So many things and so little time. This month’s article will read more like a calendar of community notices events and invitations. So without any further ado let’s jump right in: CV Town Council Land Use meeting on Thursday, May 14 at 6:30 p.m. in the La Crescenta Library Community Room, 2809 Foothill […]
Hi, CV! If you follow us on Facebook or Twitter, you know we keep up on alcohol and drug use and abuse. Professionals and academics are now using the clinical term “substance use disorders” as we move into a disease-based approach to this insidious situation. After a lovely weekend, I’m sharing a zeitgeist snapshot, what […]
Glendale has a new councilmember, Vartan Gharpetian, and the council selected Ara Najarian to be mayor for the next year. Congratulations to both, and to Paula Devine who won reelection. Congratulations also to GUSD Board of Education incumbent Nayiri Nahabedian and newcomer Jennifer Freemon and to returning Glendale Community College board members Tony Tartaglia and […]
1934 New Year’s Flood and the Years After After the disaster of the big flood there was much work to do. The Red Cross provided the bulk of the relief efforts for survivors, bringing in food, medical supplies and temporary shelter. Service groups from the valley were extremely active, although their numbers were small – […]
V E Day, 70 years later Tomorrow, May 8, will be the 70th anniversary of V E Day, marking the end of the Second World War in Europe. Adolph Hitler had committed suicide on April 30, as Allied Forces were entering Berlin. Officials of Nazi Germany’s Third Reich signed a military surrender […]
Hi, CV! Bloomington, Ind. (AP) – Authorities have filed preliminary murder charges against a man in the death of an Indiana University student whose body was found in a rural area not long after she was reported missing. State Police Sgt. Curt Durnil says 49-year-old Daniel E. Messel of Bloomington was arrested Friday in the […]
The Morning After the 1934 New Years Flood As New Year’s Day broke through a drizzle, scenes of devastation were revealed. The flashflood of the night before had bulldozed straight across the valley from the canyons – Hall-Beckley, Pickens, Goss, Shields, Ward, Dunsmore and Cook – clearing hundred-yard wide paths through neighborhoods. Those in houses […]
Saving Water, But Paying More Clean, reliable water is a basic human need and fundamental to our way of life. Most people do a good job conserving this precious resource, but still see their water bills going up – why? The short answer is that rate increases are driven by the need to replace old […]
Carry ID At All Times An elderly man collapsed in the street in front of my house at 7 a.m. [last week]. He went down hard, hit his head on the pavement, was bleeding from the impact and was unresponsive. A neighbor was walking her dog, saw the man fall and shouted for help. I […]
Hi, CV! To summarize last week’s talks: Hi, my name is Dan* and I’m an alcoholic. Hi, my name is Tina and I love the teenage brain. A grant due date and moving have me behind the 8 ball. Here’s an assignment written by my daughter; she got 22/25: I volunteered for CV Alliance, a […]