CV Crush Wins Two in Two

The CV Crush, a local 12U travel baseball team, won two tournaments in two weeks going 10-0 on the road at the USSSA MLK Super NIT in Riverside and at the Beast Super Bowl Classic in Encino. The team has earned the #1 spot in the USSSA 12U Southern California 2012 tournament rankings. It is […]

Pancake Breakfast to Raise Funds for Two Strike Park Memorial

By Mary O’KEEFE CV Insurance agent and Crescenta Valley Honorary Mayor Holly Heurkins purchased the first tickets to the Two Strike Memorial Wall Pancake Breakfast from Ken Jury, commander of American Legion Post #288, and Warren Spayth, Commander, VFW Post 1614. The pancake breakfast is part of a series of fundraisers the Two Strike Memorial […]

AIA SFV Holds 25th Anniversary and Design Awards Banquet

Brad McDonald, senior managing partner of Reveal Studio Architects in La Crescenta, was installed as president of the San Fernando Valley Chapter of the American Institute of Architects – AIA – on Saturday, Jan. 21 at The Castaway Restaurant at their annual design awards banquet. The Chapter is celebrating its 25th year and McDonald took […]

Olympic Swimmer Speaks at Rose Bowl Aquatics Center

On Wednesday, Feb. 1, the Rose Bowl Aquatics Center Swim Team welcomed US Olympian Jason Lezak who spoke to team members preparing to depart for the Junior Olympics taking place Feb. 3 through Feb. 5 in Long Beach and Feb. 9 and Feb. 12 in Monterey Park. The RBAC Swim Team 12 and Unders (Youngers) […]

Daniel Radcliffe Takes on ‘The Woman in Black’

By Charly SHELTON What did they see? Who is the woman in black? Can Daniel Radcliffe pull off any character that isn’t a boy wizard? All these questions and more are posed by the new film, “The Woman in Black.” The ghost story is about a grieving mother whose child was lost in a marsh […]

Pianist Esther Keel to take “Egyptian Strut” with PSO

By Ted AYALA Take a look at a symphony orchestra program featuring the debut concerto performance of a particular pianist and chances are the work you’ll be seeing printed before you will be the Tchaikovsky “Piano Concerto No. 1.” Or a Schumann piano concerto. Maybe Grieg. Or one of Beethoven’s. But outside of those, the […]

Writers Discuss Their Works at the Glendale Public Library

On Feb. 16 at 7 p.m. at Glendale Public Library Auditorium, writer and Glendale resident Denise Hamilton will be discussing her new novel, “Damage Control.” The story weaves an engrossing story of teenage friendship and adult betrayal, featuring a high-powered young woman in the crisis management world who gets swept up in murder and scandal […]

Music for Lonely Hearts and Those in Love

By Ted AYALA   It’s Valentine’s Day next week as some of you may know. For some, it’s a matter of life and death as forgetting this crucial date may result in a rolling pin to the head a la Andy Kapp from your significant other. For those of you still scrambling to find a […]

Pet of the Week

Puppy Astro’s first night in his new home! April 17, 2008 CV Weekly loves to hear about your pets! Send a pic and small cap to steve@cvweekly.com, to share your lovable pets with the community!

Love Stories

This is not a traditional love story, this is a thank you to two people I love very much: My adorable husband of 38 years, Chuck, and my oldest daughter Alicia.     Since I have been faced with some disabilities for the past two years – not being able to drive, do banking, grocery shop […]