By Mary O’KEEFE Once again members of the Early Rodders car club packed up their classic cars with toys for the Los Angeles County Fire Dept. Spark of Love toy drive. The Early Rodders meet every Saturday morning at the United Artists parking lot in La Cañada to network with gear heads and wanna-be gear […]
Since arriving earlier this month, two Canadair Super Scoopers have already been put to work. By Mary O’KEEFE The Super Scoopers are here. Actually they arrived on Aug. 15 and were immediately in service helping fight the fires in Montebello, Castaic and Palos Verdes. Last Friday water-dropping aircraft were the background for a press conference […]
By Molly SHELTON This Saturday at 7 p.m., Heather Rivers’ Little Stars Performing Arts Academy will be hosting a dance benefit concert at Bellarmine Jefferson High School in Burbank to raise money for Camp del Corazon. Camp del Corazon is a non-profit organization with a mission to provide year-round opportunities for children with heart disease. […]
Photo by Molly SHELTON Charlie Hunnam, left, and Tommy Flanagan on set in Montrose last Friday as “Sons of Anarchy,” the FX series, films an episode. Montrose is frequented by filming, and SOA regularly uses Montrose as a location.
UPDATE 1/17/14: Governor Brown Declares Drought State of Emergency SAN FRANCISCO – With California facing water shortfalls in the driest year in recorded state history, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today proclaimed a State of Emergency and directed state officials to take all necessary actions to prepare for these drought conditions. “We can’t make it […]
By Molly SHELTON Every year high school teams all around the world gather around their computers, anxiously awaiting what challenge they will encounter in the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition (FRC). On Jan. 4, FIRST organizers released the game Aerial Assist. Like previous years, the game is played by […]
Before bidding farewell to 2013, the Crescenta Valley Weekly would like to revisit the many events that defined the year. Assembled by Brandon HENSLEY and Molly SHELTON January This was a difficult holiday season for the family of missing mother and daughter Megan (Ganajian) Dipiazza, 33. They continue to scour Facebook, call friends and have […]
Never far from work, CV Weekly reporter Mary O’Keefe brought the paper with her when she and her daughter Molly traveled cross-country to take Molly back to college. The pair took time from their travels to shoot this photo at the Grand Canyon. CV Weekly loves to travel! Take us along on your next trip […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Students in the Glendale Unified School District headed back to school on Monday. At elementary schools across Crescenta Valley, kindergartners all had one thing in common: excited, nervous and sometimes tearful parents. “At our kindergarten tea, I asked who was having a harder time [with the first days of school] – the […]