By Nestor CASTIGLIONE Conductor Sonia Marie de León de Vega is excited. Not only because the Santa Cecilia Orchestra, the ensemble which she founded and leads, begins its new season in only a matter of days but also because the orchestra will be marking a milestone this Saturday night: It’ll be celebrating its silver anniversary. […]
By Charly SHELTON Halloween is nearly upon us and, to celebrate the spirit of the season, the local theme parks go all out to bring scary fun to boys and ghouls searching for a good fright. So far, we’ve seen all that Knott’s Scary Farm, Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights and Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor […]
By Nestor CASTIGLIONE The leaves are turning, the air is crisp, and the days draw shorter. Fall has arrived and with it arrives a new season for music in Los Angeles. A new year for Le Salon de Musiques begins this Sunday, Oct. 15 at 4 p.m. at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Downtown Los […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Glendale Humane Society will be holding its annual Bow Wows and Bites fundraiser on Oct. 15 at Andersen’s Pet Shop in Montrose. This is the first time Andersen’s will be hosting the event. “Usually it is at someone’s home,” said Alyce Russell, Andersen’s owner. The pet shop is an appropriate place […]
Comprehensive Community Health Centers, which opened its fifth location in Sunland in April, held an open house and ribbon cutting on Saturday, Sept. 16. CCHC serves low-income, underserved, significantly immigrant, Latino, Armenian, and Asian communities of North Hollywood, Glendale and northeast LA with substantial numbers of patients from northwest and central San Fernando Valley, downtown […]
Ken and Sharon Fanning took the CV Weekly with them on safari in Kenya, South Africa and also to Cape Town, South Africa. CV Weekly loves to travel! Take us along on your next trip and send us a photo. You may find yourselves on the pages of the community’s favorite newspaper.
Organizers of this year’s La Cañada Flintridge Orthopaedic Guild (LCFOG) 60th Annual Book and Author Luncheon announced that local author James Stratton and Jennifer J. Beck M.D. will be rounding out the speakers at this year’s luncheon on Oct. 24. Stratton is a former college professor and past recipient of both a Ford and a […]
Ask Phyllis! How To Simultaneously Buy And Sell Dear Phyllis, I am seeking advice on buying and selling in this crazy market. We know we can sell our home quickly as the homes in our neighborhood immediately sell and usually over the asking price. Last month, we found a home we really loved […]
By Leonard COUTIN On Saturday, cross-country runners from across the state came to do battle at the 39th Annual Asics Clovis Invitational held at Woodward Park. This is also the location of the cross-country CIF state finals in November. The Invitational is a chance for runners to test their mid-season strength in a competitive environment […]
By Vincent PAGE Only four more teams stand in the way of the Crescenta Valley High School varsity football team as it continues its path to the CIF playoffs. The Falcons sit at a perfect 6-0 after defeating Pasadena High School on Friday by a final score of 48-33. PHS fell to 1-5 on its […]