Goodbye to a Great Brother This week I fully intended to write about the spectacle of the ongoing Sochi Winter Olympics. Then, a little before 9 p.m. Tuesday night last week, our house phone rang. There’s a song with a lyric that says, “We’re all only a phone call away from our knees…” This was […]
Greetings from CV Alliance Thank you for visiting our website! Google Analytics tells us that you spend about five minutes on our site, visiting four pages! “Bullying Prevention” efforts within Glendale Unified School District (GUSD) is being presented tonight from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at CV High’s library, 2900 Community Ave. We put together […]
Stunned At What She Read My letter is in regards to the startling information given by Suzy Jacobs, executive director of CV Alliance in [the Jan. 30] edition of the CV Weekly. I was first offended in reading that 85% of NFL players participated in [the] Super Bowl with a concussion. Then I had to […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Blood is life. That may seem like a simple statement but if you are the one who needs a transfusion, this statement is everything. Today, Thursday, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station will be holding a blood drive as part of the Battle of the Badges. A […]
By Kevork KURDOGHLIAN Approximately 10 homeowners residing near the Crescenta Valley Water District’s two water tanks at 5041 Cloud Ave. in La Crescenta came out to look at the property that is the proposed site of a 70-foot cellphone tower. At noon on Feb. 7, Ursula Moran, a representative for AT&T, and Jerry Ambrose, a […]
1925 – 2014 Mardith J. “Mardy” Wilkins passed away on Feb. 6. She is survived by her husband Bob, daughter Lynette, sister Jean, and grandchildren Alyssa and Trent. Mardy Naregan was born in Santa Barbara in 1940. After relocating to Glendale, she attended Glendale High School (1958), and Glendale City College. She worked at NASA’s […]
1925 – 2014 Josephine Gebbia was born Oct. 8, 1925 in Rochester, N.Y. to Carmelo and Jennie Cannavo, immigrants from Sicily, Italy. She came to Los Angeles at the age of 12 and attended Franklin High School. In 1952, she came to La Cañada to work as a hairdresser at the House of Charles and […]
Feb. 4, 2014 La Crescenta native son Robert (Bob) Lee Chase passed away suddenly on Tuesday, Feb. 4 at his home in Folsom, Calif. He had turned 65 last December. Throughout his life, Bob pursued many outdoor activities including mountain climbing, backpacking and jogging. He was active in the La Crescenta Presbyterian youth programs and […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY The Glendale Educational Foundation feted three of its graduates at the annual Dancing with Diamonds event held on Friday night at the Glendale Hilton. The foundation is tasked with generating funds to enrich and enhance the programs and projects of the Glendale Unified School District, according to its mission statement. The Dancing […]
The Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk (RR/CC) began mailing more than 12,800 Vote by Mail booklets to voters for the March 4 La Cañada Unified School District Special Parcel Tax Election. To learn about measure LC in the election, visit https://www.lavote.net/voter/pdfs/election_related/03042014_measures_on_ballot.pdf. Voters can also vote early by visiting the third floor in room 3002 of […]