Rep. Adam Schiff recently announced his selections for the 2016 Women of the Year. These inspiring women come from communities in the 28th Congressional District – West Hollywood, Burbank, Pasadena, Silver Lake, Echo Park, Elysian Valley, Los Feliz, Sunland/Tujunga, Glendale, La Cañada Flintridge and La Crescenta. This recognition is made each year during Women’s History […]
UPDATE May 3 at 2 p.m.: The Los Angeles County Commission on School District Organization (LACCSDO) has today voted to approve the petition for territory transfer from GUSD to LCUSD, pending an upcoming Environmental Impact Study. More details in this Thursday’s issue of CVWeekly. The agenda has been released for the May 3 meeting […]
Traffic signals throughout Crescenta Valley are non-operational due to the winds. The 210 freeway westbound Pennsylvania offramp is closed due to a tree falling. Northbound lanes of Pennsylvania Avenue are closed from Montrose Avenue north past the westbound entrance to the freeway due to wind damage and a downed tree. The on-ramp may also be […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. detectives are concentrating on finding Aramazd Andressian Jr., a 5-year-old boy who was reported missing by his mother on April 21. At about this same time his father, who had custody of his son at the time, was found unconscious in Arroyo Park in South Pasadena without […]
By Nicole MOORE On Friday, the Scholl Canyon Estates Gracious Retirement Home in Glendale celebrated its 100 residents by hosting the Estates’ 4th Annual Senior Prom. The event was held in the retirement home’s lobby and was from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The theme of the 2017 senior prom was a Prom Night in […]
Volunteerism and collaboration celebrated at Mountain Avenue Elementary 50th anniversary gala. By Mary O’KEEFE Parents dropping off their child for the first time at Mountain Avenue Elementary School may notice a different feel from other elementary schools. After all, to get to this school parents and students travel down a cul-de-sac in a tree-lined neighborhood. […]
By Charly SHELTON State Senator Anthony Portantino has introduced SB 328, a California State Senate bill which seeks to move the start time for middle and high school students ahead to no earlier than 8:30 a.m. The bill is currently riding a wave of support for the idea. “Pediatricians support this, the Centers for Disease […]
By Julie BUTCHER On the warm, breezy evening of April 19, hundreds of parents and friends streamed into Glendale High School’s John Wayne Performing Arts Center for Glendale Unified School District’s 16th Annual Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide, presented by GUSD Armenian Clubs at Clark Magnet, Crescenta Valley, Glendale, and Hoover high schools. This year, […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Recently Crescenta Valley High School’s PTSA and administration hosted Myron Dembo, Ph.D. at the school to discuss a variety of issues facing students today. Dembo is the emeritus professor of educational psychology at the University of Southern California where he has taught for 41 years. His credentials also include being a fellow […]
Sagebrush Meeting After months of rescheduling, the Los Angeles County Committee on School District Organization (LACCSDO) will finally meet to deliver a decision on the proposed Sagebrush territory transfer from Glendale Unified School District to La Cañada Unified School District. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 3 at 9:30 a.m. in the boardroom […]