By Brandon HENSLEY Updates on LA County Housing Initiatives and the herbicide Roundup were made during the Crescenta Valley Town Council on April 20 at the La Crescenta Library. LA County Planning’s Ayala Scott spoke to council about two new ordinance updates in progress, the density bonus and accessory dwelling unit ordinance. These efforts will […]
Fair Fun Planned The busy-ness of April ends as it started – with an event that you won’t want to miss. In this case it’s the Hometown Country Fair over at CV Park on Saturday. I’ve been involved with this annual event since the first year when we were (almost literally) flooded out by unexpected […]
“Weather means more when you have a garden. There’s nothing like listening to a shower and thinking how it is soaking in around your green beans.” ~ Marcelene Cox, American writer If only spring’s weather would continue through the summer months. The days have been warming up to almost hot and the nights have […]
By Mary O’KEEFE In the spring of 1861, the United States began a war that tore the country apart. For four years the United States Civil War pitted family against family, neighbor against neighbor and in the end took the lives of an estimated 620,000 soldiers. This “war between the states” occurred over 150 years […]
Montrose Search and Rescue – Mine Rescues Besides all the amazing rescue services the Montrose Search and Rescue team performs – finding lost hikers, snow rescues, wildfire rescues, cars and motorcycles off the mountain roads, and finding crashed airplanes – they also have a mine rescue team, currently the only full team in the state. […]
Alicia Andrew (Grell), CVHS class of 1998, and her husband Jeff gave up city life for small town America in Missouri!! It was the perfect move for the two of them!! CV Weekly loves to travel! Take us along on your next trip and send us a photo. You may find yourselves on the pages […]
Ask Phyllis! Should I Sell Or Rent My Home Dear Phyllis, I look forward to reading your weekly Q&A, and after years of enjoyment, I have a real estate related question for you. My employer is moving out of state and I will be following them to our new headquarters. I need help deciding whether […]
CSA had its Annual All Star games on April 8. All teams had their photos taken.
SB 808 Would Rein-In Charter Schools The current system for approving charter schools in the state of California is broken. Rather than creating space for innovation and creativity to improve public education as a whole, the system is being abused and as a result we see inadequate charter schools failing our precious children. Locally elected […]
April 21 3000 block of Community Avenue in Montrose, a purse and its contents were stolen and the passenger side window was smashed overnight. April 20 800 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada, an employee placed a bag of money for deposit in a drawer as she does every night. She then activated […]