Montrose Search and Rescue – The Boy Who Missed the Bus In February 1958, 100 elementary school age inner-city kids from South Central LA boarded busses of the Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) for a trip to the snow. For many of these kids, this would be their first time in the snow; for some their […]
Supporting California’s Foster Youth For many children across California, planning for their future is part of growing up. From the time they are very young, their parents set aside money, dollar-by-dollar, to make the ultimate investment in their future success – higher education. While the amount of the funding parents can contribute varies, especially with […]
Goodbye to an Old Friend On Saturday, the Crescenta Valley community came together to say goodbye to Monsignor John Foley, lovingly referred to as Father Jack. The crowd was enormous with cars parked across the freeway and on all the side streets [surrounding the church] plus professional parking was needed to get the most cars […]
The 210, Outdoor Lights, and Promoting Inclusivity in the Crescenta Valley The Town Council’s February general meeting had two surprise guests and was dedicated in large part to Caltrans answering community concerns and questions about the I-210 construction. State Senator Anthony Portantino, 25th Senate District, gave a comprehensive report of the pending […]
Montrose Search and Rescue – Campers Saved By the Whistle On Wednesday, Jan 2, 1974, John Larson took his 3-year-old son John Junior on an adventure – a “cold-camping” excursion into the San Gabriel Mountains. Larson was an experienced outdoorsman with proper gear. He planned to camp on a trail a few miles out of […]
Hate Crimes: Harsh Actions Needed I must commend CV Weekly and Charly Shelton, personally, for reports of numerous shocking incidents of hateful attacks against Jewish centers in several parts of the country and elsewhere (March 2). It’s outrageous and unacceptable that a peaceful, highly educated and law-abiding community’s places of worship and culture are […]
The History of the Montrose Search and Rescue Team – Our Local Heroes We live on the doorstep of a huge wilderness, the Angeles National Forest. This vast mountainous area is crisscrossed with miles of twisting, narrow mountain roads, and a confusing maze of hiking trails. The hundreds of square miles of nearly vertical mountainsides […]
February’s Crescenta Valley Community Association meeting covered a number of local land use issues. Glendale City Council has adopted an interim ordinance to regulate Accessory Dwelling Units that is a compromise between the previous ban and the permissive state regulations. California has mandated that these units be handled via ministerial review; that is by planning […]
Washington’s Warning About Political Parties George Washington is universally recognized as our greatest president. Monday, Feb. 20, was the annual federal holiday specifically celebrating Washington’s Birthday. In his 1796 Farewell Address, he wrote prophetic words of wisdom about political parties. Here is an excerpt from that address. “[Political parties] are likely in the course of […]
Wild Times at CV’s Prohibition-era Speakeasy! It’s well known that the Crescenta Valley was a hotbed of illegal alcohol production and consumption during Prohibition. It was close enough to LA and Hollywood to make for easy access, yet remote enough geographically with its many hidden canyons to make law enforcement problematic. The remains of stills […]