CV Weekly and the Montrose-Verdugo City Chamber of Commerce ended the month of September by hosting a mixer near the offices of CV Weekly – in the parking lot of the newspaper, actually. The turnout was strong for the baseball-themed business event with many of the attendees happy to be seeing each other face-to-face for […]
Members of Kiwanis Club of Glendale held the installation of its 2021-22 president Mike Swan on the evening of Thursday, Sept. 30 at the Elks Lodge in Glendale. Swan will preside over the club as it celebrates its 100th year of service to the community. A resident of Burbank, Swan is president of Crystalmark Dental […]
Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center is being honored with a Community Service Award from the City of Glendale and the Glendale Police Dept. for providing COVID-19 vaccines to essential city workers including police, fire and city personnel. “Glendale Memorial Hospital has been a valuable community partner to GPD and the City for many years,” […]
The Glen Arden Club in Glendale was the site for Friday night’s Big Strike Auction benefiting the Boy Scout Verdugo Hills Council. Community members and supporters celebrated the Roaring ’20s at the 46th annual event. Those who attended in person enjoyed an elegant evening that offered an outdoor reception that included craft cocktails, wine, close-in […]
45-year veteran of academia had impact locally, statewide, and nationally. Glendale Community College (GCC) Superintendent/President Dr. David Viar has announced that he will be retiring in June 2022, following the completion of the current school year. For the past eight years, Dr. Viar has been known as the collaborative leader of GCC, but his 45-year […]
Local resident Rik Middleton found purpose in serving others as a member of Team Rubicon. By Mary O’KEEFE Imagine having a job where you are working with 20 to 100 people in often intense situations. “Then one day, boom! You are gone,” said Rik Middleton, former U.S. Navy Corpsman [medic]. He explained what it was […]
By Justin HAGER As redistricting commissions across California are preparing to draw new legislative district maps, the Los Angeles County mapping software is receiving a big update this week as population distribution numbers are updated to reflect the last known address of incarcerated people. The updates, which will redistrict more than 100,000 incarcerated Californians, is […]
By Julie BUTCHER At a special meeting Tuesday afternoon, the Glendale City Council took steps to temporarily halt the development of new hotels in Glendale’s downtown. Assistant director of Community Development Bradley Calvert explained that “the moratorium must be related to potential or studied changes to the land use code” and that the city would […]
“If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water.” ~ Loren Eiseley, American anthropologist, educator, philosopher and natural science writer Early Monday evening the skies erupted with thunder, flashes of lightning and heavy rain as thunderstorms moved through Southern California. We safely watched the show from under the porch overhang. The most […]
Clearing the Air Sometimes our readers are compelled to either correct something written or voice their displeasure with a claim we’ve made. Case in point: in a recent edition of the paper (and always around election time) we print: “CV Weekly does not endorse or sponsor any candidate, political party, politician or the actions of […]