Grab a Menu … Fast: Restaurants are Ready for Diners After nine weeks of head scratching – since Nov. 25 – why restaurants, which were already hurting due to COVID-19 restrictions, were closed to outdoor diners, the powers-that-be at the state level decided that voila! Diners are welcomed back to dine outside. In late November, […]
More Local Movie Filming Locations I’ve written several columns about the many films that have been shot in our community over the years, most of which were in Montrose or at the La Crescenta Motel. But recently I was introduced to a short video by Sunland-Tujunga based filmmaker Craig Durst. He presents scenes from famous […]
Note: This article is copied from an email sent out recently to members of the VFW Post 1614 and American Legion Post 288 in La Crescenta by Dick Clubb, the assistant adjutant. The primary focus is for U.S. Amy veterans. The article is from the National Museum of the United Stats Army newsletter named “Call […]
USC-VHH WOMEN’S COUNCIL OFFERS HARMONIES FOR THE HEART The USC Verdugo Hills Hospital Women’s Council presents Harmonies for the Heart, a free online concert with The Mary Dyer Band. The concert is on Thursday, Feb. 11 at 5:30 p.m. To take part, ESVP to bit.ly/HarmoniesUSCVHH; Zoom log-in information will be sent. Admission is free, but […]
By Charly SHELTON Los Angeles, 30,000 years ago, was much like the Los Angeles of today – it was crowded with traffic. Well, relatively speaking. The LA basin was a lush area of little streams and low-lying plants with clusters of shade trees, and the basin and valleys made for easy travel. This encouraged […]
Alex Okafor is a defensive end for the Kansas City Chiefs, former Texas Longhorn and native of East Texas. His girlfriend is CV High School graduate Kaylee Lumsden. Okafor wrote the following, which was originally published in the Kansas City Star and Fort Worth Star-Telegram. After an injury in Week 15 of the 2019 season, […]
Many people in La Crescenta call USC Verdugo Hills Hospital their community hospital. The hospital is where many local students were born, parents work and, from time-to-time, an injury or sickness leads to their hallways. The second and third grade teachers at Monte Vista Elementary School thought gratitude would be a positive way to begin […]
Rep. Adam Schiff recently announced the nomination of seven students from the 28th Congressional District to U.S. service academies for the class of 2025. Nominees included Gavin Choi from La Cañada High School and a La Cañada Flintridge resident who was nominated to Military Academy and Naval Academy, Abigail Kim from Crescenta Valley High School and […]
Opposes Censoring of Letters The letters in [the Jan. 21] paper were interesting to say the least. What did disturb me was the request for [the CV Weekly] to censor what letters it prints. That writer seems to think that you should not print what offends or disturbs that reader. I see, hear and read […]
The community is invited to enjoy artist Erin Fussell’s art installation “No Movement” at the Adams Square Mini Park Gas Station, 1020 E. Palmer Ave. in Glendale continuing until Feb. 26. “No Movement” celebrates and critiques the Streamline Moderne architecture of the Adams Square Mini Park Gas Station, which emphasizes speed at the early stages […]