Why Medicaid Must Be Saved As the landscape of healthcare reform shifts rapidly, it’s clear the federal Medicaid program – the nation’s largest insurer of children – is in jeopardy. Over the next two weeks, the United State Senate will debate a version of the American Health Care Act, which drastically endangers the care of […]
Happy Birthday, America – Land of the Free and Home of the Very Brave We’re back with our second year at Crescenta Valley High School with a spectacular July 4th fireworks show for the community! Being an all-volunteer organization, we want to keep this family event affordable and thank the many people in our community, […]
Crescenta Valley’s Very Own Indian Swami For the last few weeks I’ve been relating a small sample of the thousands of thrilling stories of the Montrose Search and Rescue team. I’ll take a break from those tales, and return to them later. Not many people know that La Crescenta had its very own Swami, Swami […]
Reaching Across the Aisle in Sacramento For many of you – of the words you would ascribe to Sacramento, “bipartisan” probably is not one. Out of the 80 members of the Assembly, 55 are Democrats and 25 are Republicans. Within those ranks, you have every shade of blue and red running from the most progressive […]
Montrose Search and Rescue – Dog Rescues 2 Continuing with some other dog rescues performed by the Montrose Search and Rescue team, we look no further than Pickens Canyon in March 1991. Two young boys, best friends, were hiking the canyon at dusk. As often happens to young boys, they stayed out too long and […]
Updates on 210 Freeway, Local Graduations and More In this month’s update on Interstate 210 developments, according to Caltrans, “Beginning Monday, June 12 at 7 p.m. … Caltrans will close westbound Foothill Freeway (I-210) Gould Avenue on-ramp and Angeles Crest Highway off-ramp, as part of a pavement rehabilitation project. The ramp closures will remain in […]
Offering Historical Facts The traditional Memorial Day observances were held locally again this year. Members of the Montrose Peace Vigil have been standing at the Vietnam Memorial since 2006 to encourage nonviolent solutions to conflict. We consider it a privilege and a duty to participate in the annual ceremony there. We hear statements made there […]
Montrose Search and Rescue – Dog Rescues Part 1 A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the Montrose Search and Rescue team locating and rescuing a lost dog in Brand Park. While the majority of the MSAR team’s efforts are focused on human rescues, they do honor the fact that many dog owners […]
The Los Angeles CD7 election is over and the district’s new representative is Monica Rodriguez. Ms. Rodriguez has not held public office before but has government experience in staff and appointed positions, most recently as a member of the Los Angeles Board of Public Works, the only city commission with full-time salaries. She also has […]
The old proverb, “It takes a village …” rings true in my heart. My youngest son will be graduating from Clark Magnet High School [today] and, as I reflect on the past few years, I have become increasingly aware and appreciative of all the people who have contributed to his development and maturity. Mountain Avenue […]