Smoke Gets in Your Eyes … and Hair … and Lungs Like you, just a few days ago I woke up to blue, clear skies. Temperatures were beginning to climb but weren’t yet unbearable. Little did I know that this was about to change. A scant few days later I smelled it before I […]
Highs and Lows I find this week that, emotionally, I’ve been on a roller coaster. First, I was on a high when I learned about the outreach efforts of Crescenta Valley High School students to collect food for the Bailey Center in Tujunga. Mary O’Keefe’s cover story shares how many of the students who […]
Tasty Time at Knott’s One of my favorite sections of the CV Weekly is the Travel & Leisure section. I learn of so many fun (and many times free) events taking place, whether virtually or in-person. What I have also learned from Travel & Leisure is that people are willing (or at least were willing) […]
Despite nail and hair salon owners meeting every guideline in order to reopen, they seem to be challenged every step of the way. By Mary O’KEEFE After about three weeks of allowing hair and nail salons to reopen, the governor’s office has once again ordered their closure. This time around an amendment to the order […]
Insanity in Sacramento This week I slapped a mosquito that landed on a wall in our house and something happened that I’ve only heard of: it exploded in blood on the hand I used to slap it. After being grossed out I realized that the dead bug and that blood reminded me of Gov. […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY Members of American Legion Post 288 and VFW Post 1614, with support from the CV Chamber of Commerce, Moose Lodge #641 and the La Crescenta Woman’s Club, recently prepared “bags of thanks” for local law enforcement as part of a Law Enforcement Appreciation Lunch they hosted. The lunch was in lieu of […]
An All-Too-Brief Respite I am in love with Paso Robles and Cambria. My best friend Amy and I stole a few days this past weekend to head north to the land of wines and pines. I didn’t know what changes we would find – we are still in the midst of a pandemic after all. […]
These Are The People in Your Neighborhood As most readers of CV Weekly have noted, we try to point out the positive that goes on in our neighborhoods, highlighting people who make an extra effort. These include decorating during the holidays, volunteering at nonprofit events and raising money for people or areas in need […]
“Nothing sounds as peaceful as crickets singing on a summer night. A unique sound that makes you feel like everything is gonna be all right …” – Writer unknown Many viral illnesses slow in the summer months; as we can attest, COVID-19 was not one of those! With COVID-19, there was not enough evidence to […]
An Unknown Landscape As the days go by it becomes clearer that what the future holds – for a variety of things – is totally unknown. Yesterday, a stack of comment cards greeted members of the Glendale Unified School District that held two town hall meetings to gather information from parents and other […]