Local crafters gather to create signs of welcome and encouragement for immigrants to the United States. By Mary O’KEEFE With the recent focus on DACA – Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals – and overall immigration issues of the country being talked about in the political arena, there is a group of people who have focused […]
By Brian CHERNICK Glendale and Eagle Rock residents showed up in large numbers at the Sept. 5 Glendale City Council meeting to express their concerns regarding the future of the Scholl Canyon Landfill and its possible expansion. Located in the southeast of Glendale, bordering Pasadena and Eagle Rock just above the 134, the 56-year-old integrated […]
Sept.9 600 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cãnada, a 28-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of being in possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was also arrested for being in possession of stolen items. A patrol officer was flagged down by a witness who reported seeing the suspect steal […]
By Julie BUTCHER Amidst hours of detailed reviewing of every expenditure of the school district, the Glendale Unified School District’s first meeting of the 2017-18 school year also included extensive, heartfelt recognition for the staff and volunteers who helped respond to last week’s La Tuna Fire. Numerous members of the public and district officials thanked […]
Time of Reflection As many of you know who pay attention to such things, the eighth anniversary of CV Weekly was on Sept. 4. Eight years! That means the Station Fire was eight years ago, too; the front cover of the first issue of the Crescenta Valley Weekly was the Station Fire. The design […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Crescenta Valley recognized Patriot Day on Monday, Sept. 11 in two separate ceremonies. The first was a motorcade that wound its way through the La Crescenta and La Cañada areas, ending up at Camp 6 near Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The motorcade focused on the recognition of community and emergency responders. The classic […]
“Once upon a time, people identified the god Neptune as the source of storms at sea. Today we call these storms hurricanes … The only people who still call hurricanes acts of God are the people who write insurance forms.” ~ Space Chronicles by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ph.D, Astrophysicist with the American Museum of Natural […]
By Charly SHELTON Nature is unpredictable – that’s what everyone says. That’s the stock answer for what happened in Texas and Florida with Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. The flooding, the food shortages, the power outages and more. But in a way, thanks to modern science, nature can be predictable. Both hurricanes were seen coming a […]
By Julie BUTCHER After many months of study, dialog, debate and an extensive community survey, on Sept. 7 the Crescenta Valley Town Council’s Land Use Committee voted unanimously to recommend a change to the process of petitioning for a street-lighting district that would keep residential street lighting in La Crescenta-Montrose pretty much as it is. […]
By Nicole MOORE On Sept. 7, the Montrose Shopping Park Assn. held its monthly meeting. The president of the MSPA, Andre Ordubegian, began the meeting by honoring former board members of the Montrose Shopping Park Myrna Grijalva and Vito Cannella with a moment of silence. Grijalva died on Aug. 7 and Cannella on Sept. 1. […]