I noticed the first cron error today (server has been running for 20+ days no problems), --l, could a cron job be getting stuck ? could that  would that just mean one has not finished running yet? I had also noticed a spike in server load @ the time in the vps panel, I rebooted and things are fine now.

http://myautodj.com/ccv3_cron_error.JPG

Yup, that's what it looks like.  If it happens again run it via SSH with the --debug flag and see where it hangs.