County Redistricting Hearing Draws Fire and Crowds

By Ted AYALA From far and wide, they came to the Los Angeles County Hall of Administration – some 800 people altogether. From the South Bay, Palmdale, East Los Angeles, and everywhere in between. Crowds gathered in stormy debate over the proposed plans to redistrict Los Angeles County. Supervisors Gloria Molina and Mark Ridley-Thomas propose […]

Rose Float Controversy Continues

By Ted AYALA The controversy that has broiled over in the wake of the Glendale Rose Float Association’s design choice for the city’s 2012 float spilled over into the Council’s Tuesday meeting. At the center of the storm is the city‘s float – a smiling cartoon elephant. Critics argue that the float promotes circuses and […]

Possible Location Change for 2012 Class Ceremony

By Mary O’KEEFE Crescenta Valley High School students were informed last week that the Class of 2012 will, more than likely, not be holding its graduating ceremony at Stengel Field in Glendale. For many years the baseball field has been the location for the CVHS ceremony, however, due to bleacher and building structure concerns by […]

Above and Beyond: CV Sheriffs Honored

Members of Montrose Search and Rescue Team were among 38 recognized for extraordinary service. By Mary O’KEEFE On Tuesday at a luncheon ceremony the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department recognized their own for outstanding and honorable service. “These [men and woman] have gone above and beyond the call of duty,” said Sheriff Lee Baca, as […]

Caution: School Zone

By Mary O’KEEFE Officials’ suggestion for parents dropping their kids off at school: Give yourself enough time. It is back to school which means back to school traffic. At Rosemont Middle School, Crescenta Valley and Clark Magnet high schools, over 4,000 students arrive at school within the same time period. That does not include the […]

Long Time MSR Member Leaves the Team

After about 30 years, Montrose Search and Rescue member leaves his team for a colder climate. By Mary O’KEEFE For about 31 years, Bruce Parker has been a member of the Montrose Search and Rescue Team. Being a member of any organization for 30 years is a milestone, but to be a search and rescue […]

Rates, Beeline, Dial-A-Ride to See Changes

By Ted AYALA One year after a fare hike for the Beeline and Dial-A-Ride, the Glendale City Council voted in favor of raising fares even higher at Tuesday’s City Council meeting. With the city’s transportation fund dwindling amid wilting city revenues, director of Public Works Steve Zurn explained the move. “We established the fare at […]

from the desk of the publisher

The Not So Terrible Two Looking at the front cover this week, below our masthead you will see Vol. 2, No. 52 ¬ the last issue of Vol. 2, marking the completion of two years of publication of the Crescenta Valley Weekly. What a year it has been! Like the second year in a toddler’s […]

Weather in the Foothills

“September days have the warmth of summer in their brief hours, but in their lengthening evenings a prophetic breath of autumn.” Rowland E. Robinson 1833-1900 ~ American writer and naturalist These words speak well of this time of year, although hot would more accurately describe these last days of summer. Last weekend brought triple digits […]

Kids Benefit From Kases

By Agnes CONSTANTE To help foster children in Los Angeles County, The Lions Clubs of Los Angeles Mid Valley and Crescenta-Cañada held Kases for Kids, a donation drive for backpacks and school supplies. The drive took place on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and even in the sweltering summer heat the organizations managed […]