Safe, Sound and Prepared Disasters can strike without warning and force you to evacuate your neighborhood or confine you to your home. What would you do if basic services – water, gas, electricity or telephone – were cut off? And what is the Crescenta Valley Water District (CVWD) doing to prepare for a natural disaster? […]
Time to vote – Listen to George Washington In September 1796, a beloved George Washington said good bye to a nation he had served all his life by sending an open letter to the American people. We know this open letter as his Farewell Address. In his Farewell Address he warned us against the problems […]
Hi, CV! Red Ribbon Week (Oct. 23-31) was kicked off by a well-attended event on Thursday evening at Roosevelt Middle School. The event was the idea of Glendale police and Kevin Cordova-Brookey, Glendale Council PTA member and local dad. The tone of the evening was set by two young women living at Phoenix House, a […]
“The birds laugh, loud and long together When Fashion’s followers speed away, At the first cool breath of autumn weather. ‘Why, this is the time,’ cry the birds, ‘to stay!’” Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919) The End of Summer The parrots are, at last, headed south to their winter homes … and warmer weather. Good thing […]
Time to Fall Back It’s time to “fall back” as daylight saving time ends on Nov. 2 at 2 a.m. The community is reminded to turn clocks back one hour. Council Districting Meeting Tonight A community meeting hosted by Crescenta Valley Weekly and Verdugo Woodlands Homeowners Association takes place tonight, Thursday, Oct. 30 at 6 […]
QUILT EXHIBIT The community is invited to a quilt exhibit at the La Cañada Public Library taking place through Oct. 30. The beautiful quilts are the handiwork of a few talented women from Islamic Congregation of La Cañada Flintridge. Running Stitch is a group made up of local women who meet weekly to create handmade […]
By Isiah REYES Parents gathered at Roosevelt Middle School to learn more about the different ways to speak to their children about drug and substance abuse during the Red Ribbon Week parent night on Oct. 23. Red Ribbon Week is an alcohol, drug and violence prevention awareness campaign observed in October. It is a weeklong […]
Members of the La Cañada Tournament of Roses Association enjoyed a poolside evening of fun at their monthly happy hour. This event was hosted at the home of Ellen and Anthony Portantino where the members brought delicacies that ranged from shrimp cocktails and Swedish meatballs to scrumptious desserts. The bar was hosted by Dick Barley […]
National Resource Directory The National Resource Directory provides wounded ill and injured service members, veterans and their families with a web-based “yellow book.” It has information on the full range of medical and non-medical services and resources needed to achieve veterans’ personal and professional goals across the transitions from recovery to rehabilitation to community reintegration. […]
By Charly SHELTON In keeping with the Halloween season and its festivities, The Doctor’s House in Glendale held an event hosted by the Glendale Historical Society that is perfect for this time of year. Victorian era mourning rituals were the subject of a specialty self-guided tour for one night only on Sunday evening. When guests […]