Forum to cover underage drinking, drugs

By Mary O’Keefe On April 13 the Crescenta Valley Drug and Alcohol Coalition will be holding its second community forum at Verdugo Hills Hospital. The topics of the forum will include underage drinking and drug parties, teen and pre-teen binge drinking and kid drug use. There will also be a film made by teens and […]

Heroes of La Crescenta Elementary

By Brandon HENSLEY They arrive in cars and buses, but aren’t they supposed to fly or swoop in on a hovercraft? Their attire consists of a highlighter-green vest and a red cap. What – no capes or cowls, or even a bold logo on the chest? And forget about having powers or fancy gadgets unless […]

Newsflash…again

Robin Goldsworthy: From the Desk of the Publisher As most – but apparently not all – of you are aware, the Crescenta Valley Weekly is being delivered only to the homes of our subscribers effective March 25. Does this mean that the paper is no longer available to non-subscribers? Of course not! Whereas since September […]

Learning from earthquakes

By Mary O’Keefe The clean up continues in Mexicali, Mexico after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit the area on Sunday. Scientists continue to assess the aftermath of the powerful tumbler. The earthquake struck at 3:40 p.m. about 20 miles from southeast of Mexicali. Two people were reportedly killed and over 200 injured in the area. […]

Diary of a rainy day

During the rains on Feb.6 trapped public works employees kept a constant radio voice relaying the mud and flood danger that was heading down the hill. By Mary O’Keefe Residents in Crescenta Valley and La Cañada are used to seeing the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works trucks roll up and down the avenues. […]

Fight continues for VHGC

By Hyung SEOK LEE CVW Intern The Verdugo Hills Golf Course Committee, which is spearheading the fight to keep the local golf course from being turned into a condominium development, met last week to further explore its options. The organization has partnered with numerous local organizations, such as VOICE and Sunland Tujunga Alliance, to keep […]

Tigers visit CV Weekly

By Robin GOLDSWORTHY Nine Cub Scouts from local elementary schools and one home schooled Scout visited the offices of the Crescenta Valley Weekly on Friday, March 26. The visitors were 7 year olds Diego Alvarez, Dessi Sieburth, Trenton Muraoka, Dylan Andre, Adam Martin, Jack Myers, Izaak Bailey, Logan Enslow, and 6 year olds Alexander James […]

Battle bots conquer Long Beach

By Mary O’KEEFE Last weekend, after six weeks of designing and building, Crescenta Valley, Clark Magnet and La Cañada high schools’ robotic teams, with over 55 other teams, met on the competitive field. The weekend was part of the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Los Angeles Regional competition held in Long […]

My thoughts exactly: Springing to life

By Jim CHASE Even being the cold weather, dark clouds, rainstorm addict that I am, I admit to having a special appreciation for this time of year. Spring, especially after a winter that brought such impressive rains to the Southland, often takes my breath away, quite literally. Of course, I’m partially referring to the curtain […]

Treasures of the Valley: Livin’ in the 91046

I recently got an email from someone inquiring about Verdugo City. Where is it, what is it, and why is it? Most of us have been mildly curious or even amused when we notice for the first time, sometimes after living here for years, that a place called Verdugo City has its own sign on […]