March of Dimes and the Crescenta Valley’s ‘Porchlight Parade’ Polio was a scourge in the early and middle part of the last century. It was a disease that paralyzed the muscles of the body and, most heart breaking, it mostly struck kids and young people. There were waves of infection, often in summer. Just like […]
Confessions of a ‘Collector’ In my opinion, the difference between a collector and a hoarder comes down to the perspective of the person who is in it versus the person who is observing it. For some people who live a minimalist lifestyle, they just can’t understand why other people surround themselves with a lot of […]
Junk Fees Imagine my shock when I showed up at Walt Disney Concert Hall to buy a ticket for the Halloween night screening of the 1925 classic “The Phantom of the Opera” billed as “Horror in the Hall.” The real horror was not the price of a seat in the last row of the balcony ($64) or the […]
A New Market Opens in Montrose 1939 Store openings may be grand events today but nothing compares to supermarket openings in the past. Supermarket openings back then were over the top, goofy extravaganzas. Take for example the 1939 opening of the new Fitzsimmons Market in a large building on the northeast corner of Verdugo Boulevard […]
Dear Community, There has been an increasing amount of armed conflict abroad. Although our service toward public interest is focused on this community, we are concerned with public interest overall and our hearts extend to all those affected by the recent and ongoing tragedies. On the home front, we’ve welcomed respite from the spate of […]
Glendale’s Oak of Peace and The Power of Women The Oak of Peace was a giant oak tree that once grew in front of the Catalina Verdugo Adobe in the Verdugo Woodlands. It was under this oak in 1847 that representatives of the American Army and the forces of the Californios negotiated terms of surrender. […]
Wrapping Up a Successful Legislative Year Next year is my last year in the California State Assembly. And while I have always fought to pass meaningful, largely environmentally focused, laws I was determined that this year would be one of my biggest and most impactful since 2016 when I took office in Sacramento. We all […]
As we move into the fall season, the Crescenta Valley Town Council is hard at work in the community. We are proud to announce that our annual pancake breakfast will be held this Saturday, Oct. 14 from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. at St. Luke’s of the Mountains church located at the corner of Rosemont […]
Long Lost Community Names Developers and land speculators have left their marks on the Crescenta Valley in the form of town names. La Crescenta, Montrose and Flintridge are all civic names we are familiar with, yet they started as mere subdivisions, the names chosen by the developer/land owners. Some of the names live on in […]
Good-bye to a Longtime Friend Recently Jenny, the owner of Classy Cuts in Montrose, suddenly passed away. We had started going to Classy Cuts in 1997 and her service with a smile kept us as customers for over 25 years. She did the hair for both of our daughters for their proms at CV High and their hair […]