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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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,” […]
Where We Are Now and Where Are We Going? As the year draws closer to an end and everyone starts to switch their minds to holiday mode, I wanted to take this opportunity to bring you up to date on some old business and let you know where we are going with some new business […]
Hi, CV! CV Alliance’s first fundraiser is on Saturday, Oct. 24 from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Flappers Comedy Club in beautiful downtown Burbank (Magnolia and First). The club is easily accessible, Burbank has lots of free parking, and the comics are teen-friendly. Throw in support for prevention efforts in our community and there […]
Early Development of Crescenta Valley’s Water When we choose a home site in CV today, we think of schools, traffic, proximity to stores or views. But in the late 1800s, the earliest settlers had only one consideration to keep in mind when choosing their home site – availability of water. Thus when the first American […]
I’ve written previously about La Crescenta’s failed attempt at cityhood in ’64. There are many locally who wonder why we don’t try it again. La Cañada Flintridge went through its own failed attempts at self-governance before finally achieving success in 1976. It strikes me as ironic that La Cañada should achieve cityhood before La Crescenta. […]
Hi, CV! We want to thank everyone for coming out to the Rx Drug Take-back on Saturday. Officer Joe Allen, GPD, got a text saying we removed 28 boxes of unwanted medicines from our community! That’s great! Big thanks to everyone who volunteered from the DEA, Glendale Police, CV Sheriff’s Station Volunteers, and the Community […]