It’s Back-to-School Time in the Montrose Shopping Park! Parents, it’s time to celebrate as your children head back into the classroom! Summer will soon be coming to end, so it is time to start planning your shopping list for back to school. As a kid, didn’t you love back-to-school shopping? There was something really cool […]
Glendale Businesses: Do You Have Your BRC? Every business with a physical location in Glendale, including those subleased, is required to maintain a valid BRC. So what is a BRC? First off, a BRC is not a business license or a business tax; the City of Glendale does not have a business license or business […]
The CV Chamber has been recognizing outstanding people, places and organizations in our community every year for decades. It is time once again reach out to the public for your nominees for the 2017 Recognition Banquet to be held on Oct. 26. Contact our office for a nomination application. Deadline for entry is Sept. […]
Finding Your Worth Summer is typically quiet at CV Weekly. School is out, leaving it challenging to fill our youth and sports pages. Businesses that we usually rely on for advertising dollars are dealing with skeleton crews when they and/or their employees go on vacation. Getting new customers in the door is not necessarily […]
“The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer, the top of the live-long year, like the highest seat of a Ferris wheel when it pauses in its turning. The first week of August is motionless, and hot …” ~ Natalie Babbett, “Tuck Everlasting” The above is from a children’s classic is […]
By Brian CHESNICK, Mary O’KEEFE and Charly SHELTON Hot and humid weather couldn’t keep residents away from meeting and greeting Glendale’s finest for National Night Out on Tuesday evening. The annual event brought together police, firefighters and families to strengthen relationships and to put a face on those who live to protect and serve. National […]
By Nestor CASTIGLIONE Locals and businesses still mourning the loss of Rocky Cola Café, which had formerly occupied the crucial northwest corner of Honolulu Avenue and Verdugo Boulevard and has sat empty since its closure in 2012, will soon have reason to rejoice. Tom Christopoulos, a longtime resident of La Cañada-Flintridge, is planning to open […]
GPD recognized for its efforts to raise cancer awareness. By Mary O’KEEFE On Monday, the Glendale Police Dept. was recognized by the Adventist Health Glendale hospital with the Flame of Hope Award. “Once a year we have [this event] as a celebration of life for our survivors and our community,” said Dennis Quagliani, director of […]
GEF Launches Teacher Grant Program Beginning this academic year, the Glendale Educational Foundation (GEF) launches a new initiative, the Teacher Grant Program. This program will make available a total of $15,000 for direct grants to classroom teachers in the Glendale Unified School District (GUSD) in the three priority areas – visual and performing arts, science […]
By Charly SHELTON On Aug. 26, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed an executive order that removed married men from draft deferment eligibility. Up to that point, if any man over the age of 18 were married, he would not be drafted. As of midnight on Aug. 27, a newly-married man could be drafted. Men […]