FMWD Announces New Division 5 Director Frank Colcord was named the new director of Foothill Municipal Water District’s Division 5 succeeding Kathy Ross who had served since 2014. Division 5 is primarily composed of La Crescenta. Colcord is currently working as a senior environmental specialist responsible for compliance with state and federal climate regulations. Prior […]
CV Weekly looks back at a year filled with controversy, change and celebration. January The 2018 Rose Parade theme “Making a Difference” highlighted individuals and organizations that serve others. The La Cañada Flintridge Tournament of Roses Association float “Panda-Monium” received the Bob Hope Humor award for most whimsical and amusing float. La Crescenta resident and […]
“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.” ~Norman Vincent Peale The feeling … Was it the soft rain falling Christmas Eve and into the early morning hours of Christmas Day? Maybe it’s the childhood memories of Santa Claus or wrapped presents under the tree or two […]
The Calm After the Christmas Chaos The days leading up to Christmas are typically a little, well, nuts for me. Like many, I usually don’t wrap my Christmas gifts until Christmas Eve. When the boys were younger, this posed a real problem because I had to wait until the kids were asleep before I […]
January A former employee of the Glendale City Attorney’s Office, Cassandra Alexander, 53, was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison after she admitted embezzling nearly $700,000 in a scheme that used false documents to make it appear the money was being used to pay civil claims against the city. CV Sheriff’s Station detectives investigated […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. detectives are investigating two robberies, one in La Cañada Flintridge and the other in La Crescenta, that occurred just three days apart. The victims were walking on the sidewalk/street when the suspects approached, robbed them and drove away. The first robbery took place on Dec. 15 at […]
A Glendale lawyer pleaded guilty to federal charges of using his client trust bank accounts to launder proceeds of a $14 million tax fraud and identity theft scheme that used false identities and bogus Republic of Armenia passports to obtain tax refunds from the Internal Revenue Service. Arthur S. Charchian, 44, entered guilty pleas to […]
Dec. 19 4200 block of Oakwood Avenue in La Cañada, two chainsaws and a leaf blower were stolen from locked tool boxes on a truck between 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. 400 Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada, a man reported that he had placed at his feet a black bag containing an iPad and iPad […]
Local organizations prepare their interpretations of parade theme “The Melody of Life.” By Mary O’KEEFE and Charly SHELTON Those watching the Rose Parade, either in person or remotely, see it as a celebration of communities across the country, and the world, coming together to ring in the New Year. But it takes a […]
The Mammoths and Mastodons exhibit was recently unveiled at the George C. Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits. This travelling exhibition originated at the Field Museum in Chicago and has since travelled around the world from New York to London to Sydney and now come to rest at the Tar Pits where, just […]