Glendale Water & Power and the Drought The State of California is in the fourth year of one of the most severe droughts ever recorded. In the last few months, records have been set for the highest temperatures and driest conditions for this time of year. This has prompted Gov. Brown to issue several executive […]
Star Trek’s Wil Wheaton Spent His Teen Years in CV Actor Wil Wheaton is probably best known for his role as boy-genius Ensign Wesley Crusher on the iconic series “Star Trek: The Next Generation.” He was a regular on the popular series from 1987 through 1990, the very years he spent as a teenager living […]
History Repeats Itself In a coincidence that our small town within the metropolis allows, Stuart Byles and I were recently extolling the pleasures and benefits of people of different beliefs being able to work toward shared goals. He and I both volunteer in historic preservation efforts though in other areas we diverge. He […]
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 […]