AT&T Hearing Scheduled A hearing for AT&T regarding the small cell placement on a utility pole just north of 4704 Briggs Ave. has been rescheduled to Jan. 30 at 9 a.m. It will be held at the County of Los Angeles, Dept. of Regional Planning, Zoning Permits East Section, 320 W. Temple St., Room 1346 […]
“Year’s end comes on the wings of a chattering jay and a cawing crow, and a wind that rustles the sere oak leaves in the star-glimmered night. The jay chatters of short Winter days, and the crow caws of the long Winter nights. And the wind’s song is the song of time, of the years, […]
More to Love in 2019 Well, Happy New Year, CV Weekly readers! Though the New Year was officially ushered in at midnight on Jan. 1, I carry with me (or should I say on me) remnants of the holidays. Yes, I am talking about poundage, that extra holiday weight that is an unwanted gift […]
FMWD Announces New Division 5 Director Frank Colcord was named the new director of Foothill Municipal Water District’s Division 5 succeeding Kathy Ross who had served since 2014. Division 5 is primarily composed of La Crescenta. Colcord is currently working as a senior environmental specialist responsible for compliance with state and federal climate regulations. Prior […]
CV Weekly looks back at a year filled with controversy, change and celebration. January The 2018 Rose Parade theme “Making a Difference” highlighted individuals and organizations that serve others. The La Cañada Flintridge Tournament of Roses Association float “Panda-Monium” received the Bob Hope Humor award for most whimsical and amusing float. La Crescenta resident and […]
“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.” ~Norman Vincent Peale The feeling … Was it the soft rain falling Christmas Eve and into the early morning hours of Christmas Day? Maybe it’s the childhood memories of Santa Claus or wrapped presents under the tree or two […]
The Calm After the Christmas Chaos The days leading up to Christmas are typically a little, well, nuts for me. Like many, I usually don’t wrap my Christmas gifts until Christmas Eve. When the boys were younger, this posed a real problem because I had to wait until the kids were asleep before I […]
January A former employee of the Glendale City Attorney’s Office, Cassandra Alexander, 53, was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison after she admitted embezzling nearly $700,000 in a scheme that used false documents to make it appear the money was being used to pay civil claims against the city. CV Sheriff’s Station detectives investigated […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. detectives are investigating two robberies, one in La Cañada Flintridge and the other in La Crescenta, that occurred just three days apart. The victims were walking on the sidewalk/street when the suspects approached, robbed them and drove away. The first robbery took place on Dec. 15 at […]
A Glendale lawyer pleaded guilty to federal charges of using his client trust bank accounts to launder proceeds of a $14 million tax fraud and identity theft scheme that used false identities and bogus Republic of Armenia passports to obtain tax refunds from the Internal Revenue Service. Arthur S. Charchian, 44, entered guilty pleas to […]