By Julie BUTCHER Early in Tuesday night’s uncharacteristically short meeting of the Glendale City Council, Councilmember Vartan Gharpetian shared photos of traffic backed up on La Crescenta Avenue and a picture of a bicyclist riding in the traffic lane, not in the green protected bike lane. He called for more enforcement of existing laws. Councilmember […]
In the May 28 issue of the CV Weekly newspaper, the name was misspelled of one of the candidates in the story “The Candidates Respond: Glendale Unified School District – Board of Education.” Her proper name is Aileen Dinkjian.
By Mary O’KEEFE The primary election is over but not all the ballots have been counted. The next update of counted votes released by the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s (RR/CC) office will be late on Wednesday, after press time for CV Weekly. Below are the results that have been released as of Wednesday morning […]
Birthday Happiness My birthday was on Saturday, May 30 (no, I’m not going to tell you how old I am). First off, I want to say thank you to those who expressed birthday wishes; they’re very much appreciated. Birthday presents arrived early. Here at the office on Thursday, Mary and Rachelle presented me with flowers […]
By Mary O’KEEFE “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” This is a proverb that can trace its origins to the 12th century. I think it means that intentions are great but do not lead to good results if there is no thought behind them. I feel we see this all the time […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Memorial Day commemoration held at the Vietnam Memorial at the corner of Ocean View Boulevard and Honolulu Avenue was led by former U.S. Navy Lieutenant Steve Pierce. The event honored all fallen military soldiers and special acknowledgement was paid to the local fallen. The event began with music from bagpiper Bobby […]
Independence Day Parade – Cancelled Due to cuts in the budget for the City of Los Angeles, the Sunland-Tujunga Rotary Club will not be able to bring the 4th of July Parade to the community this year. Representatives with the Sunland-Tujunga Rotary Club have been communicating with various staff in the City of Los Angeles […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Assemblymember Nick Schultz spoke to an audience of constituents on Saturday, May 30 at St. Luke’s of the Mountains. Among the topics discussed were some of the legislation he is working on. He left time for questions. “I’m actually going to start with the state budget,” Schultz said as he started the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE In the Crescenta Valley, as well as across the nation, electric bikes and electric motos are getting a lot of attention due to the number of accidents and, many times, the irresponsible driving by those who ride the micro-mobility devices. However, many times e-bike drivers are blamed for what drivers of e-motos […]
By Ruth SOWBY Continuing its expansion across Los Angeles County, Erewhon opened its Glendale store at 520 N. Glendale Ave. on Wednesday, May 20. The upscale grocery store opened at the site formerly occupied by Virgil’s Hardware Home Center. At exactly 9 a.m., Erewhon team members and invited guests lined up to cut the ribbon at […]