By Mary O’KEEFE The Crescenta Valley Lions Club is presenting “The Fentanyl Crisis: When Great Kids, Caring Parents and Model Schools Aren’t Enough to Prevent Tragedy.” The presentation will be made on Feb. 21 at St. Luke’s of the Mountains Episcopal Church’s Sadler Hall at 2563 Foothill Blvd. from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. “As […]
By Mary O’KEEFE For the last several days I have been in Arizona. I was there to support my brother who was having prostate surgery due to cancer. I asked him if I could share his story, and he said yes. In fact, as is his nature, he wanted to share his story to help […]
Threats, Screaming … and the American Flag Last week I told you I’d share my opinions on various candidates running for a variety of offices. Let me preface this by saying that CV Weekly takes pride in “writing down the middle;” in other words, most readers don’t know if a writer leans to the […]
Glendale police received a call around 2:14 p.m. on Wednesday regarding an assault with a deadly weapon in the 3300 block of Reta Street in La Crescenta. When they arrived they saw a person down but did not see the suspect. There was no gun fire but there was an assault with a deadly weapon. […]
May 19, 1938 – Jan. 31, 2024 Rudolph (Rudy) Philip Maurovich was born May 19, 1938. He went to his heavenly home on Jan. 31. He is survived by his loving nieces, nephew and extended family: Christine Lieshman, Kathleen Knurr (Kurt), Sean McLaughlin (Susan), Heather Joseph (Jeff), and Cousin Juliano (Yano) Ghersi as well as a multitude of […]
Dec. 9, 1933 – Jan. 23, 2024 Gail was born in New York, the sixth child of Frances Henry Graham. There is an 18-year span between the oldest and Gail. Gail lived in Woodmere, Long Island, New York until the age of 10. In 1943, she and her mother and brother Howard moved to […]
Lutheran Church in the Foothills Lutheran Church in the Foothills invites the community to attend its soup supper Wednesday services during this season of Lent. Lent is a 40-day period during which Christians remember the events leading up to and including the death of Jesus Christ. Lent is a time of reflection and of asking […]
Reprinted from July 17, 2018 Question: My husband and I are from large families and every 4th of July we host a huge celebration at our home, which is a large property at the edge of town. In past years, because there have been arguments among and between individuals who drank too much, we decided just to serve […]
Memories of Early Montrose/La Crescenta – Part 2 I continue with a wonderful set of memories penned by Bob Potts in 1953. Bob was the son of T.O. Potts, who in 1915 opened the very first store in Montrose at the intersection of Honolulu and Verdugo. That’s the building that recently housed the closed restaurant […]
Legend Lost in Glendale On New Year’s Day, the world lost renowned film scholar David J. Skal in an automobile accident in Glendale. Authorities believe that the head-on collision at Glenoaks Boulevard and Elm Street – captured by a surveillance camera – was caused by another driver who was subsequently arrested on charges of reckless […]