Sheriffs and GPD defeat Death Valley without injury in annual Baker to Vegas Relay. By Brandon HENSLEY Those 120 miles can wear men down like no other. If the runners don’t go down due to heat stroke, then surely the winds will get them, or the rain, or the snow. Some of the runners train […]
By Mary O’KEEFE “(Southern California United Food and Commercial Workers Local 770) members have spoken. Strike Authorization vote overwhelmingly approved by huge turn out.” This according to a text message from UFCW late Wednesday night. From 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, local workers from Albertsons, Ralphs and Vons voted on the Strike Authorization. […]
The Crescenta Valley Weekly debuted its newest technological advancement today at the Crescenta Valley Home Town Country Fair with the CV Weekly HK- Heli-Kam. We shot from the ground to the air and everywhere in between. Take a look. And a view from our cameras on the ground… Video by Sabrina WALENTYNOWICZ
By Mary O’KEEFE A firefighter’s red turncoat made of metal is draped over a hidden hook, a yellow hat rests on top the coat. In one simple, eloquent and understated work of art an emotion of pride and respect is conveyed. On March 7, artist Michael Kalish unveiled a monument he created dedicated to retired […]
By Sue KILPATRICK Water. Its presence and ability to create landforms were experienced with last weekend’s trip to Yosemite. We hoped to enjoy one last snow storm of this season but the valley and higher elevations received only a light dusting of snowflakes during our visit. The many waterfalls and the Merced river gushing over […]
By Jackie HOUCHIN Despite predictions of rain, the morning of Saturday, April 9 dawned sunny on the Verdugo Hills High School athletic field where scores of volunteers for the American Cancer Society, bundled in jackets and scarves to combat the morning chill, arrived to set up booths and hang banners and signs for the opening […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Engineers from the Department of Los Angeles County Public Works joined Crescenta Valley Town Council member Robbyn Battles and California Highway Patrol Office Ming-Yang hsu on Tuesday for a traffic evaluation field trip. Battles worked closely with the public works department last year to bring some safety changes to Monte Vista Elementary […]
By Ted AYALA After competing in one of the most highly polarizing and negative municipal elections in recent memory, the members of the Glendale City Council returned to business last Tuesday where the work of civic governance awaited them impatiently. Though a week since it had occurred, the tension of the April 5 municipal election […]
By Ted Ayala MTA and CalTrans have been taking their 710 Freeway extension act on the road for the past couple of months, bringing it to a close in areas where opposition to the project is fiercest. After the scoping meeting of April 5 at La Cañada High School, where Crescenta Valley and La Cañada […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A 17-year-old crashed the vehicle he was driving into a utility pole in the 4400 block of Ramsdell Avenue in front of Crescenta Valley High School’s MacDonald Auditorium Tuesday afternoon at the end of the lunch period. About 1:10 p.m. the male driver was bringing a friend back from lunch. He was […]