The Crazy Days of … Fall You remember that song, “The Lazy, Crazy, Hazy Days of Summer?” The one that ends, “You’ll wish that summer could always be here.” I don’t know about you, but last week it seemed that summer would always be here. First the Santa Ana winds, as predicted, ripped through town […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY It has stood for 90 years as a testament to the dedication of a woman who came to the Crescenta Valley to provide a sanctuary for women suffering from mental illness. Today, Rockhaven Sanitarium on Honolulu Avenue stands closed but not forgotten, with docents from the Friends of Rockhaven ready to provide […]
History Made in the Crescenta Valley As you know, I’m a lover of the Crescenta Valley. I love having a sense of belonging, of knowing that I have the ability to make a contribution, of connecting people. That is what this newspaper is all about, after all … creating connections so we can help each […]
A day of emotion, a time to reflect – the community comes together to dedicate the Two Strike War Memorial Wall. By Mary O’KEEFE We have all heard stories about the bonds between those who served in the military, this band of brothers, but mostly those stories reflect times spent on the battlefield. On Sunday […]
Getting to Know … Your Local Chambers This is the time of the year when our local chambers of commerce – Crescenta Valley, Montrose-Verdugo City, Sunland-Tujunga, La Cañada Flintridge and Glendale – start ramping up. Just last week, the CV, MV and LCF chambers hosted a tri-city business expo up at USC Verdugo Hills Hospital. […]
The Power of Women – and Pancakes The Republican Club of the Foothills at its next meeting on Sept. 26 is hosting two politically connected women who will talk on their experiences in Washington, DC. A portion of the promotional material that I received states that “women will be the deciding voting factor in both […]
Notations on the Calendar During the days when I had kids in school, the beginning of the school year marked the end of summer – despite the fact that the calendar read differently. I thought that once my children graduated from high school my life would more or less follow the seasons, that with few […]
Four Down For those longtime fans of Crescenta Valley Weekly, you probably noted the change on the cover: Vol. V, Issue 1. Translated, this means volume five, issue one – the first issue of the fifth year. Yes, we are celebrating our fourth anniversary this week. It is so hard to believe that just four […]
The Displaced of Twelve Oaks Some say that a society can be judged by the way it treats its elderly. If that’s the case, then what can be said about the apparent impending closure of Twelve Oaks? When CV Weekly broke the story this week about the decision made by the be.group, the company that […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY On Thursday afternoon the 3300 block of Montrose Avenue was shut down while an investigation was conducted after a possible bomb was discovered in a vehicle. According to Sgt. Kevin Hirano of the Glendale Police Dept., officers were following up on a call when they arrived at a home in the 3300 […]