Flood Stories Since the weather is now perfect, and rain is once again a distant memory, I’d like to contrast this perfection with a few stories of our greatest weather related disaster, the great flood of New Year’s Day 1934. Our weather here is similar to a popular description of war: “Long periods of boredom, […]
Harmonious or chaotic? Is your household always harmonious or mostly chaotic? Do you remember when you first fell in love? Do you remember when you had butterflies, constant happiness and yearning to be with the other person? Everyone should feel these thoughts with everyone they are close to forever and always. It should be that […]
A Weaver Legacy Councilman Weaver never takes responsibility for his poor judgment on the council dais. [He] approved approximately 4,000 new apartments and condos, which will generate more trash and will reduce the life of the city’s only landfill in Glenoaks Canyon. [He] approved every electric and water rate increase. In 1997, […]
Thanks to Jan SooHoo and Susan Bolan of the No 710 Action Group for providing the attendees at the March 26 Crescenta Valley Community Assn. meeting information on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement on the 710 Extension project. Susan is also a member of the CVCA Steering Committee. They shared their preliminary impressions of the […]
Jim Morrison and The Doors Played a Concert at CV High School It sounds incredible but it’s true. On May 26, 1967, one of the biggest rock groups of the ‘60s, The Doors, played a short set for students in MacDonald Auditorium at our own Crescenta Valley High School. Accounts of this concert come to […]
My husband Scott and I watched, “Out of Reach,” the documentary we showed on Tuesday night about teens abusing pills. I asked how he would describe it and he said, “Behind-the-scenes look” and he’s right! The filmmaker didn’t know what was going on in his own school so he made a movie for adults equally […]
U.S. Needs to Catch Up on Implementing Earthquake Early Warning System While the United States is the most technologically advanced country in the world, we still lag dangerously behind other countries in implementing one key technology that can save lives, property and infrastructure – an earthquake early warning system. Imagine getting a warning a few […]
Scams Target Seniors of All Backgrounds If you haven’t read Robin Goldsworthy’s publisher’s note from last week’s CV Weekly recounting reporter Mary O’Keefe’s run-in with an attempted scam against her mother, I hope you do. I was extremely grateful to Robin for reiterating the need to be informed about financial and other forms of abuse […]
Orange Spaghetti? Silly String? UFO Droppings? What Is It?! You’ve seen it, and no doubt wondered what the heck it was – tangles of bright yellow or orange string that cover plants, usually out in the chaparral, but sometimes in your yard as well. There are currently great masses of it on either side of […]
At our March Strategic Partners meeting we heard an update on Prop 47, the Reduced Penalties for Some Crimes Initiative. In November 2014, 59.61% of voters supported Prop. 47 backers’ argument that it would reduce prison overcrowding by reclassifying most “non-serious and nonviolent property and drug crimes” from a felony to a misdemeanor. Sounds good […]