Montrose Search and Rescue – A Water Mine Tragedy I’m next going to cover a tragedy that took place in our valley relatively recently. Because of that, I’m going to leave out the names and locations surrounding the terrible event. I write about it now, not to bring up bad memories for the families […]
Congratulations to Glendale City Council incumbents Ara Najarian and Zareh Sinanyan who retained their seats in the April 4 election and to Vrej Agajanian who will have joined them on the dais by the time this is published. I also send best wishes for a successful term to City Clerk Ardy Kassakhian, City Treasurer Rafi […]
On April 24, the world recognized the 102nd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, a campaign of murder, rape and forced displacement carried out against the Armenian people by the Ottoman Empire. There is no historical doubt that the Genocide occurred. It took the lives of 1.5 million men, women and children and obliterated the Armenian […]
Montrose Search and Rescue – Mine Rescues Besides all the amazing rescue services the Montrose Search and Rescue team performs – finding lost hikers, snow rescues, wildfire rescues, cars and motorcycles off the mountain roads, and finding crashed airplanes – they also have a mine rescue team, currently the only full team in the state. […]
SB 808 Would Rein-In Charter Schools The current system for approving charter schools in the state of California is broken. Rather than creating space for innovation and creativity to improve public education as a whole, the system is being abused and as a result we see inadequate charter schools failing our precious children. Locally elected […]
Montrose Search and Rescue – What’s It Like To Get Lost and Rescued? In a sharp contrast from our last traumatic and tragic story, here’s a story of a much less dramatic rescue that took place in the summer of 1990. Dan and Jane Rollins relayed the tale of Dan’s rescue by the MSAR after […]
Water Conservation On Friday, April 7 Gov. Jerry Brown officially declared that our historic drought was over thanks to the immense amount of rainfall we received this winter. With our snowpack reservoir reaching 178% and the City of Los Angeles reaching 141% of historical averages as of this month. While these numbers bode well for […]
More Taxes and More Lawbreakers [Robin Goldsworthy’s] editorial, “Cheering our Supervisor” (CV Weekly, April 13), says it all. Though it was not the first time in my life, it was one of the rare occasions in my life when I agree and applaud any editorial fully. Of course you have given enough reasons to contemplate […]
Montrose Search and Rescue – Kid’s Hike to Mt. Lukens Turns Deadly, Part 2 Last week I recounted how in 1972 a group of five neighborhood kids, ranging from 15-year-old Barbara to 11-year-old Timmy, took a day hike to Mt. Lukens to visit the snow that had just fallen. They got too cold, started […]
210 Updates, Prom Plus Info and More Our shared condition – the saga of the pavement rehabilitation project for the I-210 – continues to keep our community busy and alert. Please continue to drive safely. As Caltrans advises, “Motorists should anticipate delays, plan ahead and use alternate routes. Construction signs and changeable message signs […]