Hi, CV! On behalf of CV Alliance, we wish the Falcons the best of luck on your road to state. If you are watching football as I am, you are undoubtedly familiar with the anti-domestic violence commercials starring NFL players, #NoMore. If you want to learn more about this topic, come out tonight for the […]
Two major transportation issues have the potential to cause negative changes for the Crescenta Valley. As anyone who has lived in the area for any length of time knows, there is tremendous pressure to extend the 710 Freeway from its current end in Alhambra to connect to the Foothill (210) Freeway. International corporate interests and […]
The Man for Whom Mount Lukens is Named The namesake of the peak above the Crescenta Valley is Theodore Lukens, one of the founding citizens of Pasadena. He made a fortune in real estate in the late 1800s, was elected mayor of Pasadena, and was the president of the Pasadena National Bank. They named a […]
Hi, CV! It’s T-minus 14 days until winter break; our daughter is stressed. She has a ton of homework because each teacher thinks her/his class is the most important even though it is not. The annoying kid in her class won’t stop talking. The choir kids won’t stop singing. For the first time, teachers who […]
School Boards Battle it Out over Sagebrush The ongoing debate between the Glendale Unified School District (GUSD) and the La Cañada Unified School District (LCUSD) bring to mind the struggle the world is experiencing with Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, who is hell-bent on achieving power at the expense of logic […]
Historic 1927 Winter Wildfire Current drought conditions have made our hills drier than they have been in decades. Our “normal” fire season, typically summer and fall, is now year-round, and even this winter may see some big wildfires. But we have had major conflagrations outside of our normal fire season in the past. In the […]
Happy Thanksgiving, CV! Thanksgiving is all about the three Fs – family, football and food. When my older brother was in junior high, our entire family would participate in a local Thanksgiving tradition, “The Coconut Bowl.” His football team played a team from Willow Brook, Pennsylvania, and we housed players who had […]
In Search of Bipartisanship in the New Congress The American voters sent a message in the most recent midterm elections – that they are fed up with the conduct of the government and its endless, destructive bickering. Voters want Congress to find a way to work together and get things done that matter to ordinary […]
Los Angeles Wine Who knew that when someone spoke of California wines in the 1800s they were speaking of wine from Los Angeles? Or that during that era, the two largest wine producing regions in the United States were Los Angeles and sections of Missouri? Who would have thought that perhaps the first commercial […]
Hi, CV! We started our Teen Trials & Tribulations program to bring topics of broad interest to CV. In November we discussed emotional intelligence. Daniel Goleman identified five components of emotional intelligence: self-awareness, self-regulation, internal motivation, empathy and social skills (www.sonoma.edu). Melina Sardar, MA, illustrated this concept by sharing a story. A cousin who bullied […]