Letter Signed By Thirty Members and All Senators of California, Oregon and Washington State This week, Rep. Adam Schiff along with Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, urged President Obama and the White House’s Office of Management and Budget, to provide the highest possible funding level for earthquake hazards programs in their 2015 budget request – most specifically, […]
No need to go anywhere else for a Halloween haunt. Crescenta Valley has lots to offer. By Mary O’KEEFE After a nine-year hiatus, the Haunted Jail is back. Most who have lived in Crescenta Valley for over 10 years will remember the Haunted Jail either from walking through it or volunteering to work on […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Over 180,000 people were arrested for Driving Under the Influence (DUI) in 2011, according to the Dept. of Motor Vehicles in September 2013. CV Weekly was recently on a ride-along with the California Highway Patrol out of the Altadena station with Officer Ryan Bejar. The CHP at the Altadena office was concentrating […]
By Ted AYALA Glendale City Council voted Tuesday night to pledge its support to a resolution put forward by the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) to eradicate bullying from their respective communities. The resolution comes as bullying has become a hot button issue across the country in recent years, with the issue garnering increased […]
By Isiah REYES On the same day as the Great California ShakeOut – Thursday, Oct. 16 – seniors were invited to attend an earthquake preparedness workshop presented by State Senator Carol Liu at Healy Hall at Holy Redeemer Church in Montrose. Co-hosting the event was ASTER (Assisting Seniors Through Enhanced Resources), CV Ready and Glendale […]
By Jason KUROSU Five of the six candidates vying for seats on next year’s Crescenta Valley Town Council were provided an opportunity to campaign for the upcoming election during Thursday night’s town council meeting. The mid-meeting candidates’ forum allowed them to elaborate on their motivations for running and what they hope to accomplish when they […]
“Listen! The wind is rising and the air is wild with leaves, We have had our summer evenings, now for October eves!” ~ Humbert Wolfe, Italian-born English poet (1885-1940) Despite warm days, there is no doubting it is October. The evenings come early, quickly cooling into the 50s overnight. The skies are a blue like […]
Halloween – Then and Now When I was a kid all the way into my adult years, I loved Halloween. For years, my dad’s secretary would come to our house in Sun Valley and transform my sister and me into princesses before we went trick-or-treating (back then we called it Halloweening). A highlight of the […]
By Jason KUROSU Proposition 47 seeks to reduce prison sentences for numerous inmates across the state by reclassifying as misdemeanors certain drug possession offenses and other crimes considered felonies. Among these are a series of crimes when the total amount involved is less than $950, including petty theft, receiving stolen property, forging or writing bad […]
CVCA Meets Tonight The Crescenta Valley Community Association meets tonight, Thursday, Oct. 23 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the La Crescenta Library community room, 2809 Foothill Blvd., at La Crescenta Avenue. Meet CVTC candidates and learn about a potential new business on Foothill Boulevard and Pennsylvania Avenue. Free and open to the public. […]