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 […]
By Julie BUTCHER After many months of study, dialog, debate and an extensive community survey, on Sept. 7 the Crescenta Valley Town Council’s Land Use Committee voted unanimously to recommend a change to the process of petitioning for a street-lighting district that would keep residential street lighting in La Crescenta-Montrose pretty much as it is. […]
By Nicole MOORE On Sept. 7, the Montrose Shopping Park Assn. held its monthly meeting. The president of the MSPA, Andre Ordubegian, began the meeting by honoring former board members of the Montrose Shopping Park Myrna Grijalva and Vito Cannella with a moment of silence. Grijalva died on Aug. 7 and Cannella on Sept. 1. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Cassini is beginning its final hours exploring Saturn before its final plunge into the planet it has called home for about 13 years. On Friday, Cassini is expected to end its mission at 4:55 a.m. (PDT). Cassini has completed 293 obits of Saturn, 162 moon flybys, 127 Titan [moon] flybys and 23 […]
Clean Up the World Event The City Of Glendale Community Services & Parks Dept. is taking part in the Clean Up the World Weekend that encourages participants to organize an activity and to celebrate their environmental successes achieved throughout the year. The campaign theme – Our Place … Our Planet … Our Responsibility – highlights […]