By Julian MITCHELL Fifth District Supervisor Kathryn Barger of the LA County board of supervisors was on hand on Thursday night to swear in the Crescenta Valley Town Council members and its slate of officers – a slate that showed no changes. Continuing in their roles are Harry Leon as the council president, vice president […]
By Julian MITCHELL The CV Town Council held an open forum on Wednesday, Jan. 16 regarding the possible installation of a new 5G AT&T “small cell” antenna. The council has been collecting opinions from citizens to be included in its recommendation of the proposal to the Los Angeles County Dept. of Regional Planning Commission. Most […]
Jan. 21 400 block of Encinas Drive in La Cañada, while inside her home a woman received a text alert from Amazon that a package containing clothing had been left at her front porch. As she opened the front door to retrieve the package she saw the suspect, described as a male Hispanic wearing a […]
As her disease progresses, a local mom is dedicated to finding a new kidney to halt her PKD. By Mary O’KEEFE Kari Carson doesn’t look sick. She is a busy Realtor and mother, and even ran the Thanksgiving Day Run & Food Drive in La Cañada. But looks can be deceiving. Carson is suffering from […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The issue of the territory transfer between Glendale Unified School and the La Cañada Unified School districts will “sometime this year” be once again in front of the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE), Los Angeles County Committee on School District Organization (LACCSDO), according to a spokeswoman for LACCSDO. The petition […]
By Charly SHELTON California needs rain but for the areas recently burned by wildfires rain can mean mudslides. And mudslides mean evacuations. The Crescenta Valley is no stranger to mudslides and various other debris flows, as was seen in the aftermath of the 2009 Station Fire and, of course, the New Year’s Flood of 1934, […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Jan. 30 and Jan. 31, members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) United Healthcare Workers West (UHW) at USC Verdugo Hills Hospital will be voting to decide if they want to continue to stay with their union or to leave, i.e. decertify. At present, members of the SEIU-UHW, which includes […]
Make It Stop As I’ve written before, I’m not a politico. This angers some people who feel I should have a strong opinion, driven by politics or party, that is vehemently shared and defended in the CV Weekly. But I don’t operate that way. I purposely don’t immerse myself in matters swirling around politics. When […]
“The rain is falling all around, It falls on field and tree, It rains on the umbrellas here, And on the ships at sea.” ~ Robert Louis Stevenson, “A Child’s Garden of Verses” Yes, last week brought us some good old fashioned rain! Remember back in elementary school? It seemed to rain at least three […]
By Julian MITCHELL Mike Lawler has again published a book providing historical insight into the Crescenta Valley community. In his newest book, “Thrilling Tales of the Montrose Search and Rescue,” Lawler chronicles the numerous journeys of the historic Montrose Search and Rescue team. On Sunday afternoon, Lawler and members of the team shared some of […]