The Bumpy Road to Cityhood for La Cañada Flintridge

I’ve written previously about La Crescenta’s failed attempt at cityhood in ’64. There are many locally who wonder why we don’t try it again. La Cañada Flintridge went through its own failed attempts at self-governance before finally achieving success in 1976. It strikes me as ironic that La Cañada should achieve cityhood before La Crescenta. […]

News From CV Alliance

Hi, CV! We want to thank everyone for coming out to the Rx Drug Take-back on Saturday. Officer Joe Allen, GPD, got a text saying we removed 28 boxes of unwanted medicines from our community! That’s great! Big thanks to everyone who volunteered from the DEA, Glendale Police, CV Sheriff’s Station Volunteers, and the Community […]

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As you head south on the 2 Freeway into Glendale you may have noticed a small orange colored structure on a ridgeline to the east in the San Rafael Hills. My husband had been wondering what it was. I learned at the Sept. 17 Crescenta Valley Town Council meeting that it’s a dip tank set […]

Encourages Congressman’s Nomination of Pope Francis

After a week of Pope Francis, I feel a letdown that he has flown away but so grateful that he came to inspire us. I would love to encourage Congressman Adam Schiff to nominate Pope Francis for the Nobel Peace Prize. Rep. Schiff plans to ask the Nobel Committee to consider Pope Francis for the Nobel Peace Prize. The letter […]

News from CV Alliance

Hi, CV! Please remember to clean out your medicine cabinet this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for safe and anonymous disposal courtesy of the DEA, Glendale police and CV sheriffs. And us. Drop-off sites include CVS Montrose, Rite Aid La Crescenta and La Cañada, and the CV Sheriff’s Station at 4554 Briggs Ave. […]

Treasures of the Valley » Mike Lawler

The Story of Glendale High’s Legendary Track Coach Recently my good friend Art Cobery expressed to me the admiration he had for one of the greatest athletes and running coaches that he knew of: Glendale High’s Ranier de Mandel. Remember that Glendale and Hoover were our high schools until CV High was built in 1960, […]

NEWS FROM WASHINGTON »ADAM SCHIFF

More Needs to Be Done to Help Syrian Refugees Over the past four years, the world has watched in horror as Syria has descended into chaos. The clash between Bashar Al-Assad’s brutal regime, assorted rebel groups and militant Islamic extremists has left the country a nightmarish war-zone and helped produce the biggest refugee crisis since […]

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

  Applauds Mike Lawler   I don’t know how Mike Lawler does it! Week in and week out he comes up with some of the most interesting columns. Last week’s “CV is the Front Line of the Squirrel Wars” [Viewpoints, Treasures of the Valley] kicked it up another notch. Thank you, CV Weekly, for providing […]

Treasures of the Valley » Mike Lawler

CV is the Front Line of the Squirrel Wars The Crescenta Valley is currently the front line in yet another battle between a native species and invasive species. In this case it’s the native western gray squirrel versus the invasive eastern fox squirrel. While the invasive fox squirrels occupy the valley, the native gray squirrels […]

News from CV Alliance

Hi, CV! Please follow us on Facebook and Twitter (and like us if you do). I found a really neat article about how to look through your teen’s room and notice signs of drug and alcohol use. I know groups talk about this, but this is the first time I’ve seen an exhibit in a […]