Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy is known for producing amazing athletes – and Jenna Orlandini is no exception. Jenna ’09 recently signed a contract to play professional volleyball with the Vannes Volleyball Club of Vannes, France making her the first Tolog to sign a professional volleyball contract. As a student at FSHA, she played volleyball for […]
Chances are, you can’t watch the Dodgers on a regular basis. But you can read about them here in CV Weekly as sportswriter Mark Fabrick keeps you up to date on L.A.’s boys in blue. By Mark FABRICK Baseball’s second half is underway and the Los Angeles Dodgers are on one of their toughest road […]
Revving It Up Along Brand You know how some weekends are roll-up-your-sleeves-and-get-it done busy? Those are the ones that you kind of dread because – darn it! – you already put in a full week and now you have weekend chores. And then there’s the kind of busy that isn’t so bad. I had one […]
By Michael J. ARVIZU An appeal by Sunland and Tujunga residents to prevent construction of a new home on what neighbors say is an unsuitable hillside on Sister Elsie Drive in Tujunga was denied by the city of Los Angeles on July 17. The North Valley Area Planning Commission (NVAPC) voted unanimously to reject the […]
All who enjoy craft beer are invited to come to Montrose this weekend for the first annual Brewfest sponsored by Montrose-Verdugo City Chamber of Commerce. The event will be held on Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. in the 2200 block of Honolulu Avenue. Participating brewers include Eagle Rock Brewing Co., Hangar 24, Golden Road […]
“Our Business is Your Business” Something to Think About! Did you know: If each of us spent $100 a year more on local businesses instead of chain stores, it would put an extra $3 million a year into our economy? Not only that, but it would create thousands more jobs every year. #supportlocalbusinesses These may […]
July 20 1900 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge, a 32-year-old La Crescenta woman was arrested for being drunk in public. Deputies responded to a call of a woman who was leaning against a light pole as she was apparently trying to keep from falling. When deputies approached her, she allegedly smelled of […]
By Brandon HENSLEY The Crescenta Valley Town Council recognized outgoing Glendale Unified School District board of education president Mary Boger during its July 17 meeting. Boger announced her resignation from the board on July 8, citing health issues as a main reason. She and her husband will move to Massachusetts when her term ends Aug. […]
The city of Glendale and the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games announced their partnership during a press conference at the Americana on Brand on July 17. Speaking at the conference was president and CEO of the Games Patrick McClenahan, Special Olympics Global Messenger Debbie Anderson, former Olympian Rafer Johnson and Glendale mayor Zareh Sinanyan. […]
The American Legion Hall: A Violent Past – A Bright Future The American Legion Memorial Hall today sits quietly and peacefully at the corner of La Crescenta and Manhattan avenues. It is home to Verdugo Hills Post 288, which this last April celebrated its 90th year in existence, making it probably one of the oldest […]