By Julie BUTCHER Amidst hours of detailed reviewing of every expenditure of the school district, the Glendale Unified School District’s first meeting of the 2017-18 school year also included extensive, heartfelt recognition for the staff and volunteers who helped respond to last week’s La Tuna Fire. Numerous members of the public and district officials thanked […]
Time of Reflection As many of you know who pay attention to such things, the eighth anniversary of CV Weekly was on Sept. 4. Eight years! That means the Station Fire was eight years ago, too; the front cover of the first issue of the Crescenta Valley Weekly was the Station Fire. The design […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Crescenta Valley recognized Patriot Day on Monday, Sept. 11 in two separate ceremonies. The first was a motorcade that wound its way through the La Crescenta and La Cañada areas, ending up at Camp 6 near Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The motorcade focused on the recognition of community and emergency responders. The classic […]
“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.” ~ Space Chronicles by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ph.D, Astrophysicist with the American Museum of Natural […]
By Mary O’KEEFE It’s Club Expo time again at Crescenta Valley High School. The Expo showcases about 100 student clubs at the school that cover a variety of interests. “This is Club Expo – one week dedicated to clubs advertising,” said Associated Student Body President Joe Suh, a senior at CVHS. The Expo has information […]
Comedy Sportz Season Begins The first match of the Comedy Sportz-High School League season is Friday, Sept. 15 at 7 p.m. in the Crescenta Valley High School MacDonald Auditorium. See the best in teenage improve comedy! The cost is $5 for students, $10 for adults. MacDonald Auditorium at CVHS is located in the 4400 block […]
The Other La Tuna Canyon Fire – In 1955 As we look back on the La Tuna Canyon Fire of 2017, we recognize that it was a fire of historic proportions for Los Angeles. But history shows us that a fire of similar proportions was fought on the exact same ground 62 years ago in […]
For Your Consideration: A Very Busy Saturday in September and Running for Town Council It’s September already and we have a lot happening this month in our community. First and foremost, we are grateful that the La Tuna Fire, which burned 7,194 acres near our community, is over and ended without deaths or serious injury. […]
By Charly SHELTON Nature is unpredictable – that’s what everyone says. That’s the stock answer for what happened in Texas and Florida with Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. The flooding, the food shortages, the power outages and more. But in a way, thanks to modern science, nature can be predictable. Both hurricanes were seen coming a […]
Once again I was spending my leisure hours perusing your excellent CV Weekly (Vol 8., No 52). Not only do I particularly savor the poetry and educated weather review of our own Official Skywarn Spotter Sue Kilpatrick but I also always relish our own historian Mike Lawler. His articles on the heroics of our Montrose […]