By Robin GOLDSWORTHY Whether a power outage, Red Flag wind warning, or earthquake, Paul Dutton wants to make sure his Crescenta Valley neighbors are prepared for any type of emergency. Dutton is a Community Emergency Response Team – CERT – coordinator, Red Cross volunteer, and professional emergency preparedness consultant. He has worked diligently to inform […]
Julie J. Sprengel has been appointed president of CommonSpirit Health’s newly expanded Southern California division. In this role, Sprengel will continue to oversee Dignity Health hospitals in Los Angeles County, San Bernardino County and Clark County, Nevada. Joining the newly formed division will be the Dignity Health hospitals from Central Coast and Central California – […]
Members of CV Weekly helped Steve Pierce of the CV Chamber of Commerce with the monthly cleanup of the La Crescenta off-ramp of the 210 Freeway. Other civic-minded individuals and businesses are invited to make the commitment to help with the monthly cleanup. Contact Steve at (818) 259-5195 for more information.
VA Approves Claims for More than 22,500 Blue Water Navy Veterans Ten months after the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (VA) began processing Agent Orange disability claims for Blue Water Navy veterans, more than 22,500 have been finalized, resulting in more than $640 million in payments to veterans or their surviving dependents. Blue Water Navy veterans […]
Assisteens, a youth arm of the Assistance League, worked on a letter campaign to senior citizens who previously attended the monthly senior Assistance League of Glendale luncheons at the chapter house. Due to the pandemic, the teens could not be together so each took on a group of names from senior neighborhood fellowship and wrote […]
The 29th annual Breakfast with Santa hosted by the La Crescenta Woman’s Club was reinvented this year: Blessing the Holidays with Santa Drive-thru. Blessing the Holidays with Santa was wonderful! According to organizers just under 100 cars took part in the drive-thru, complete with wide-eyed children and their dogs, to see Santa, Mrs. Claus and […]
Rabbi Mendy Grossbaum of the Chabad of the Crescenta Valley piloted the Giant Mobile Menorah to local homes. The Bruck home was just one that the Mobile Menorah stopped by to share holiday joy.
CV Weekly traveled to the Catalina Island campground at Two Harbors with the Bodnar family. CV Weekly loves to travel! Take us along on your next trip and send us a photo. You may find yourselves on the pages of the community’s favorite newspaper.
For its 33rd annual holiday celebration, The Campbell Center associates enjoyed a virtual visit from the North Pole, courtesy of the Glendale Police Department (GPD). The party helped kick off the holiday season with the continued traditions of Christmas caroling, a visit from Santa, GPD gift bags and holiday bingo. There were 50 attendees at […]
Two local photographers and wildlife advocates, Roy Dunn and Johanna Turner, served as location researchers and principal camera operators for a sequence on the recently released television show “Earth at Night in Color” about a mountain lion almost as famous as Griffith Park’s P-22. Her name is Nikita and she lives in the Verdugo Mountains. […]