Crescenta Valley Rocks! You may be thinking that this column will be about geology – about the many rocks one finds in the Crescenta Valley – but it is not. When I say “rocks,” I mean the slang verb and, yes, the pun is intentional. This town rocks! I love it here, and I have […]
Congratulations, hello and goodbye are all in order from the Crescenta Valley Town Council this month. Let me first start with congratulations. Just in case you had not heard, the Crescenta Valley High School varsity football team earned the title of CIF Southeast Division champions on Friday night. This has not been done since 1973. […]
Thanks to Montrose Parade Committee Thank you to Cheryl Davis and the Montrose Christmas Parade Assn. volunteers for their efforts and energy for putting together another great Christmas parade for all of us! It is events like this that make me glad I am raising my daughter in La Crescenta. It reminds me of growing […]
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 […]