Rep. Adam Schiff recently announced his selections for the 2016 Women of the Year. These inspiring women come from communities in the 28th Congressional District – West Hollywood, Burbank, Pasadena, Silver Lake, Echo Park, Elysian Valley, Los Feliz, Sunland/Tujunga, Glendale, La Cañada Flintridge and La Crescenta. This recognition is made each year during Women’s History […]
UPDATE May 3 at 2 p.m.: The Los Angeles County Commission on School District Organization (LACCSDO) has today voted to approve the petition for territory transfer from GUSD to LCUSD, pending an upcoming Environmental Impact Study. More details in this Thursday’s issue of CVWeekly. The agenda has been released for the May 3 meeting […]
Traffic signals throughout Crescenta Valley are non-operational due to the winds. The 210 freeway westbound Pennsylvania offramp is closed due to a tree falling. Northbound lanes of Pennsylvania Avenue are closed from Montrose Avenue north past the westbound entrance to the freeway due to wind damage and a downed tree. The on-ramp may also be […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. detectives are concentrating on finding Aramazd Andressian Jr., a 5-year-old boy who was reported missing by his mother on April 21. At about this same time his father, who had custody of his son at the time, was found unconscious in Arroyo Park in South Pasadena without […]
By Nicole MOORE On Friday, the Scholl Canyon Estates Gracious Retirement Home in Glendale celebrated its 100 residents by hosting the Estates’ 4th Annual Senior Prom. The event was held in the retirement home’s lobby and was from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The theme of the 2017 senior prom was a Prom Night in […]
From humble beginnings at Rosemont Middle School to their new home at Osborne Field, Abby Sheklow and Leah Crowther are proud to lead the Falcon girls’ lacrosse program. By Brandon HENSLEY The similarities are obvious between the two athletes: LeBron James, one of the best basketball players ever to live, and Abby Sheklow, Crescenta Valley […]
By Julie BUTCHER On Wednesday, April 19, approximately 150 students at Rosemont Middle School in La Crescenta participated in the school’s second annual “Walk, Talk, & Learn” event “to remember and commemorate the Armenian Genocide and all genocides,” explained event organizer Janna Kasmanian. During the school’s lunch period, seventh and eighth grade students who wished […]
By Charly SHELTON When you go to Knott’s Berry Farm, the theme park built on food, there is Mrs. Knott’s Chicken Dinner Restaurant – the best place to have a chicken dinner. If anywhere does it best, it’s Knott’s. When you go to Disneyland, the theme park built on the childhood magic of Disney, its […]
By Charly SHELTON The Pasadena Showcase House of Design started in 1965 as a fundraiser for the Pasadena Junior Philharmonic Committee, now known as the Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts. Back then tickets cost $1.50 and included coffee and cookies. Approximately 7,500 visitors came through the house to see the showcase. The proceeds from […]
Volunteerism and collaboration celebrated at Mountain Avenue Elementary 50th anniversary gala. By Mary O’KEEFE Parents dropping off their child for the first time at Mountain Avenue Elementary School may notice a different feel from other elementary schools. After all, to get to this school parents and students travel down a cul-de-sac in a tree-lined neighborhood. […]