By Charly SHELTON This year, the theme parks in the southern California area have gone all out for the holiday season. Disneyland offers its annual decorations and fireworks display, as well as the Haunted Mansion Holiday, a tradition for the park. And Universal Studios Hollywood has Grinchmas, the celebration based on its children’s Christmas time […]
By Charly SHELTON For those of you who have seen “Chicago” and loved it, this is a movie-musical for you. Director Rob Marshall, who also directed “Chicago,” takes up this adaptation of the stage musical of the same name, which was itself an adaptation of the classic Fellini non-musical film, “8 ½.” The story of […]
By Charly SHELTON This is probably the most highly anticipated film of the year, maybe even the last few years. Everyone was holding their collective breath as we awaited this release to see if director James Cameron kept his word by making photo-realistic creatures for this film. Nothing else mattered as much as this; the […]
By Shana LiVIGNI The La Crescenta Valley Republican Women Federation Christmas holiday luncheon and installation was held on Dec. 11 at the Athenaeum Fireside Room at Caltech in Pasadena. Special guest speaker was former director of the Reagan Ranch, Clark Vandeventer. He is a husband, a father and a social entrepreneur who wears many hats. […]
By Hyung Seok LEE CV Weekly Intern On Dec. 19, the Korean community of La Crescenta was invited to attend an informational meeting on emergency preparedness in case of mud and debris flow. The meeting took place in Antioch Presbyterian Church where representatives from the Department of Public Works for the Los Angeles County, the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Local residents mingled with Glendale cops and Los Angeles sheriff deputies at Coffee with the COPPS (Community Policing PartnerShip) the morning of Dec. 17 at Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf in Montrose. The meet and greet was a way for law enforcement to connect with the community. Community members are invited regularly […]
By Walsh CARVALHO The CIF Southern Section announced some of their ALL-CIF teams last week, and nine local athletes made their families and coaches proud. Two high schools from the area, Crescenta Valley and La Cañada, were represented on the list which says a lot about their athletic programs and coaching staffs. Crescenta Valley topped […]
By Walsh CARVALHO The Crescenta Valley Falcons have had an inspirational start to their season. They recently won the Falcon Classic, which they hosted, by beating Simi Valley with a score of 53-52. “Simi Valley game was a great game. It was our third time in the championship game in three years. We lost to […]
By Hyung Seok LEE CV Weekly Intern Crescenta Valley High School held its annual canned food, toys, and money drive. From Dec. 12 through Dec. 15, the Associative Student Body (ASB), with the help of the local Sheriff’s Department, organized this event encouraging all second period classrooms to participate. “I feel that this drive is […]