By Robin GOLDSWORTHY Diners at the popular Hill Street Café in La Cañada got a surprise on Friday morning when local deputies were ready to serve in a whole other way. Hill Street Café was the location for the annual Tip-A-Cop event that benefits Special Olympics Southern California. Sheriff deputies from Altadena and Crescenta Valley […]
Never Again Mary O’Keefe and her family boarded a plane last week bound for Iowa – Mary’s “home.” It wasn’t long after that the phone calls started. From “Can you find out why there are helicopters circling overhead?” at 11:30 one night to the shoplifting suspect that rammed his car into officers and then […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY The line of students and their parents was relatively quiet as it approached the entrance to the Salvation Army facility in Glendale on Monday afternoon. Of course there was an excitement, too, as to what these back-to-school shoppers would find waiting for them behind the doors of the Salvation Army. They were […]
Defending Oneself Earlier this week, on Aug. 10, the Boston Globe, an award-winning paper established in 1872, sent out a “call to action” to other newspapers to rally against attacks at media from the current Presidential Administration. Among the reasons for the rally is to fight against the accusation of being “an enemy of […]
A Chance to Say Hello One of the many things that I am grateful for resulting from starting the Crescenta Valley Weekly almost nine(!) years ago is the near-constant encouragement I receive from our readers, advertisers and those who support us in general. For example, at Tuesday night’s National Night Out event at the […]
Change is in the Air Like many folks, I sometimes have a tough time with change. This week CV Weekly has seen a couple of changes that have made me a little melancholy and a little pensive. First the melancholy. Over 30 years ago, Steve and I moved into our house on Altura Avenue […]
Shining Your Light The heat just doesn’t inspire me to do much of anything. As temperatures inch toward the century mark, aside from keeping cool, there isn’t much on my mind. Thankfully the stifling heat didn’t make its appearance until the work week began and we were able to enjoy a relatively comfortable […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY Thousands of auto lovers made their way onto Brand Boulevard on Saturday night to take in more than 330 cars at the City of Glendale’s Cruise Night. Three bands – Whos Next, Motown Magic and Jumping Jack Flash – offered a feast for the ears as well as the eyes. The annual […]
Cold Temps and Hot Topics I had the opportunity this past weekend to head north to Cambria (also known by me as Cambri-ahhhh), one of my all-time favorite spots. While the valley here was cooking in 90-plus temperatures, my best friend Amy and I were donning sweaters when going on our morning walks. Hard […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY An estimated 6,500 people turned out to see the annual Sunland Tujunga Shadow Hills Rotary Club Fourth of July Parade. Over 80 entries, many decked out in patriotic dressing, wove their way down Foothill Boulevard to the cheers (and occasional water gun squirts) from spectators. The morning began just after 8 a.m. […]