By Mary O’KEEFE The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has continued the discussion on the issue of short term rentals (STRs) that was originally set to be heard at its Sept. 19 meeting. There has not been an alternative date scheduled for the discussion. This decision was made so that more outreach could take […]
By Mary O’KEEFE At several meetings, including of the Glendale City Council and miscellaneous community meetings, the topic of traffic seems to always come up –specifically traffic lights. CVW reached out via email to Glendale Public Works director Yazdan Emrani to get some clarification on what traffic lights, and traffic issues, were being addressed throughout […]
Jan. 19, 1942 – Aug. 28, 2023 William “Bill” Thomas Scherkey was born on Jan. 19, 1942 in Detroit, Michigan. After high school Bill served three years oversees as an MP on the Germany-Czechoslovakia border during the building of the Berlin Wall. Bill returned to the U.S. with the GI Bill in hand and […]
Feb. 9, 1928 – Aug. 18, 2023 Patricia Ryburn was born on Feb. 9, 1928 in Detroit, Michigan to Ralph and Erma Benninger. She passed away to her eternal home on Aug. 18 at the age of 95. A memorial service was held on Sept. 9. Pat graduated from Grossmont Union High School in San […]
By Ruth SOWBY Members of Kiwanis Club of La Cañada pulled out all the stops to celebrate its 75th birthday on Aug. 27. State Senator Anthony Portantino did the honors as emcee extraordinaire. He has served as a Kiwanian for 25 years and, as such, holds the distinction of Kiwanis Legion of Honor Awardee. […]
The La Crescenta Woman’s Club kicks off its new year on Wednesday, Sept. 13 with a meeting at 10 a.m. followed by luncheon and program about La Crescenta history presented by Mike Lawler. Call Betsy Mortimer for reservations at (818) 249-9403. The club was founded in 1911 as a non-profit that supports our local community […]
A Stormy Time of Year… September started off strong with some unexpected rainfall and while “stormy” is not always seen as a positive descriptor, it feels appropriate and even positive for this case. We’re entering a season of passionate commotion. Not only did we recently have the opportunity to assist Grayson’s Tune Town in celebrating […]
By Ruth SOWBY Did you ever think you could give back to your community just by eating ice cream? That’s what clever members of the Glendale Latino Assoc. (GLA) thought. From 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Aug. 30 an ice cream social fundraiser was held at Baskin Robbins on North Glendale Avenue in Glendale. Donated to GLA […]
Changes Continue at CV Chamber On Tuesday night the CV Chamber held its first formal board meeting since moving out of the office space we previously occupied at 3131 Foothill Blvd. ‘D.’ Thank you to Sadler Hall at St. Luke’s of the Mountains for accommodating us. Looking ahead I’m hopeful that we can continue meeting […]
CV Weekly traveled with Stephanie Chong to Wales where on Aug. 26 while on an excursion to the Caernarfon Castle she had this photo taken.