By McKenna MIDDLETON, intern It is the desire of every parent to be at the milestones in their child’s life – and a daughter’s first dance is no exception. It was a special night for both father and daughter at Valley View Elementary School’s Daddy Daughter Dance held on Friday night, Feb. 7. The seventh […]
Hack In The USSR (or) Olympic Dreams & Disappointments One of the easiest things anyone can do once every four years is to sit on the couch, watching TV coverage of the Winter Olympics and carp, complain and generally criticize the genetically blessed, gorgeously fit athletes who don’t live up to media-generated expectations. So here […]
World Famous Goats of the Crescenta Valley In the 1920s, the Crescenta Valley was home to several goat farms for the production of goat milk. Goat milk was then, like now, considered to be a health food. Milk goats were a hot item, particularly in the health-conscious Crescenta Valley where many invalids had moved for […]
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 […]
Our second Teen Trials & Tribulations talk was on bullying prevention, an issue so many people tell me is relevant. Those present heard from Scott Anderle, EdD, GUSD Student Support Services, Cynthia Livingston, EdD, Rosemont principal, David Johnson, anti-bullying motivational speaker, and our own Glendale Police Officer Joe Allen. Linda Evans, retired CVHS principal, acted […]
“When said and done, the weather and love are the two elements about which one can never be certain.” – Alice Hoffman, “Here on Earth” The above quotation was especially true on Feb. 14. Within a 24 hour period, both Valentine’s Day and the weather were all over the map – one figuratively and the […]
Dorothy Skiles, long time resident and Sunland-Tujunga’s poet laureate for 2012-14, will be giving a farewell reading at the upcoming Village Poets of Sunland-Tujunga’s Monthly Poetry Reading Series. The community is invited to the event that will be held on Sunday, Feb. 23 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Bolton Hall Museum. Skiles’ poetry […]
Corey Nalley, manager of Crescenta Valley Tow, has been working the Tournament of Roses Parade for 14 years. Though CV Tow has been involved with the parade for over 20 years – all the tow truck drivers are assigned a corner in case they are needed – the 2014 event offered Nalley the opportunity to […]
On Feb. 7, hundreds of Dilbeck sales partners gathered at the Pickwick Gardens Conference Center in Burbank to attend Dilbeck’s annual kickoff event. Mark Dilbeck began with a market update and announcements regarding new company initiatives, among them the updated marketing postcard library and their availability. Featured speaker was Robert Watson who gave a presentation […]
By Kevork KURDOGHLIAN The first meeting of the new year of the Cañada Crescenta Democratic Club was held at the home of Anthony and Ellen Portantino in La Cañada Flintridge on Jan. 26. The guest speakers were Patrick Gomez, a candidate for Los Angeles County Sheriff, and Peter Dreier, a professor of politics at Occidental […]