Digital Issue 09.03.20
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LA Zoo Reopens
By Charly SHELTON COVID-19 is still widespread across the state, but it is declining in impact every day. Currently, the state has 10.9 new COVID-19 positive cases per day per 100,000 people and the statewide positivity rate sits at 6%. In Los Angeles County, there are 13.1 new positive cases per day, per 100,000 people, […]
Parade Pickup Includes Meet and Greet
Monte Vista Elementary School held a “parade pickup party” on Aug. 20 when parents and students drove through the school’s Monty Lane to receive scholarship materials and supplies. It was a great event with teachers meeting their new students and greeting former students, albeit masked and distanced! Music played as parents drove up and saw […]
‘Water Is Life’ Student Art Contest Winners Selected
Foothill Municipal Water District (Foothill) recently concluded its ninth annual “Water Is Life” student art competition. The contest was open to all students in grades K-12 who attend a school located within the service area of a member water agency that Foothill serves. This includes schools primarily located within La Crescenta-Montrose, La Cañada Flintridge and […]
Views from the Valley » Susan BOLAN
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? I have lived on only six streets in my lifetime – five of them were in the foothill communities that lie between the San Gabriel mountains and the Verdugo hills. These small towns within the big city are so special and I can’t imagine living anywhere else. I truly […]
Treasures of the Valley » Mike Lawler
1917 Murder: Robbery or Ill-fated Love Triangle? – Part 2 Last week we read about the murder of Albert De Marcus, a 25-year-old driver of a “jitney” (an unlicensed taxi, equivalent to today’s Uber or Lyft). He had picked up a fare after dark in Glendale and was found dead the next morning behind […]
Have Fun, But Be Careful Reading … ‘What You Wish For’
» Book Review By Brandon HENSLEY You’d be hard pressed to find someone who doesn’t love a crime thriller with a bunch of moving parts to keep you guessing until the story’s climax. While James Patric’s self-published novel “What You Wish For” may be a little convoluted with one too many characters, it […]
Neighbors Celebrate New Welcoming Sign
Glenwood Oaks’ neighbors, observing COVID-19 protocols, gathered on Saturday morning, Aug. 29, for a celebration and unveiling of an updated and refreshed front entrance sign to their neighborhood. Glenwood Oaks, whose entrance is at the southern end of Boston Avenue in La Crescenta/Glendale, has a rich history in the area. It was developed by the […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Not the ‘New Normal’ Who are we kidding? There is nothing normal about remote learning. The photos and accompanying stories in CV Weekly (Aug. 20) about our youth stuck at home and isolated on a computer are downright depressing. Although Governor Newsom claims that he is “following the science“ by keeping the school closed, there […]
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KIWANIS DUCK SPLASH GOES VIRTUAL Support is needed for the Glendale Kiwanis Incredible Duck Splash – K.I.D.S. – taking place virtually on Oct. 24 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. This signature fundraiser benefits the philanthropic outreach of the Kiwanis of Glendale and gives participants who “adopt” a duck the chance to win anywhere from […]