By Charly SHELTON Some local elementary schools have been sporting a new color around the campus this school year – black. New security screens were installed over the summer at some schools to deter passersby from looking in on the kids playing on the playground. “Typically, these are our campuses where areas of the school, […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Crescenta Valley Skate Park is hosting an event for both skaters and scooter riders. The CV Skate Park opened officially in August 2016. The park was started because of local skaters, including Cooper Iven and Corbin Southworth, who wanted a park of their own with their own design. With the help […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Los Angeles Sheriff’s Dept.-Crescenta Valley Station received a call on Saturday at 8:52 p.m. According to the CV Sheriff’s report, the caller stated to the dispatcher that he had shot and killed his parents. When he was asked where he was located he stated “at my house.” The caller gave an exact […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY The Glendale City Council traveled to the Chevy Chase Country Club for its meeting on Aug. 21. The move to the Country Club is part of the City Council in Your Neighborhood program, giving community members and the council members the opportunity to interact in a more personal manner. The special public […]
“Once upon a time, people identified the god Neptune as the source of storms at sea. Today we call these storms hurricanes … The only people who still call hurricanes acts of God are the people who write insurance forms.” ~ Neil De Grasse Tyson Speaking of “acts of God,” we had an earthquake […]
Time for Reflection It has been a busy couple of weeks here at CV Weekly. With the ballot tallying done, the Finest winners have been notified and our sales staff has been working hard to make sure that everyone who wants to be a part of our Finest magazine secures their ad space. With […]
By Mary O’KEEFE When people devote a lot of time volunteering for their community, they rarely see the impact they are making. Normally they are so busy working on whatever event or with whatever organizations they have aligned with they don’t have time to step back and look at the big picture. That is until […]
Work Halted at Former Rocky Cola A stop order has been issued for work being done at the former site of Rocky Cola Café. Permits were pulled to work on the property but inspectors found additional work was being done on things for which a permit had not been acquired. The stop work order is […]
Aug. 24 3100 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Crescenta, an employee at a business reported seeing two men enter the business. One man walked to the back of the business and entered the employee break room. The second man stayed near the lobby. After a few seconds the first man exited the break room, […]
On Aug. 18 at approximately 4:50 a.m., an officer stopped a vehicle for a license plate violation at Foothill and Raymond in La Crescenta. The driver, identified as 40-year-old Ivan Figueroa of Los Angeles, had a suspended license and an outstanding warrant for his arrest. While the officer was questioning Figueroa, he noticed a passenger, […]