A company that was contracted by Southern California Gas was in the area of Glendale and Broadway avenues on Wednesday afternoon when a vehicle malfunctioned, causing it to become engulfed in flames. There was no natural gas involved; it was strictly just the vehicle affected. There were no injuries reported, according to Christine Detz, spokeswoman […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Glendale Police Dept. recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for its GPD Museum. It has taken some time to get to the groundbreaking point of the project but now it is moving forward and the museum will soon be a place the community can visit and learn the rich history of the […]
Lions Hosting Fire House Fundraiser The Lions Club is hosting a mixer tonight, Thursday, June 14 at the Fire House youth center in La Crescenta. The mixer is from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Suggested donation is $15 with proceeds benefiting the Fire House. The Fire House is located at 2563 Foothill Blvd. at the […]
Signs of Summer Though the official start of summer isn’t until next week (June 21 to be exact), signs can be found that one of my favorite seasons is just around the corner. The cues include the launch of this year’s The Finest ballot. If you’re a regular reader of the CV Weekly, you […]
“Spring flew swiftly by, and summer came … The great trees, which had looked shrunken and bare in the earlier months, had now burst into strong life and health; and stretching forth their green arms over the thirsty ground, converted open and naked spots into choice nooks, where was a deep and pleasant shade from […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale Fire Dept. received a call at 1:30 this afternoon concerning an apartment fire in the 4100 block of Pennsylvania at Montrose Avenue. When they arrived a lower level apartment was completely engulfed in flames. The fire had traveled to the apartments on the second and third floors of the three-story […]
“On this June day the buds in my garden are almost as enchanting as the open flowers. Things in bud bring, in the heat of a June noontide, the recollection of the loveliest days of the year, those days of May when all is suggested, nothing yet fulfilled.” ~ Francis King, British novelist and poet, […]
Every New Beginning Last night were the graduation ceremonies at Clark and Crescenta Valley high schools and the promotion of eighth grade students at Rosemont Middle School. Our youngest son graduated from CVHS in 2011, but I still remember the melancholy I felt as I watched him cross the stage to accept his diploma. […]
By Charly SHELTON Handmade lawn signs. Artisanal pickles. Electric skull lamps. All this and more were found at the 35th Annual Montrose Arts and Crafts Festival, held last weekend in the Montrose Shopping Park. “We were very, very busy. I’ve never seen so many people in town both days for at least the last four […]
Donations Sought On Saturday, Mike Leum, a member of Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. Montrose Search and Rescue team, and his son Hunter will swim from San Francisco to Alcatraz then will head to Oregon to climb Mt. Hood in the name of cancer survivors and victims. Once they summit the mountain they will fly […]