News from CV Alliance

Hi, CV! According to the latest Gallup poll, 58% of Americans favor legalization of marijuana, a record high. The only group opposing recreational use of marijuana are people 65 and older, and even their support has increased. It should come as no surprise that the group with the highest level of support is younger generations. […]

Treasures of the Valley » Mike Lawler

Angeles Crest Highway – Our Backyard Paradise One of my favorite drives is to climb up Angeles Crest Highway from La Cañada and explore some of the most spectacular scenery in Southern California. Any visitor from out of town, any dynamics in the weather – heck, any couple of free hours – provides an excuse […]

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

It was so nice to see such a great article on Fred Koegler and his long career as a Yosemite National Park ranger (“Still Riding High After 50 Years,” Oct. 15). I was a student of his at Verdugo Hills High School when he taught a semester-long forestry class in 1979. I loved that class […]

News from CV Alliance

Hi, CV! We are having a fun, family-friendly fundraiser on Saturday at Flappers Comedy Club in Burbank, 102 E. Magnolia.  Each ticket is $30 – and in addition you have to purchase two items (drinks, food) during the show – and you can buy the tickets online at flapperscomedy.com/Calendar/October 24. Free parking across the street […]

Treasures of the Valley » Mike Lawler

Famous Women of Rockhaven Sanitarium – Peggy Fears Rockhaven Sanitarium today stands as a monument to powerful and dynamic women. As a successful business run by powerful women, it attracted powerful women as patients. Besides the businesswomen and academics who spent their last years at Rockhaven, a number of show business ladies were patients as […]

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Rejects ‘Evenings’ Program It seems that the Glendale Community Development Dept. is [dipped] in beer and wine before even issuing a beer and wine permit to Starbucks (at Honolulu and Ocean View). Have you seen the sign they hung on Starbucks – they can’t even spell! Montrose stopped the Honolulu and Ocean View crosswalk dilemma. […]

Treasures of the Valley » Mike Lawler

Crescenta Valley Water and The Road to Glendale Annexation In last week’s column I described how the earliest settlers in CV in the late 1800s had enough water to survive on just by trapping and carefully distributing surface water. The winter runoff in the canyons was held in cisterns built of stone and mortar, then […]

News from CV Alliance

Hi, CV! “Do we fear our enemies more than we love our kids?” For some reason, that slogan popped into my mind and I knew what it meant. Do we fear stigma and loss of social status and our own demons so much that we’ve ruined our children? When your tooth hurts or your vision […]

NEWS FROM Cacramento »Mike Gatto

Avoid Probate, Save Money In California, to pass the contents of almost any asset – a bank account, a multi-million-dollar stock account, a car of any value – upon death, all an individual needs to do is fill out a simple “Payable On Death” form.  However, for most middle-class Californians, there is no easy way […]

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Says Charity Begins at Home   Congressman Adam Schiff believes that America should roll out the welcome mat for thousands of Syrian Refugees (“More Needs To Be Done To Help Syrian Refugees,” Viewpoints, Sept. 24). “The United States has been among the most generous of nations in contributing money and aid to help the refugees,” […]