Question: Every time the New Year comes around, I get annoyed by all the attention that New Year’s resolutions get. I don’t understand why they are necessary. They have never worked for me in the past and so I’ve decided to give them up entirely. They’ve even named the second Friday of January “Quitter’s Day” […]
There are No Words There are no suitable words to express the emotion of the fires last month. Somehow fear, anguish, sadness and empathy don’t quite cut it; the loss is too great. So many lives, so many neighborhoods, so many memories are now gone. People think of Los Angeles as one vast urban landscape where no […]
Our Special Valentine (Story provided by Craig Durst) It’s several days before Valentine’s Day and the Crescenta Valley Weekly time machine has just transported you back to the year 1872. You see a young married couple in the living room of their home in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The woman, Hetty, is laughing as her […]
CV_02_06_FINALS
By Mary O’KEEFE On Jan. 25, the La Crescenta Library celebrated its 15th anniversary with cake, cookies and a magic show. One afternoon visit to the La Crescenta Library and visitors will see this is a very popular place in the community. In addition to being a place where kids go after school to use […]
By Julie BUTCHER At Tuesday night’s meeting of the Glendale City Council, Councilmember Ara Najarian shared a dramatic news video showing cars left along Sunset Boulevard during the recent fire crises facing various Southern California neighborhoods. He asked his colleagues to reconsider plans to reconfigure La Crescenta Avenue. “In light of the recent fires, I […]
By Mary O’KEEFE “We commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day, designated by the United Nations to mark the anniversary of the January 27, 1945 liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration and death camp. We solemnly remember the six million Jews who were systematically murdered across Europe by the Nazis and their collaborators, as well as […]
By Mary O’KEEFE CVW received a call contesting the numbers I released in last week’s article, which were according to statista.com, on the number of combustion engine vehicles in the U.S. So I reviewed and searched more sources including the Model T Ford Club of America and Duryea Motor Carriage at the National Museum of […]
Local Opportunities The number of organizations that want to help those displaced by the Eaton Fire specifically and the Palisades Fire in general are truly heartwarming. From Angel Flight, which created a spot where folks could go and have coffee and snacks, fill out forms and find emotional support while their children were being cared […]
Christmas Tree Recycling and Collection Residents with the City of Glendale can recycle their Christmas trees now through April 1. Those living in a single-family or multi-family household (2-4 units) can recycle trees by placing them curbside on regular collection day. Please remember to remove all ornaments, decorations, bags, stands, bars, nail and tinsel/s (flocked […]