. The Club meets every Friday afternoon at […]
“Once upon a time, people identified the god Neptune as the source of storms at sea. Today we call these storms hurricanes … The only people who still call hurricanes acts of God are the people who write insurance forms.” ~ Neil De Grasse Tyson Speaking of “acts of God,” we had an earthquake […]
Time for Reflection It has been a busy couple of weeks here at CV Weekly. With the ballot tallying done, the Finest winners have been notified and our sales staff has been working hard to make sure that everyone who wants to be a part of our Finest magazine secures their ad space. With […]
By Mary O’KEEFE When people devote a lot of time volunteering for their community, they rarely see the impact they are making. Normally they are so busy working on whatever event or with whatever organizations they have aligned with they don’t have time to step back and look at the big picture. That is until […]