By Charly SHELTON SeaWorld is closer than you might think. It is in San Diego, but it took only 100 minutes to get from home to SeaWorld at 10 a.m. on a weekday. That’s less time than it takes to get to Disneyland after work. So, for the first time, CV Weekly ventured down to […]
By Charly SHELTON Knott’s Berry Farm is known for its food, its ghost town and its coasters. Now, adding to the fantastic collection of coasters that already includes Xcelerator, Silver Bullet, Ghost Rider and Pony Express, comes HangTime – the first dive coaster on the West Coast. The coaster opened last week with all the […]
By Charly SHELTON Rockhaven Sanitarium opened 95 years ago this year. After closing in the early 2000s, the City of Glendale purchased the property 10 years ago with plans for it to become a park. Five years ago, Friends of Rockhaven was formed to help with advocacy, fundraising and preservation of the property. Rockhaven is […]
By Charly SHELTON Not everyone is into dinosaurs like I am. From the age of 2, I’ve wanted to be a paleontologist. It was cute for a 2-year-old to be obsessed with dinosaurs; not so cute when you’re in your late 20s and leaving dinosaur toys all over the dining room table – ¬ it […]
On Friday, May 18 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, May 19 at 2 p.m., California Contemporary Ballet and Windsong Players Chamber Ensemble will perform “A Concert of Music and Dance” at the Dance Street Theater located at California DanceArts, 4490 Cornishon Ave. in La Cañada. It will be an elegant event for couples and families. […]
By Nestor CASTIGLIONE The passing of nearly a century – and with it a transformation from democracy to dictatorship to, eventually, democracy once more – has yet to still the aftershocks of Spain’s bloody civil war, its rumblings making themselves felt to this very day. It was last year when Catalonia, one of Spain’s most […]
By Charly SHELTON Summer – one of the two busiest times of the year for poor entertainment reporters like yours truly. I have to get out to each of the theme parks in the area (and some out of the area) to see the new rides and attractions opening for the summer crowds. Disneyland, Universal […]
By Charly SHELTON Twenty-five years ago, life found a way. The definitive dinosaur movie of all time, “Jurassic Park,” was released on June 11, 1993 to wild critical acclaim, and has since spawned a franchise with ups (“Jurassic World”) and downs (“Jurassic Park II”). But with a new installment – “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” – […]