With a fire season that is year-round, officials are requesting help from residents to cut back nearby brush and vegetation from their homes. By Mary O’KEEFE There is no debate that Crescenta Valley, in fact all of California, is dry. Rainfall is down, vegetation is drying out and summer is ramping up. A reminder of […]
By Michael YEGHIAYAN With a steady stream of wildlife sightings in the foothills and across Glendale, the city has launched an interactive map to help track animal activity in urban areas. The map, which can be found on the City of Glendale website, allows residents to post wildlife sightings and breaks down citywide sightings by […]
By Michael J. ARVIZU The city of Los Angeles Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) committee on Tuesday decided to extend the amount of time needed to reach a vote on whether or not to include the site of the former Tujunga Canyon Detention Center on the list of historical-cultural monuments. The Los Angeles City […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Two principal candidates have been announced for Monte Vista Elementary and Crescenta Valley High schools. Dr. Linda Gubler Junge has been announced as the candidate for the principal’s position at Crescenta Valley High. Junge has been the principal for Muir Elementary in Glendale. Prior to that, she served as GUSD’s director of […]
By Michael YEGHIAYAN Congressman Adam Schiff introduced legislation that would potentially limit executive military powers granted after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. If passed, the bill would eventually sunset the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) by the beginning of 2015. While the AUMF was originally designed to give the president additional powers to […]
By Misty DUPLESSIS AHEAD with Horses held its annual Photo Fun Day on June 8, an opportunity to showcase the organization’s beautiful horses and the amazing students who ride them. AHEAD – Accelerated Habilitation Education And Development – has been utilizing horses to provide therapy and education to disabled/disadvantaged/at-risk and special needs children for the […]
Antonovich Honored with Trail Advocacy Award For his longstanding commitment to protecting, preserving and expanding the trail system throughout Los Angeles County, Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich has been selected by the national organization American Trails to receive the Trail Advocacy Award. In 2007, Antonovich led the board of supervisors to vote to increase the number […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Usually Robin Goldsworthy begins each week at the Crescenta Valley Weekly with a staff meeting, endless email correspondence and arranging stories for that week’s paper; however, this Monday was a little different – to say the least. CVW publisher/editor Goldsworthy spent her Monday at a luncheon at the Sacramento Convention Center where […]
“We take the stars from heaven, the red from our mother country, separating it by white stripes, thus showing that we have separated from her, and the white stripes shall go down to posterity, representing our liberty.” ~ President George Washington Summer is almost here. The daylight hours grow longer and temperatures are on the […]
Mrs. Goldsworthy Goes to Sacramento You’ve probably heard the big news (especially if you’ve read the front page) – Crescenta Valley Weekly was named Small Business of the Year for the state of California for the 43rd District. Wow. To say that I was excited when I found out would be a definite understatement. I […]