Safety personnel make Christmas special for Glendale families. By Mary O’KEEFE Members of the Glendale Fire Department will be helping out Santa this year by delivering presents and a holiday dinner to a Glendale family. Firefighters from Glendale Station 29 were busy wrapping presents for their holiday-adopted family. “Every section of the fire department has […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A benefit for a local is being held at Portabello’s Restaurant in Montrose. On Dec. 12 John Street, a member of the Light of the Corner Church was tragically killed in a motorcycle accident on the Foothill (210) freeway in Pasadena. He was survived by wife Michele, four children. “The day of […]
Little Landers looks at Rockhaven Sanitarium The Little Landers Historical Society presents “The History of Rockhaven Sanitarium.” In 1923 Rockhaven provided a safe and restful place for women recovering from mental illness. The property was purchased by the city of Glendale in 2008. The speaker for this presentation is Robert McFall, assistant manager for the […]
Challenged adults have a Christmas celebration to last the year. By Celia BURSTEIN CV Weekly intern For Marcus Williams – a disabled adult – the 36th annual Christmas party for Disabled Adults meant old friends, Christmas gifts and “chocolate chocolate” or chocolate chip cookies. For 81-year-old Vito Cannella – now ready to pass down the […]
Ivy Hopper is a teen columnist who talks with authors and fans of books that are currently being read by today’s youth. Hey, Girls! I just finished reading Upstate by Kalisha Buckhanon. UPSTATE, set in 1990s New York, opens with the chilling question from seventeen-year-old Antonio to his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Natasha: “Do you believe I […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A large piece of wood that had been apparently thrown into a sewer pipe caused a backup in the 5300 block of Pineridge Drive Tuesday morning affecting at least three homes in the area and causing a pungent smell that was carried by the high winds throughout the neighborhood. “It started coming […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY About 160 foothills families will be having a merrier holiday season with the delivery of food and toys to those in need. The delivery on Saturday morning was the culmination of weeks of collecting goods in barrels distributed throughout town by the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Department for its annual food and toy […]
Crescenta Valley High School students help deliver food to the homeless in Los Angeles’ Skid Row. By Hyung Seok LEE CV Weekly Intern Local students took time from their winter break to learn up close and personal what life was like for those living on Skid Row. LOOK International Development club visited the impoverished area […]
ivy.hopper@gmail.com Ivy Hopper is a teen columnist who talks with authors and fans of books that are currently being read by today’s youth. This week I sat down with author Pamela Wells. Pamela Wells wrote The Heartbreakers and The Crushes. The Heartbreakers is soon to be a movie called “Rules of Dating for Teenage Girls.” […]
Dec. 15 2600 block of Honolulu Avenue in Montrose, Glendale police made a total of nine arrests at The Mix. The arrests were made just north of Honolulu Avenue on Rosemont Avenue. The suspects who were going into The Mix were contacted because of alcohol violations. Three suspects were arrested for felony gun possession; six […]