Temple Sinai Goes Green

By Leonard COUTIN On Sunday, families and friends of Glendale’s Temple Sinai congregation, numbering over 150 strong, attended a dedication ceremony to honor the completion of solar panels that were installed in December and January by the Moore Solar Company. The event hosted representatives from the office of Assemblyman Mike Gatto, Senator Carol Liu, Mike […]

NOTES & NODS

Messy Church at St. Luke’s Messy Church: Intergenerational Creative Worship takes place at St. Luke’s of the Mountains on Friday, Feb. 3. Dinner is at 6:30 p.m. The church provides the main dish. Attendees can bring a side or dessert. Meet in the Firehouse at 2563 Foothill Blvd., La Crescenta. Also, the next knitting group […]

»Montrose Shopping Park News

Montrose … Take Two The next time you are watching your favorite TV series you might see something that looks very familiar. It seems the film industry has a renewed interest in the Montrose Shopping Park these days as several prominent series are being shot on our streets and in our stores and cafes. Just […]

»Montrose Verdugo-City Chamber of Commerce

Community Partnerships I got back from an event yesterday called Glendale Outlook 2012 where the new Glendale City Manager Scott Ochoa spoke. He gave an update on the status of the city, told of his vision for Glendale, talked about all the “financial concerns” in the city and then confidently let us all know that […]

»News from the Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce

Counting Our Blessings – Isn’t Too Hard to Do “The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.” Eric Hoffer With weather like we have had this week in the Crescenta Valley, it is a little easier to count our blessings that we live in this great community. One place […]

Location, Location, Location: Filming in the Crescenta Valley

By Charly SHELTON Vampires. Exploding fire hydrants. Movie stars. Just another week in the Crescenta Valley. Montrose and the surrounding community seems to be experiencing a resurgence in popularity as a location for shooting scenes for movies, television shows and commercials. Last week, HBO’s “True Blood” filmed in Montrose where spectators could see a vampire […]

Hospitals, ARC Benefit from Blood Drives

By Timithie NORMAN Three area organizations hosted blood drives this week, collecting more than 150 pints of blood for patients in need at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and the American Red Cross. The events coincided with January’s designation as National Blood Donor Awareness Month. St. Francis High School hosted a drive benefitting […]

City to Conduct Road Diet Test on Honolulu

By Ted AYALA The Crescenta Valley area is about to get a little more accommodating to local bicyclists. Glendale City Council approved a road diet test to be conducted along Honolulu Avenue at Tuesday night’s City Council meeting. The road diet, which would be set from Las Palmas down to Ramsdell avenues would remove a […]

from the desk of the publisher

A Rewarding Experience Last Thursday, I had the pleasure of attending the annual installation ceremony and awards banquet for the Montrose-Verdugo City Chamber of Commerce. While there, I had the honor of presenting CV Weekly reporter Mary O’Keefe with the prestigious Frank Roberts Award. For those who might not know, Frank Roberts – dubbed Mr. […]

Weather in the Foothills

“The day of the sun is like the day of a king. It is a promenade in the morning, a sitting on the throne at noon, a pageant in the evening.” – Wallace Stevens, American poet, 1915 This past week the weather has been both spectacular and breathtaking. Perhaps a slight exaggeration for our weather, […]