In the Darkness After the 1934 New Years Flood The great flood of New Year’s 1934 came and went in a matter of minutes. A couple of weeks of steady rain in late December had set the stage for a massive surge of rock and mud from the mountains. The flood came right at midnight, […]
Recognizing the Armenian Genocide One Hundred Years Later One hundred years ago this week, the Ottoman Empire in its dying throes undertook a systematic effort to exterminate the Armenian and Assyrian people. They did so through a campaign of mass killing and displacement which saw 1.5 million Armenians killed and millions more forced to flee […]
History Repeats Itself I’ve always enjoyed reading Mike Lawler’s columns on our local history. It’s always enlightening. Especially reminding us of the great propensity for catastrophic flooding in our valley during this time of drought. It’s a great tonic, showing us that it is the natural way of things here, the alternation of flood and […]
Hi, CV! Tonight, Thursday, is our final Teen Trials & Tribulations for the school year. Tina Givrad, PhD, really likes kids and is fascinated by how their brains form and function. And she really likes CV because this is the third speech she’s given to us on this topic! She invites you to bring your […]
Flood Stories – Tales from The American Legion Hall Like the armchair adventurer, we can now look back on the cold terror of the 1934 New Year’s Flood from the comfort of a warm spring day. Here is another story from our valley’s greatest tragedy from over 80 years ago. This took place at the […]
Foothills Relay for Life Brings Awareness of Those in Need, and How We Can Help Few community events are more powerful to experience than the Foothills Relay for Life, an annual event held at Clark Magnet High School to raise money for the American Cancer Society and bring heightened awareness of the more than […]
Hi, CV! We don’t want our daughter to drink, although I hope that she goes to at least one party where teens drink flavored vodka in Gatorade bottles while I’m a text away. Since April is Alcohol Awareness Month, and college acceptance letters are in, what’s going on after high school? According to the National […]
Some things you may not know about the Crescenta Valley Town Council. Did you know the CVTC has a Land Use Committee? An even better question, do you know what they do? Did you know the CVTC is working with the County to have the signage code enforced so the illegal signage and banners along […]
Flood Stories – “They Reported Us Dead!” It’s another beautiful spring day, so let’s recount another story of cold, wet terror from our famous midnight flood of New Year’s 1934. After a sudden colossal downpour, 20-foot high walls of rocks, mud and debris tore down out of the mountains, and in the inky blackness, plowed […]
Hi, CV! Scheduling updates kick off this column. We will hold our final two Parent Sessions of this school year on April 14, “A Positive Community,” with Pastor Bill Flanders, our board president and April 21, “Drugs and Teens: A Parent’s Perspective,” with Anonymous. Our final Teen Trials & Tribulations presentation for parents and teens […]