By Sue KILPATRICK “I’m going where the sun keeps shining thru’ the pouring rain” – Fred Neil, composer of music used in the movie “Midnight Cowboy” Weather preference can be compared to movies. Last Sunday was Hollywood’s big night – The Academy Awards. This year the Oscar goes to….? Well, as usual, there was a […]
By Mary O’KEEFE “When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.” ~ Mark Twain, “Old Times on the Mississippi” Atlantic Monthly, 1874 […]
By Ted AYALA Not even thunder and pounding rain coupled with near freezing Arctic temperatures kept the hardy residents of the Crescenta Valley away from gathering in Dunsmore Park’s Community Room last Friday night. What coaxed local residents out to face the storm that night was the opportunity to meet the candidates for Glendale City […]
Crescenta Valley Weekly put forth three questions for each candidate vying for a seat on Glendale City Council. Below are their answers. We hope this information helps our readers make an educated and informed decision on April 5. (Note: Councilmember Dave Weaver and Chahe Keuroghelian’s answers were not received as of press time. Their answers […]
By Jason KUROSU Glendale Memorial Hospital’s Cardiac Fitness Center, as part of National Heart Month, celebrated its patients with the 16th Annual Kings and Queens of Hearts event. Those patients demonstrating the most commitment towards improving their heart health were honored by the hospital staff. “These patients have been very diligent about getting healthy,” said […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A lunchtime vehicle accident slowed traffic at the corner of La Crescenta Avenue and Foothill Boulevard on Wednesday. An Infiniti driven by a Pacoima man was traveling westbound on Foothill Bouelvard when it collided with a Ford Explorer driven by a 17-year-old Crescenta Valley High School student traveling eastbound on Foothill Boulevard. […]
For Glendale residents, cars speeding through city streets are an all-too familiar sight. This issue has long vexed local residents and the Glendale Police Department. At their request, Assemblyman Mike Gatto has drafted a bill to give Glendale more say in setting local speed limits and keeping residents safe from harm’s way. The bill is […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Crescenta Valley Water District customers will be asked to stop irrigating their lawns from March 18 to 28. The request comes as a result of Metropolitan Water District temporarily shutting down a major water treatment plant. The Weymouth plant is in La Verne will be shut down for ten days.The plant services […]
By Jason KUROSU The future was the focus of the GUSD Board of Education meeting on March 1 and the immediate future appeared to have the board members equally optimistic and concerned. In past meetings, recommendations for the 2015 Strategic Plan were presented to the board. This week, all that was planned was to establish […]
By Jason KUROSU Local high school students met with local government officials at City Hall this Wednesday as part of the third annual Students in Government Day. Ten students from Crescenta Valley, Clark, Hoover and Glendale High Schools sat down with the Glendale City Council and 13 managers of different city departments and were able […]