By Charly SHELTON After more than 13 years, the Final Environmental Impact Report for the area formerly occupied by the Verdugo Hills Golf Course has been released. Originally compiled in 2005, the first draft was released in May 2009 and then recirculated twice to include public comments. Now the final report has been released, with […]
Mike and Pete Smith of Bob Smith Toyota in La Crescenta were named grand marshals of the 2018 Montrose Christmas Parade. The event, the third largest Christmas parade in the country, is celebrating its 42nd year this year. The goal, said parade board member Steve Pierce, is to give recognition to those community members who […]
By Mary O’KEEFE “Pride. That is the word,” said Arman Amirkhanyn, 17, a member of the Unified Young Armenians, as he and fellow members of UYA watched the renaming ceremony of Maryland Avenue to Artsakh Avenue in Glendale. Officials spoke on Tuesday at the renaming event between Wilson and Harvard avenues. None of it would […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Some changes for Crescenta Valley High School were announced during Tuesday’s Glendale Unified School District board of education meeting. A PowerPoint presentation was made by Felix Melendez, executive director, secondary education, on a new building for the CVHS Medical Science and Sports Medicine Project, funding for which was approved by a board […]
Descanso Gardens’ beloved resident goose, Snowball, has passed away. Snowball, also affectionately known as Powder and Jean Le Flamme, lived a long life at Descanso bringing smiles to visitors and staff for almost three decades. He was often the first to greet guests at the lake by honking “hello.” No one is certain how Snowball […]
Those chosen by readers of CV Weekly as The Finest in business and as service providers and volunteers enjoyed an outdoor party in their honor at Deukmejian Wilderness Park (voted Finest Sunset View) on Thursday, Sept. 27. Over 135 people attended the soiree where guests dined on a variety of fare provided by Gail Connell […]
Sept. 30 2100 block of La Cañada Crest Drive in La Cañada, a gym bag, laptop computer, iPad, iPhone and clothing were stolen and a passenger side window of a vehicle smashed between 1 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. 5400 block of Palm Drive in La Cañada, an Apple Watch and other personal items were stolen […]
By Mary O’KEEFE It’s the month of October, which means those in Glendale and Montrose will be seeing a lot of pink. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the Pink Patch Project is part of raising that awareness. Those living and working in Glendale and Montrose will see the pink patrol unit around town […]
Party Time Continues The fall definitely is the kickoff to the party season and I’m happy to say that CV Weekly (in my opinion) leads the way. I’m talking, of course, about our annual The Finest party. On Thursday last week we hosted over 125 people at Deukmejian Wilderness Park for our celebration. With […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Saturday, the Glendale Police Dept. K9 Unit invited supporters to the first GPD K-9 Appreciation Dinner and Demo. The event was sponsored by the Glendale Police Foundation. The guests arrived at the Glendale Sports Complex in the early evening on Saturday and were shuttled up to the Glendale firing range […]