By Ted AYALA Plans to renovate the nearly century-old Chevy Chase Country Club were looked upon approvingly by the Glendale City Council during its meeting on Tuesday night, though concerns from some of the course’s neighbors remained. In a meeting that ran over four hours, supporters and opponents of the proposed expansion of the country […]
By Mary O’KEEFE In the March 12 CVW cover story Crosswalk May Get the Boot, it was stated that the earliest Glendale City Council meeting that could deal with the diagonal crosswalk at Honolulu Avenue and Ocean View Boulevard would be March 31. However, the March 31 meeting is being held at Sparr Heights and […]
CV Weekly asked candidates for the Glendale City Council and Glendale Unified School District board of education their views that are of particular interest to our readers. Below are the GCC responses in the order they were received. Next week we feature GUSD candidates. Has the release of the 710 EIR changed or affirmed your […]
“The afternoon is bright, with spring in the air. A mild March afternoon, with the breath of April stirring.” ~Antonio Machado, Spanish poet Where did winter go? Or, better yet, did winter ever make an appearance? It came and went, as indicated on the calendar, but weather-wise the season slipped by – mostly un-noticed. As […]
More Relay Info, Please So you know how you know something and you just figure everybody else knows what it is that you know? Such is the case with the Foothills Relay for Life. After reading last week’s column, people commented that, while it was very engaging and they were interested in participating in Relay […]
William Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” will be presented by the Glendale Community College Theatre Arts Department on the Auditorium Mainstage beginning April 2. The production will run through April 12 with shows at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and at 2 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets are $15 general admission and $12 for students and […]
There was no tape draped across a finish line, but NASA is celebrating a win. The agency’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity completed its first Red Planet marathon Tuesday — 26.219 miles (42.195 kilometers) – with a finish time of roughly 11 years and two months. “This is the first time any human enterprise has exceeded […]
Schiff Helped Secure $5 Million for System Last Year, Calls on State Legislatures to Do Their Part Today, Rep. Adam Schiff and thirty-five Members of Congress from California, Oregon and Washington wrote to the House Appropriations Committee urging them to fully fund an Earthquake Early Warning system. A limited system developed by Caltech, UC-Berkeley and University of Washington, in conjunction […]
The City of Glendale has prevailed in a lawsuit filed against the State of California for the loss of more than $30 million in interest from loans made decades ago to the now-defunct Redevelopment Agency. The March 16, 2015 final ruling was in line with the Court’s February 13, 2015 tentative ruling but provided […]
Assemblyman Mike Gatto’s legislation to help increase the efficiency of Los Angeles County’s freeway system, one of the nation’s most notoriously congested systems, passed its first legislative hurdle today, the Assembly Transportation Committee by a vote of 13-0. The bill, AB 210, will create a pilot project to help ease traffic congestion during non-traditional commutes, […]