By McKenna MIDDLETON, Intern Schools work to prepare students for future careers, fostering skills in English, math, and science. But what about future lawyers? Mock Trial is a program that seeks to develop students’ skills in the area of law. Crescenta Valley High School has had a Mock Trial club for the past 18 years. […]
By Tyler BIDDLE This year the instrumental musicians at Crescenta Valley High School have taken on some new challenges and they aren’t nearly done yet. Two weeks ago, they competed in their first SCJA championships where they placed fifth overall and earned the highest of the musical performance scores in their division. Now they are […]
My Season of Thanksgiving Talk show host Bill Handel does a radio commercial that begins along the lines of, “If your business has survived the last four years, congratulations.” I’m pleased to report that indeed my business has survived the last four years. As many of you remember, the CV Weekly was actually launched four […]
Give Thanks… For each morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food and food, For love and friends, For everything thy goodness sends. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson The sun rises on Thanksgiving Day at 6:38 a.m. High pressure off the California coast, as the week began, kept the […]
By McKenna MIDDLETON, Intern Everyone knows that you must look both ways before crossing the street. Then why is it that the leading cause of death and injury in the country, as well as Los Angeles, is childhood pedestrian car crashes? Perhaps children are not as well educated on pedestrian safety as they should be. […]
A Face Full of Thankfulness A trend on Facebook is to post something you’re thankful for every day throughout November. There’s another November Facebook phenomenon alternately called “No Shave November” or “Movember,” in which male participants pledge not to shave for the entire month. Having sported a mustache, goatee or full frontal beard since the […]
Name Origins for the Peaks Around Us – Part 4 On our next name discovery tour of the San Gabriel Mountains we move onto the front range, just to the east of the Crescenta Valley. Brown Mountain and Mt. Lowe are quite historic and have great stories behind them. They’re just west of Mount Wilson. […]
To all of the students returning home for the holiday, welcome back! Since you’ve been away, the Crescenta Valley Drug & Alcohol Prevention Coalition has changed. We have a new name: CV Alliance! It’s more user-friendly, and we hope people won’t avoid our booth at community events! When you were last here, we didn’t have […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Residents in the foothills area are being warned to be cautious due to a recent mountain lion attack on a small dog just off Briggs Avenue. Early Saturday morning, local resident Kim Mattersteig found the remains of her beloved dog Bridget in the backyard of her home. The dog had been viciously […]
By Mary O’KEEFE President Barack Obama was in the southland on Monday and Tuesday, in part to help raise money for future Democratic campaigns. Then there was the visit to DreamWorks Animation in Glendale. A very relaxed President Obama addressed the audience of DreamWorks employees. He spoke of the film industry and how Hollywood has […]