CV Town Council Hosts Candidates for Board of Trustees

By Brandon HENSLEY Candidates for the Glendale Community College Board of Trustees were present during the CV Town Council meeting Feb. 17 to discuss key financial matters pertaining to the college. Inside the La Crescenta Library community room, challenger Vartan Gharpetian and incumbents Vahe Peroomian and Tony Tartaglia introduced themselves and took questions from the […]

Rain Again and Cold

By Mary O’KEEFE Crescenta Valley residents need to keep their umbrellas out for a little longer, and maybe get out those really thick sweaters. “Snow levels can come down to 1,000 feet,” said David Gomberg, meteorologist at the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration (NOAA) in Oxnard. Before the snow Crescenta Valley will see rain, about […]

Crescenta Valley Community Association to Host Forum

The Crescenta Valley Community Association is hosting a candidate forum this Friday, Feb. 25 for those running for Glendale City Council. The event begins at 7 p.m. and takes place at the Dunsmore Park Community Room, 4700 Dunsmore Ave. in La Crescenta. According to organizer Mike Lawler, the purpose of the forum is to familiarize […]

Enjoying Their Time as Principal for a Day

By Brandon HENSLEY and Jason KUROSU Spencer Walch, who usually spends his time as a “tax attorney, or wrangling my kids,” was placed in a decidedly different role for one particular Wednesday, along with around 30 other members of the community. This was because Feb.16 was the 19th Annual Principal for a Day, an event […]

Teenagers and The Law Workshop Tonight

By Mary O’KEEFE Tonight at 7 p.m. the Crescenta Valley Armenian Community and Youth Center will be hosting a free workshop titled, “Teenagers and the Law.” The workshop is part of an educational series developed by the center to help community members in areas that specifically pertain to teenagers including the law, taxes, immigration laws […]

Bellies, Babies, & Bosoms!

This is a happy store with carousels and crystal, pink, white, and green, splashed with sunshine. It looks so cute when you drive by and makes you feel good stepping in. This is very important if you are a new mom walking in the door with lots of questions. Bellies, Babies, & Bosoms has been […]

Winter in the Crescenta Valley

By Robin GOLDSWORTHY Temperatures dipped below freezing above the 2,000 foot mark in the foothills of Crescenta Valley around 9 p.m. Saturday evening turning intermittent rain into snow flurries. Although some braved the freezing temperatures, like Danny Ajemian, 15, and his cousin Phillip Shaverdian, 17, (above) most chose instead to check out the fluffy white […]

“Operation Power Outage” Deals Powerful Blow to SoCal Armenian Organized Crime

By Ted AYALA The Eurasian Organized Crime Task Force (EOCTF) – a group comprised of nine different law enforcement agencies including the Los Angeles County Sheriffs and the police departments of Glendale and Los Angeles – conducted a massive sweep against local organized crime yesterday morning Feb. 16. Their target was the Armenian Power (AP) […]

Reintro-ducing the CV Weekly

By Charly SHELTON The Crescenta Valley Weekly newspaper is approaching its 18 month anniversary early this March. After a year and a half, much has changed while some stays the same. When we first began publishing our weekly paper, we had a lot of support from community members, friends, and residents who just wanted the […]

Keep Your Umbrellas Handy

It looks like another rainy few days for the Crescenta Valley. This last bit of rain brought a little over an inch of rain but the big down pour is still to come. By Mary O’KEEFE Crescenta Valley residents woke to a damp Wednesday morning and were warned to keep their umbrellas nearby. “We will […]