VA Approves Claims for More than 22,500 Blue Water Navy Veterans Ten months after the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (VA) began processing Agent Orange disability claims for Blue Water Navy veterans, more than 22,500 have been finalized, resulting in more than $640 million in payments to veterans or their surviving dependents. Blue Water Navy veterans […]
Assisteens, a youth arm of the Assistance League, worked on a letter campaign to senior citizens who previously attended the monthly senior Assistance League of Glendale luncheons at the chapter house. Due to the pandemic, the teens could not be together so each took on a group of names from senior neighborhood fellowship and wrote […]
The 29th annual Breakfast with Santa hosted by the La Crescenta Woman’s Club was reinvented this year: Blessing the Holidays with Santa Drive-thru. Blessing the Holidays with Santa was wonderful! According to organizers just under 100 cars took part in the drive-thru, complete with wide-eyed children and their dogs, to see Santa, Mrs. Claus and […]
Rabbi Mendy Grossbaum of the Chabad of the Crescenta Valley piloted the Giant Mobile Menorah to local homes. The Bruck home was just one that the Mobile Menorah stopped by to share holiday joy.
CV Weekly traveled to the Catalina Island campground at Two Harbors with the Bodnar family. CV Weekly loves to travel! Take us along on your next trip and send us a photo. You may find yourselves on the pages of the community’s favorite newspaper.
For its 33rd annual holiday celebration, The Campbell Center associates enjoyed a virtual visit from the North Pole, courtesy of the Glendale Police Department (GPD). The party helped kick off the holiday season with the continued traditions of Christmas caroling, a visit from Santa, GPD gift bags and holiday bingo. There were 50 attendees at […]
Two local photographers and wildlife advocates, Roy Dunn and Johanna Turner, served as location researchers and principal camera operators for a sequence on the recently released television show “Earth at Night in Color” about a mountain lion almost as famous as Griffith Park’s P-22. Her name is Nikita and she lives in the Verdugo Mountains. […]
This man’s best friend passed away last week at the age of 13. Jack (named Jacques when he was rescued) was a virtual Montrose ambassador, spending more of his waking hours there than anywhere else. When he was a puppy, kids called him the polar bear of Montrose. As he matured, adults started calling him […]
Each year, the Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce honors members of the community who make the Crescenta Valley the special place it is to live. This year’s honorees were recognized on Thursday evening at the chamber’s annual Recognition Awards ceremony. Held virtually, this year’s honorees were Woman of the Year, Marianne Jennings; Man of the […]
Resiliency By Adria E. Navarro, PhD, LCSW Resilience means overcoming adversity by successfully adapting to negative life events, trauma, stress or risk. As we experience the holiday season this month, coupled with these grim days of the coronavirus pandemic, let’s work together to make our foothill communities resilient. The Community Resource Center for Aging (CRCA), […]