The YMCA of the Foothills announced that its involvement with national Drug Take Back Day, part of the National Drug Enforcement Administration event, was a success. Its three Y facilities collected a total of 245 pounds of unused or expired prescription medication in partnership with the DEA, LAPD, Crescenta Valley Sheriffs and Glendale Police Dept. […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY Hundreds of folks “poured” onto Honolulu Avenue on Nov. 4 for the 1st Annual Holiday Wine Walk. The event, sponsored by the Montrose Shopping Park, co-sponsored by the La Crescenta Woman’s Club, provided ticketholders with wine glasses, tote bags, $10 in Montrose scrip and 15 tickets to sample wines from over 25 […]
More than 110 bowlers and supporters from the greater Glendale community and surrounding area gathered at Pickwick Bowl in Burbank on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 5, to bowl their best at The Campbell Center’s 26th Annual Bowl-A-Thon. With cheers, applause, laughter, great strikes, and some very impressive scores, bowlers lit up the bowling alley with their […]
The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit health care ratings organization, released new Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades. The Safety Grade assigns letter grades of A, B, C, D and F to hospitals nationwide based on their performance in preventing medical errors, infections and other harms. Adventist Health Glendale was one of 832 awarded an “A” for […]
Carl Roberg (right) and Chris Waldheim spent 14 hours hiking the Grand Canyon from rim to rim. Here they are taking a break at the Phantom Ranch with their CV Weekly! CV Weekly loves to travel! Take us along on your next trip and send us a photo. You may find yourselves on the pages […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Even though the Prom Plus Boutique on Saturday had moved to a new location, it was obvious that word of the change had gotten out. The boutique, which is one of the largest fundraisers of the year for Prom Plus, had traditionally been held at St. Luke’s of the Mountains Episcopal Church […]
Daniel Maya of La Cañada Flintridge and Sidney Hirshberg of La Crescenta have enrolled and are members of the Carleton College class of 2021. The class of 2021 has 526 students that were selected from a pool of 6,502 applicants. The incoming students represent 46 states and 21 countries (11% are international residents). Fifty-one members […]
The Glendale Historical Society presents a talk on the importance of preserving Craftsman architecture, “Lessons from Living at the Gamble House,” on Wednesday, Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. at the Downtown Central Library Auditorium in Glendale. For Carolina Chacon Allen, moving into the Gamble House in Pasadena as a young architecture student was both an […]
The Church of Scientology Mission of the Foothills, located in the heart of Montrose, opened its doors to the community for the fifth consecutive year and held the most successful ever “Not too Scary” Haunted House. The event is geared for younger children, ages 3 to 9, and is designed to be on the mild […]
Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center is a 2018 five-star recipient for knee surgery and valve surgery, following this year’s evaluation from Healthgrades, the leading online resource for comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals. Every year, Healthgrades evaluates hospital performance at nearly 4,500 hospitals nationwide for 34 of the most common inpatient procedures and conditions.* […]