Good News for Planetary Science and JPL In September 2003, the NASA mission Galileo plunged into Jupiter’s atmosphere after spending a decade orbiting the gas giant collecting data. With little fuel left, mission control sent the spacecraft on an intentional collision course with Jupiter to eliminate any possibility of the satellite contaminating one of its […]
The Tujunga Mining District Few realize that there was a significant gold rush in Big Tujunga Canyon in the late 1880s in what was then known as the “Tujunga Mining District.” This little known chapter of history is documented by my good friend Cecile Vargo in her history blog ExploreHistoriCalif.com, from which I draw most […]
Hi, CV! We hope you are settling in for another good, relaxing summer. You know there are plenty of free things to do in Los Angeles over the summer. Start “Googling” free concerts in L.A. or free movies in L.A. and you’ll get the gist. Today, I’m going to focus on four events that you’ll […]
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 […]