Interfaith Symposium on World AIDS Day

On the 25th World AIDS Day (December 1), GAIA Global Ambassador Jane Kaczmarek and renowned AIDS expert Dr. Michael Gottlieb will convene a panel of prominent medical researchers and public health officials for a groundbreaking symposium on the latest advances in the fight against AIDS. GAIA (Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance) will bring together leading advocates to […]

Holiday Shipping and Shopping Safety Tips

Aside from the good old-fashioned stroll through the malls and browsing store windows, shopping online is an extremely convenient way to purchase your holiday gifts. The Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station wants you to remember some important safety tips while shopping both ways, physically while out and about, and online: When online, shop at secure websites. […]

Turkey Run

  By Mary O’KEEFE The  Annual Thanksgiving Day Run and Food Drive had runners and cheering supporters up early this morning. The run that takes place at Memorial Park in La Cañada is a combination of run and fundraiser. Those running are asked to bring a non-perishable food item to the race as part of […]

Parade Reaches for the Stars

Parade Reaches for the Stars

Organizers of the 36th annual Montrose Glendale Christmas Parade will have a “star-studded” affair celebrating the Curiosity Rover and JPL Mars Science Laboratory team. By Michael J. ARVIZU Geeks rejoice! This year’s Montrose Glendale Christmas Parade will boldly go where no parade has gone before as personalities from the worlds of science fiction and real […]

What the West Coast Can Learn from the East Coast

By Mary O’KEEFE Millions of households without power, lines of communication spotty at best, people trapped in homes, weather taking a turn for the worse. These were the headlines that followed Hurricane Sandy that slammed into the east coast on Oct. 29. The late-season storm left a path of destruction as it made landfall in […]

Rail ‘Sealed Corridor’ Inaugurated

By Ted AYALA The sound of train horns – and the danger their sound is intended to avoid – will soon become a thing of the past according to officials from Metrolink and the City of Glendale, who gathered at Pelanconi Park on Thursday morning, Nov. 15. Safety improvements to the rail line that slices […]

Weather in the Foothills

The sun rises on Thanksgiving Day at  6:29 a.m. A day of gratitude, family and friends. High pressure has moved in, pushing the rains of last week off the weather maps. Another inch of much needed precipitation was added to our season’s total. Northeast winds blow through the canyons passes starting Thursday morning. Keeping cloudy […]

from the desk of the publisher

Recognizing When Everything Is – and Isn’t – Okay I am a fortunate woman and I know it. I live in a community I love, work with talented people who put in as much effort as I do to make a dream we all believe in – the CV Weekly – come true every week, […]

Snow, Song and Holiday Lights Coming to Montrose

By Jason KUROSU As with every year, the collective focus will shift to the holiday season as soon as Thanksgiving dinner plates are scraped off. In Montrose, things will gear up towards the annual Montrose Glendale Christmas Parade that takes place on Dec. 1 and begins with White Friday. Twenty tons of snow will be […]

IN Brief

Library Planning Tea Registration continues for the Mother Daughter Tea at the La Crescenta Library through Nov. 30. The winning registrants will be contacted on Saturday, Dec. 1. The Holiday Mother Daughter Tea will on Saturday, Dec. 8 from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. The selection of the guest list will be determined by lottery […]