Helping Out A Friend to the Community As most of you know, I have been involved with the Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce for nearly 20 years (give or take a year or two). I am proud of how the chamber hosts ribbon cuttings to let the community know of new area businesses, of the […]
Photographing the Natural World at Rosemont Preserve On Saturday, July 23 from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., the community is invited to join naturalist/professional photographer Althea Edwards as she shares techniques to improve photography skills while exploring the Rosemont Preserve. She will share ideas and approaches to creating images that reflect not only the beauty […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Montrose Bowl at 2334 Honolulu Ave. has been in Montrose since 1940 and it has not gone unnoticed by CV Weekly readers that there has been construction occurring at the historic location. The bowling alley was purchased and is being refurbished and remodeled; however, take heart! The new owners respect the building’s […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On a morning in June 1972 the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee was broken into. The headquarters was located in the Watergate complex in Washington, DC. The break-in was not an ordinary burglary; the suspects were caught wiretapping phones and stealing documents. We now know it was a comedy of errors […]
By Mary O’KEEFE “All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.” ~ Galileo Galilei On Tuesday the first photos/data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) were revealed to the general public and to many of those who worked on the project. One of those photos revealed […]
Serving your community as a volunteer is one of the most valuable and rewarding services one can achieve. I, Nisan Kazman, am privileged to volunteer at the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station for the past 10 years. My decision to give back to my community began in 2012 with an application submitted to the Los Angeles County […]
Off-ramp Cleanup The monthly cleanup of the La Crescenta Avenue 210 Freeway off-ramp is Saturday, July 9. Volunteers meet at the 2700 block of Altura Avenue at 8:10 a.m. for instructions, safety vests and tools. Cleanup typically lasts until 9 a.m. Rosemont Preserve Restoration Day The community is invited to the Rosemont Preserve Restoration Day […]
July 2 Highland Drive and Cordova Avenue in La Cañada Flintridge, several street signs were stolen between Jan. 1 and July 2. June 30 600 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge, deputies responded to a call from a store that a male adult entered the store and took numerous items then left the […]
“Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story.” ~Casey Stengel By Mary O’KEEFE It took a team of community members, coaches, school administrators and a state senator to secure a recent donation of funds for upgrades to the landmark Stengel Field in Glendale. On Tuesday State Senator Anthony […]
On June 30, Congressman Adam Schiff introduced legislation to provide policymakers, researchers and law enforcement officials with data to help crack down on illegal guns and firearm dealers and solve violent crime. The ATF Data and Anti-Trafficking Accountability Act would require the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, and Explosives to publish an annual report […]