By Julian MITCHELL Rep. Adam Schiff met with local community college leaders last week to discuss student food insecurity. His roundtable featured faculty and students from Glendale Community College, Los Angeles City College and Pasadena City College. Food insecurity is an ongoing issue for many college students. With most time dedicated to studies and not […]
By Julie BUTCHER Glendale Water & Power (GWP) general manager Steve Zurn addressed the Glendale City Council on Tuesday to give an update on what he called “an unprecedented event” which interrupted power to many of its customers. “We experienced over the last little more than a month some incidents that occurred at one of […]
Looking Back By Mary O’KEEFE One of the stories we covered from the beginning, and continue to cover, was the concept and construction of the Crescenta Valley Skate Park. The idea for the park began in 2010 with a group of teenagers that were part of the newly-opened Fire House youth center. The teens were […]
By Lynn REPATH-MARTOS Special to CV Weekly It’s that time of year again – school classrooms and after-school program hallways are filled with the whirr and clatter of autonomously programmed robots completing challenging robotic missions. FIRST Lego League (FLL) is in full swing, and more than 14 local teams have sprouted up at schools and […]
A La Crescenta man pleaded guilty on Monday, Sept. 9, to attempting to obtain ricin from an online source, admitting that he intended to acquire the biological agent for use as a weapon. Steve S. Kim, 41, pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Terry J. Hatter to one count of violating a criminal statute […]
Looking Back In 10 years CVW has seen government officials come and go but there was one official who left an indelible impression on our community – Los Angeles Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich. By Charly SHELTON There are more than two million residents in the Fifth District of Los Angeles County. The district covers all […]
By Julian MITCHELL As the CV Weekly looks back at 10 years of stories, few brought as much joy to the community as the coverage of Meatball the bear. Meatball was first reported visiting the La Crescenta area in April 2012. He gained his name after digging through residents’ trash and refrigerators, dining on spoiled […]
Yesterday, Sept. 11, Crescenta Valley remembered those who lost their lives during the terrorist attacks in New York, the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia and a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania on Sept. 11, 2001. They also honored emergency responders with a motorcade earlier in the day. Glendale Fire Dept. started the morning with a quiet […]
Looking Back In 10 years CVW has seen government officials come and go but there was one official who left an indelible impression on our community – Los Angeles Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich. By Charly SHELTON There are more than two million residents in the Fifth District of Los Angeles County. The district covers all […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Over the last 10 years, CVW has covered a lot of searches, rescues and recoveries with the Montrose Search and Rescue team. Members of MSAR train through the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. and are volunteers who are paid $1 a year. They are on call 24/7. MSAR members responded to the […]