Rosemont Preserve Restoration Day The community is invited to the Rosemont Preserve Restoration Day on Saturday, Aug. 11 from 8 a.m. until 10 a.m. to help protect the natural habitat at Rosemont Preserve. Volunteers will be removing invasive plants and doing some watering of new trees. Note the earlier times to avoid the heat. Wear […]
By Mary O’KEEFE National Night Out events were held on Tuesday throughout the nation and within the Crescenta Valley community. NNO began in 1984 and is sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch. It began as a way to get community members and emergency responders, including law enforcement and fire personnel, to meet and […]
A Chance to Say Hello One of the many things that I am grateful for resulting from starting the Crescenta Valley Weekly almost nine(!) years ago is the near-constant encouragement I receive from our readers, advertisers and those who support us in general. For example, at Tuesday night’s National Night Out event at the […]
“I could never stay long enough on the shore; the tang of the untainted, fresh, and free sea air was like a cool, quieting thought.”~ Helen Keller The weather … yesterday, today, tomorrow and next week, there’s no escaping the weather, and the forecast for all is hot. Recently, weather reporters share a commonality in […]
from the National Weather Service: A very warm and dry air mass under high pressure aloft has filled in the mountains and valley areas, and will change little through Tuesday. Gusty north winds will peak through Monday night over the favored areas, with gusts in the 30 to 50 mph range. This will likely result […]
Glendale Police detectives are requesting the public’s assistance with locating additional victims of theft by false pretenses involving an apartment rental scam. Between June 8 and June 15, 2018, Wail Balkhi met with at least eight victims who answered online ads for an apartment listing in the 100 block of West Wilson in the City […]
Change is in the Air Like many folks, I sometimes have a tough time with change. This week CV Weekly has seen a couple of changes that have made me a little melancholy and a little pensive. First the melancholy. Over 30 years ago, Steve and I moved into our house on Altura Avenue […]
“Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it.” ~Russell Baker, American newspaper columnist, author and Pulitzer Prize recipient We like summer, don’t we? Here are the facts; then you can decide. On July 7, local weather history was made when afternoon temperature reached 117 degrees in La Crescenta. With the […]
District Holding Photo Contest The office of Assemblymember Laura Friedman is accepting submissions for the first district-wide photography competition. The competition will challenge artists to use the medium of photography to capture and define their community and/or neighborhood. Only residents of assembly district 43 can compete. Through Sept. 30, submit by mail or through the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Lana Norton purchased Quilt ’n’ Things at 2411 Honolulu Ave. a little over a year ago with a hope to create a place where the community of quilters, sewers and knitters could gather. And by all accounts she has done just that. Spend any time in her store and you will see […]