By Mary O’KEEFE Southern California Edison is continuing its work doing on local neighborhood streets. According to David Song, SCE spokesman, it is doing what is called a “cut over” where it is adjusting from a lower voltage to a higher voltage that will add to the capacity of the area. There have been comments […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Election Day was busy to say the least. Lines of voters eager to cast ballots were long at many polling places throughout California and even where the lines were shorter there was still a steady stream of voters. Despite the lines, though, most seemed happy to stand in line with comments overheard […]
The annual Mutt Strut invites all runners, walkers (and their dogs) – sighted and not – to a morning of fun and friendship at CV Park. By Mary O’KEEFE For many the decision to take an early morning run is simple – the only real problem could be just finding the energy to get out […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Glendale Police Foundation recently held a kick-off ceremony for its Glendale Police Museum Project. “The Foundation endorsed the concept of the museum a long time ago,” said Larry Miller, co-chair of the museum project and member of GPF. “We are hopeful it will open in the spring of 2017.” When the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The award-winning Crescenta Valley High School band needs the community’s help after some of its equipment was accidently thrown out. “We had recently purchased new ‘drum heads’ for our drumline of the marching band for this year’s competition season. We are in the middle of competition season right now. A custodian accidently […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Recently the City of Glendale kicked off its “Be Street Smart Glendale” campaign. The launch was held outside Glendale City Hall and included city officials and students from local elementary schools. The idea behind the program is to educate residents and those who work in Glendale on how to “walk smart, drive […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Annual Prom Plus Boutique will be held on Nov. 12 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the St. Luke’s of the Mountains Episcopal Church. “The Prom Plus Holiday Boutique is a fantastic event that has a lot of unique gifts for the winter holidays. I am always surprised at the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE California voters are going to be asked to vote on 17 propositions this Tuesday. CVW has covered a few of the propositions in prior weeks. Here is a brief description of those left that voters will be asked to decide on: Prop 55. This is called “Extend Tax on High Income,” […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Although nurse Agnes Richards, by all accounts, was not one who complained about facing hardships when she opened her sanitarium for women, known as Rockhaven, in 1923 it is most certain that there were obstacles she had to overcome, particularly being a woman who owned and operated a business. And one might […]
All are invited to the annual celebration at the CV Dog Park on Saturday at 10 a.m. By Mary O’KEEFE Although it may be difficult to remember a time when the Crescenta Valley Dog Park was not a part of CV Park, it has actually only been a short four years since it opened. It […]