One person’s perspective on being part of the high school career fair. By Mikaela STONE The thing no one tells you about writing is that the moment you get any better at it all of your old work starts to look like a child’s crayon ramblings. Yes, even the play you had once been proud […]
By Julie BUTCHER The Glendale City Council debated several complex issues at its Tuesday night meeting. On the topic of drive-through establishments, the Council heard comments from more than a dozen Glendale residents concerned about a proposed new In-N-Out Burger restaurant at Pacific Avenue and Burchett Street. The City Council previously adopted a moratorium on […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Construction is about to begin on the La Crescenta Rehabilitation Project, which goes along Montrose and La Crescenta avenues in far north Glendale. This project has been in the works for quite some time with the first community meeting held in 2022. The project includes a lot of construction including sewer improvements; […]
Upsy Daisy We’ve been around over 15 years – hard to believe. When I first started the paper, our annual subscription fee was $52 – $1 a week for (what I still believe is) the best newspaper around. A couple of years ago the rate was raised to $65/year and unfortunately the increase in costs […]
By Mary O’KEEFE I get a ton of information from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, best known as NOAA. Some may think that NOAA only provides weather information and, since we have so many meteorologist at so many television, radio and social media platforms we really don’t need NOAA. However, those “some” who believe […]
By Mikaela STONE “Chicago: The Teen Edition” opened at Crescenta Valley High School (CVHS) on Feb. 28. Featuring feather fans, sequins, glitz and glamor, musical theater director and English teacher Kathi Chaplar-Beerman confirmed CVHS is “trying to live up to the razzle dazzle of the original” even with softened language. While Chaplar has approached “Chicago” […]
As of April 1, CV Weekly is increasing its subscription rate to $72 a year – that’s just $1.38 per week to have the community’s favorite newspaper delivered to your driveway. This new rate reflects the increases we’ve been burdened with – printing, delivery, etc. – that we unfortunately have had to face. We at […]
Daylight Saving Time Begins On Sunday, March 10 at 2 a.m. daylight saving time begins. People should set their clocks ahead one hour in anticipation of the time change. Many fire departments advise putting new batteries in home smoke alarms at this time. Free Admission to Local Museums SoCal Museums announced that this year’s Museums […]
By Mikaela STONE Walter’s Funeral Services, Inc. seeks to turn the environmental tide in Glendale with the introduction of water cremation. Walter’s is a name locals might recognize, not only because of the family-owned funerary company but also due to Walter’s Flowers, the first established flower shop in Glendale, founded in 1954. The owner of […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Recently CVW has been made aware of issues by businesses that are struggling with the City of Glendale regarding permitting. CVW is not releasing the identity of the business owners having the issues due to their concerns that the permitting process may be affected if they speak out. The kinds of issues […]