Empowering the Next Generation: Introducing the CVHS Youth Ambassador Program Beloved Crescenta Valley community, we are excited to once again share with you the many facets of Impact Foundation LA. As the executive director of the foundation and the program director of the CV Cares Coalition, it is my honor to introduce the CVHS Youth Ambassador […]
The Local Fire Captain Who Was An Arsonist The story of John Orr is a fantastic tale. He was a Glendale Fire Dept. captain who was eventually convicted of multiple arsons and murders. He is considered the most prolific arsonist in American history and many of the fires he set were right here in Glendale […]
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Five graduate landscape architecture students have partnered with the Los Angeles’ Emergency Management Department (EMD) and asked CV Weekly to post the QR code for their wildfire survey. According to an email received at CVW, the graduate students are “focused on speculative design work that builds social cohesion, strengthens connections to the local ecology and […]
Plan now to attend Jazz Night at the Café featuring the Crescenta Valley High School jazz band on Friday, Feb. 21 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. By Mary O’KEEFE Jazz Night at the Café is a long standing, or long dancing, tradition in the CV Instrumental Music program at the high school. The award-winning […]
By Mary O’KEEFE In the week ending on Feb. 8, 50,382 patients across the nation were admitted to the hospital with influenza. The deaths due to the flu in the same week increased 2.6% and is trending upward. There were 68 deaths in total thus far for the flu season, which lasts from October to […]
By Julie BUTCHER At the beginning of Tuesday night’s meeting of the Glendale City Council, three commission appointments moved forward in routine fashion by unanimous vote: Alex Fay was appointed to the board of the Glendale Water and Power; Daniel Paul was reappointed to the city’s Historic Preservation Commission; and Talin Shahbazian was appointed to […]
By Mary O’KEEFE My original focus of this week’s column was Washington’s Birthday. A lot of us know it as President’s Day; however, the holiday is officially Washington’s Birthday. In 1951, Congress had proposed changing the name to encompass all the leaders of the United States, but they actually never got around to voting on […]
It’s Saturday Night! Back in 1975 when the first “Saturday Night Live” was broadcast, I remember being at my aunt’s house in Framingham, Massachusetts and being amazed at the show. I was brought to tears watching Janis Ian singing “At Seventeen” and laughed out loud at the antics of George Carlin. Over the years, after […]
CVTC Agenda The Crescenta Valley Town Council will have its next meeting tonight, Thursday, Feb. 20 at community room of the La Crescenta Library. On the agenda are reports from community organizations, announcements from local non-profit organizations and council business. The meeting is at 7 p.m. and is at 2809 La Crescenta Ave. Free CPR […]