Mike Lawler’s recent column about the proposed Verdugo Wash Bike Path (PVWBP) sounds like a commercial – all glowing promises, but I am sure residents can look at the wash for themselves and see it is not clear cut. One reader recently compared the PVWBP to the Chandler Bike Path in Burbank. The Burbank path […]
Hi, CV! We have the most diligent experts teaching our kids, like TUPE instructor Violet Mesrkhani, PhD. I may have confused you when sharing what a student said to her in one of the Tobacco Use Prevention Education classes, and she set the record straight. Violet warns that “the word ‘vaping’ or ‘vapor’ is usually […]
A Common Sense Solution for Midday and Late-Night Traffic It has happened to anyone who lives in Southern California. A late-night accident or mysterious slowing clogs the rightmost freeway lanes, while the carpool lane sits empty − a situation that seems to defy common sense. There is no reason why drivers should have to continue […]
Ananda Ashrama Today – Part 3 La Crescenta’s Ananda Ashrama went through some changes after its founder and leader Swami Paramananda died in 1940. Vedanta, a branch of Hinduism and Ananda Ashrama’s philosophical base, had its parent order in India. Although it was a gender inclusive philosophy – both sexes are ordained – traditional Indian […]
Hi, CV! Did you know four Marlboro Men died from smoking-related illnesses? I watch John Oliver’s HBO show, “Last Week Tonight” and learned this fact during his exposé on tobacco, specifically Big Tobacco. Google it for yourself. The language is raw; the facts are cold. While no mention was made of e-cigs, hookah or vaping, […]
When I had the honor of becoming CV Town Council president in 2014, one of the goals I set for Council was to start reaching out to our neighbors, not just within our unincorporated area, but our neighboring cities as well. Issues do not stop at Pennsylvania Avenue and Foothill Boulevard or Montrose Avenue. For […]
Ananda Ashrama – Part 2 Last week I wrote about Swami Paramananda coming to America from India, his establishment of the Vedanta Centre in Boston, and then his expansion to California in 1923 with the purchase of a ranch in La Crescenta. Swami Paramananda and his philosophy of Vedanta already had a good following from […]
Among the programs we have for parents, I want to encourage you to come to our top-notch parent sessions on Tuesday nights. You’ll learn something new, be reminded of something forgotten, and you’ll want to come back. Last week, Arsineh Ararat told parents that if you are doing your kid’s homework, you’re a friend. Be […]
Dear CV Town Council and Crescenta Commons Volunteers, We would like to sincerely thank you for providing the beautiful Crescenta Commons to our community and allowing us, the Bayles family, an opportunity to dedicate a bench in honor of our beloved late father, Calvin Bayles. All 39 Bayles members, including Calvin’s wife, seven children and […]
Ananda Ashrama – Part 1 Of the many “treasures of the Valley” that I write about, there are few as intriguing, as beautiful and, to most CV residents, as mysterious as the Ananda Ashrama. The Ashrama is a 120-acre spiritual retreat that lies hidden in the heart of CV, sandwiched between a residential neighborhood and […]