By Ted AYALA On the cusp of the contraction of phase one of the city’s Glendale Narrows Riverwalk project, the Glendale City Council voted to accept community input that had been gathered for public space concepts. Three workshops were held by the city and Atkins North America, Inc. of Los Angeles that gathered feedback from […]
Below are the preliminary results of a nonscientific poll that Crescenta Valley Weekly initiated regarding the recently installed diagonal crosswalk at Ocean View and Honolulu in Montrose. The comments are from people who are familiar with Montrose and the new diagonal crosswalk. CVW continues to accept feedback on this issue. Those interested in commenting can […]
By Isiah REYES The dangers of vaping, hookah, and e-cigarettes were presented by Glendale Police Officer Joe Allen to the parents attending the CV Alliance meeting on Tuesday. Allen said teens can easily buy e-cigarettes, citing that they have access to their parents’ credit cards and can purchase them online. A recent report published in […]
By Jason KUROSU The Glendale Unified School District recently met with members of the La Cañada Unified School District to discuss the GUSD proposal for the Sagebrush territory transfer, a meeting which GUSD Superintendent Richard Sheehan called “productive” but left both districts with talking points requiring further legal clarification. Sheehan said that “it was reiterated […]
By Jason KUROSU The nonprofit Community Foundation of the Verdugos is hoping to sustain the Verdugo Regional Crime Laboratory’s funding through an initiative that is more than halfway to its $250,000 goal. Titled the Glendale-Burbank DNA Justice Project, the Foundation seeks to raise funds to help the laboratory purchase more equipment for DNA analysis at […]
With elections just weeks away, candidates attend local forums to address community concerns. By Jason KUROSU Candidates for Glendale City Council and the Glendale Unified School District are making their rounds on the debate circuit in preparation for the April 7 election. City council candidates appeared at two local forums, one at the La Crescenta […]
By Jason KUROSU Montrose’s Once Upon a Time bookstore is no stranger to special appearances from authors and, after winning Roaring Brook Press’ national window display contest for their tribute to “Kid Sheriff and the Terrible Toads,” the book’s author Bob Shea and illustrator Lane Smith visited the store Saturday morning. “I couldn’t believe it,” […]
Broken There was a great movie released in 2014 called “Unbroken” directed by Angelina Jolie. It was a story of a man named Louis Zamperini who was a World War II hero who accomplished much in his life. While Louis may have been “unbroken,” unfortunately I am broken. This week I tripped and fell and […]
By Lisa PAREDES Twenty Glendale Unified students, five each from Clark Magnet, Crescenta Valley, Glendale and Hoover high schools, competed in the 25th Annual Glendale Scholastic Bowl on Monday, March 2. First place went to the Crescenta Valley team whose members scored a whopping 82 points. Second place went to Hoover with 67 points, third […]
“The crisp drenching rustle from the dry foliage of the perceptibly grateful trees… The little plants, in speechless ecstasy, receiving cupful after cupful into the Outspread leaves, that silently empty their gracious load, time after time, into the Still expecting roots, and open their hands still for more.” ~ John Richard Vernon, “The Beauty […]