Calendar This … and This You know how you feel after the holidays are over? Sure, you might be a little sad that visiting relatives have gone back home and the decorations have been packed away for another year and the festive season is over, but there is some comfort in returning to routine, relief […]
The Gifts We Need Traditionally the article I write for the Christmas issue of the Crescenta Valley Weekly focuses on the gift given to us through the birth of Jesus Christ. Regardless what you believe – whether he is the messiah, whether he was actually born sometime closer to April rather than in December or […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY Glendale Fire Dept. assisted by L.A. County Fire Station 63 responded to a house fire on Monday night in the 5100 block of Finehill Avenue in La Crescenta. According to Battalion Chief Vince Rifino, the fire apparently started in the chimney then extended into the attic. “We ventilated the attic,” Rifino said. […]
The Joy of … The other night I was watching a PBS special on artist Bob Ross, known as The Happy Painter. Bob, who died in 1995, hosted a show called “The Joy of Painting” that was broadcast for more than a decade on hundreds of PBS channels. His followers praised everything from the simple […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY Glendale City Councilman Ara Najarian received a shock on Monday when his confirmation to another term on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority was blocked. Najarian is a vocal opponent to the controversial Long Beach (710) Freeway extension project. “I was very disappointed,” Najarian said of the blocked confirmation. He added that there was […]
Warm Reception on a Cold Night Though it was damp – too damp for my liking – my team and I here at the CV Weekly couldn’t be swayed from climbing aboard the Crosstown Towing flatbed to be a part of history – specifically, the 36th annual Montrose Glendale Christmas Parade. Lisa and Arnold own […]
A Montrose Weekend Turkey soup – the remnants of Thursday’s Thanksgiving meal – is in the fridge. I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I did, spending every minute of Thanksgiving cooking, eating and enjoying the day with family. Unlike the scores of folks around the nation, I did not (nor do I ever plan […]
Recognizing When Everything Is – and Isn’t – Okay I am a fortunate woman and I know it. I live in a community I love, work with talented people who put in as much effort as I do to make a dream we all believe in – the CV Weekly – come true every week, […]
Thanksgiving is Almost Here? We have our staff meetings on Monday morning when we plan out that week’s paper and talk about upcoming events that we want to schedule. This past Monday we were sitting at the table discussing November when someone asked if next week was going to be a short week due […]
Seemed Like the First Time As I write this Tuesday evening, the election results are coming in and it appears that Barack Obama has retained the title of president of the United States. Disappointing to some, exhilarating for others. Regardless of the outcome and despite political leanings, I think I join a gigantic percentage of […]