Newborn DNA Collection Raises Serious Privacy Concerns A government repository of the DNA of all children born? It sounds like something out of 20th century dystopian fiction. Surely, that can’t happen here, right? Actually, millions of newborns each year provide a blood sample to the state to be screened for congenital disorders. But what happens […]
Promises Made, Promises Kept? Many voters know the annual electrical fund transfer of approximately $20 million from GWP to the general fund violates the [Glendale] City Charter. When the city increases our electrical rates beyond the cost of delivery and does not meet the seven criteria of Prop 26, it is a back door tax. […]
Abandoned Mines Around Us Mining was a common pursuit in the Los Angeles area from the Spanish era through the American period until WWII when most mining ceased. The minerals searched for were (of course) gold, but also silver, copper, tin, coal and graphite. Even “liquid gold” – water – was mined in those early […]
Catching Up On Past Business and Looking Toward the Future Over the past few months the Crescenta Valley Town Council has been working on all types of issues in the community. At last month’s Council meeting several motions were made to finish up some old business as well as start on some new business. The […]
Hi, CV! Let’s recap our 2014-15 year: September – Teen Trials’ “How the Teenage Brain Learns” by Tina Givrad, DEA Drug Take Back, Strategic Partners meeting, CV Youth Alliance at CVHS, Healthy Living in a Changing World community conference at GCC. October – ID check at Oktoberfest, Paul Royer led four free parent sessions at […]
Our community is filled with wonderful, honest and responsible people, which is what makes it such a terrific place to live. I’ve always known that, but last night it was proven to me once more. Around 9:30 there was a knock at my door. Two young people … a young man and a girl … […]
Famous Artwork on the Front of a Local Bank There’s a very famous piece of public art on the edge of the Crescenta Valley that few locals have ever acknowledged. It’s mounted on the front of a local bank that I, and I’m sure most of my readers, have driven by hundreds of times and […]
Hi, CV! As the Glendale Unified School District (GUSD) Superintendent Dr. Sheehan leaves we must recognize and thank him for the benefits his leadership has brought to CV Alliance. Dr. Sheehan spoke at our June 2014 Strategic Partners meeting, giving everyone a snapshot into the richness of GUSD schools, student population and learning opportunities for […]
In loving memory of Tyler Mathew Sikora Time slips by so fast – can it be five years since our dear Tyler left us on May 20, 2010? We miss and love him more today than yesterday. Tyler was loved by everyone who knew him and he was a perfect role model for a […]
Attendees of the May 28 Crescenta Valley Community Assn. meeting learned of Art Simonian’s plan for three single-family, two-story homes facing Sycamore Avenue and a 20-unit, three-story condominium building on the Honolulu Avenue side of the property formerly occupied by the Mix night club. He is gathering community input early in the process and is […]