Question: Our nephew who recently graduated from college has a job here in California. His parents live in another state so he asked if he could stay with us until he gets his first paycheck. This has turned into the second and third paycheck. He still hasn’t moved. Is there a gentle way of getting […]
Veterans Have Done So Much For Our Country, They Deserve Congressional Support Up until the very last day of my late father’s life, one of the things he was the proudest of was his service to his country. The son of a Chinese immigrant to California, he served in the Army during World War II […]
Recently, the Crescenta Valley Water District held a science fiction writing contest for middle and high school students that focused on life without water. Below is the winning submittal by Nicolas Dermardirosian. CVWD is also hosting Imagine A Day Without Water on Saturday, Sept. 28 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Judy Tejeda […]
How Did Montrose Get Its Name? – Part 2 In my last guest column, I explained how I had unanswered questions about the naming of Montrose. I wrote about the contest that the developers held to name their new community. Thousands of suggestions were submitted and nine people submitted the name Montrose, which the five […]
Prop 13 Assaulted Again? Termed-out Senator Anthony Portantino recently received a farewell gift when the California School Employees Association (CSEA) bestowed their annual Senator of the Year award (“Senator Portantino Honored,” Aug. 29, 2024). “I have always been proud to support our public education system,” he said. “I am humbled to have received this amazing […]
“In local government, it’s very clear to your customers – your citizens – whether or not you’re delivering. Either that pothole gets filled in or it doesn’t. The results are very much on display and that creates a very healthy pressure to innovate.” – Pete Buttigieg By Mary O’KEEFE Part of the Crescenta Valley is […]
By Julie BUTCHER Early in Tuesday night’s meeting of the Glendale City Council, staff and members of the public were confused by the process by which the Council approved “a professional services agreement with Architectural Resources Group for preparation of the East-West Glendale historic context and survey, the North Glendale historic context update and […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Tuesday residents of the Sunland-Tujunga area met with their community Los Angeles Police Dept. officer at a monthly Neighborhood Watch meeting. The event is a twist on “Coffee with a Cop.” “Tacos with a Cop” meetings are held at Joselito’s Mexican Food in Tujunga. They are a chance for S-T residents […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Have you seen the reports of the Greenland rockslide that shook the entire Earth? There have been several articles written about this and I actually read the journal Science report on how the aspects of this rock/ice slide were calculated. I am always fascinated by how Mother Nature shows us how everything […]
On Monday night I had the pleasure of sharing the story of the Crescenta Valley Weekly with members of the Evening Section of the La Crescenta Woman’s Club. The ladies (many who I know) were so welcoming and it felt very easy telling them about the CV Weekly then staying to hear some of their […]