Crescenta Valley High School held its homecoming this past weekend. On Friday, the homecoming football game against Hoover was a victory for the Falcons. It was there that this year’s homecoming court was introduced: Grady Schilling, Tyler Hill, Jake Eggena, Thulani Kachingwe, Brett Klein, Brian Gadsby, Roxy Raad, Hannah Weingarten, Savannah Baum, Vanessa Young, […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY The stars came out on Thursday – well, at least the stars of the Crescenta Valley when the CV Chamber of Commerce held its annual recognition banquet at the La Cañada Flintridge Country Club. The annual event is a chance to salute those within the foothills community who invest their time (and, […]
MANNING AT FLINTRIDGE BOOKSTORE Today, Thursday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m., Flintridge Bookstore hosts a book signing for Rob Manning, area resident and chief engineer of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Mars Rover Curiosity. In his book “Mars Rover Curiosity,” Manning tells of bringing the groundbreaking spacecraft to life. He and […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Over 180,000 people were arrested for Driving Under the Influence (DUI) in 2011, according to the Dept. of Motor Vehicles in September 2013. CV Weekly was recently on a ride-along with the California Highway Patrol out of the Altadena station with Officer Ryan Bejar. The CHP at the Altadena office was concentrating […]
By Ted AYALA Glendale City Council voted Tuesday night to pledge its support to a resolution put forward by the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) to eradicate bullying from their respective communities. The resolution comes as bullying has become a hot button issue across the country in recent years, with the issue garnering increased […]
By Isiah REYES On the same day as the Great California ShakeOut – Thursday, Oct. 16 – seniors were invited to attend an earthquake preparedness workshop presented by State Senator Carol Liu at Healy Hall at Holy Redeemer Church in Montrose. Co-hosting the event was ASTER (Assisting Seniors Through Enhanced Resources), CV Ready and Glendale […]
By Jason KUROSU Five of the six candidates vying for seats on next year’s Crescenta Valley Town Council were provided an opportunity to campaign for the upcoming election during Thursday night’s town council meeting. The mid-meeting candidates’ forum allowed them to elaborate on their motivations for running and what they hope to accomplish when they […]
“Listen! The wind is rising and the air is wild with leaves, We have had our summer evenings, now for October eves!” ~ Humbert Wolfe, Italian-born English poet (1885-1940) Despite warm days, there is no doubting it is October. The evenings come early, quickly cooling into the 50s overnight. The skies are a blue like […]
Halloween – Then and Now When I was a kid all the way into my adult years, I loved Halloween. For years, my dad’s secretary would come to our house in Sun Valley and transform my sister and me into princesses before we went trick-or-treating (back then we called it Halloweening). A highlight of the […]
By Jason KUROSU Proposition 47 seeks to reduce prison sentences for numerous inmates across the state by reclassifying as misdemeanors certain drug possession offenses and other crimes considered felonies. Among these are a series of crimes when the total amount involved is less than $950, including petty theft, receiving stolen property, forging or writing bad […]