A Fond Farewell and an Exciting New Chapter for the MVCC After five incredible years serving as the executive director of the Montrose-Verdugo City Chamber of Commerce, I am stepping down from my role. This journey has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life, allowing me to connect deeply with our business […]
Preparing for the Future In January the CV Chamber had its installation of officers and board members. Not a fancy affair, the swearing in was overseen by CV Sheriff’s Station Captain Robert Hahnlein at our regular board meeting. In addition to saying goodbye to longtime board member and former president Mike Riley, we bid farewell […]
February 2025 Our hearts go out to the people who have lost so much in the devastating fires that have wreaked havoc on so many areas of our beautiful city as well as destroying one of our long-established theaters, Theatre Palisades. We hope Theatre Palisades can find a way to rebuild or relocate so it […]
GLENDALE KIWANIS The Kiwanis Club of Glendale meets on Fridays at noon. The program on Feb. 7 is members of the International Rescue Committee. The cost to attend Friday meetings, which includes lunch and program, is $25. All are welcome. The Club meets Friday afternoons at the Elks Lodge, 120 E. Colorado St. in Glendale. […]
This Sears refrigerator can’t be repaired. Do I still have to pay $677? Michelle Hughes just spent $677 to have a Sears technician repair her GE refrigerator. It doesn’t work. Does she still have to pay for the repair? Q: We had a Sears technician come to our home recently to look at our GE […]
LCIF Welcomes Community Lutheran Church in the Foothills (LCIF) is tackling hunger this Sunday, Feb. 9 with its annual “Souper Bowl of Caring” during the 10 a.m. worship service. This year’s”Souper Bowl,” also known as the Tackle Hunger campaign, will support the Altadena Food Pantry (a project of Altadena Churches Together – ACT). Attendees “vote” […]
Question: Every time the New Year comes around, I get annoyed by all the attention that New Year’s resolutions get. I don’t understand why they are necessary. They have never worked for me in the past and so I’ve decided to give them up entirely. They’ve even named the second Friday of January “Quitter’s Day” […]
There are No Words There are no suitable words to express the emotion of the fires last month. Somehow fear, anguish, sadness and empathy don’t quite cut it; the loss is too great. So many lives, so many neighborhoods, so many memories are now gone. People think of Los Angeles as one vast urban landscape where no […]
Our Special Valentine (Story provided by Craig Durst) It’s several days before Valentine’s Day and the Crescenta Valley Weekly time machine has just transported you back to the year 1872. You see a young married couple in the living room of their home in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The woman, Hetty, is laughing as her […]
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