News from CV Alliance
Hi, CV! On Oct. 1, our new board president is Bill Flanders, lead pastor at First Baptist Church-La Crescenta. Vice presidents are Ana-Marie Schaefer, director, Healthy Living, YMCA of the Foothills and Sona Hovsepian, MSW, family therapist at Glendale Adventist Alcohol and Drug Services. Jean Maluccio and Susan Dubin continue as secretary and treasurer, respectively. […]
Treasures of the Valley » Mike Lawler
The History of Foothill Boulevard, Part 1 In a regional sense, today’s Foothill Boulevard is one of the major streets of Los Angeles, stretching 60 miles from San Bernardino to Newhall. But locally, we consider “our” Foothill Boulevard to be the portion that runs straight as an arrow from the Arroyo Seco to just beyond […]
News from CV Alliance
Hi CV! Tonight, members of our Youth Alliance will be at the CV Town Council meeting to share a report from the National Youth Leadership Institute they attended in July. Our Youth Alliance is an official club at CVHS and had a table at the Club Expo. They also meet on the first and third […]
NEWS FROM SACRAMENTO » MIKE GATTO
Protecting Seniors – a Top Priority Seniors are among society’s most vulnerable communities. They often have limited mobility, a fixed income and live alone or rely on others for certain aspects of care. Unfortunately, even when supportive family members are present, misinformation and fear often make seniors less likely to report when they are the […]
OPINION
Notes on the Armenian American Identity By Kevork KURDOGHLIAN My great-grandfather was born in the Ottoman Empire. He had a business, a family and a community. He fled to avoid the massacre that would become known as the Armenian Genocide, which officially began on April 24, 1915. Of course he could have stayed in his […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
A Day to Celebrate Every Year? On Friday, 9/12/14, though not allowed access behind the gates, the Friends of Rockhaven set up our EZ-up and camp chairs and awaited the curious. We had a blast! People who knew about it but wanted more information stopped by. People who only knew it by its exterior asked […]
Treasures of the Valley » Mike lawler
Historical Highlights for Your Tour of La Crescenta For those who take part in Friday’s Celebrate La Crescenta 91214 tour, here’s some interesting history tidbits to make some of the stops on the tour just a little more compelling. The first stop is Rosemont and Fairway where a memorial was dedicated to those who died […]
News From the CV Town Council » Robbyn Battles
9/11 Memories A time to remember a time we never will forget. Time stood still 13 years ago and as a community we will remember together. Starting at 9:11 a.m. today many of us will stand in front of our fire stations, schools and along Foothill Boulevard as a procession of cars led by the […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
9-11-01 If you’re old enough, you will always remember where you were on 9/11/01 when you heard that a plane had flown into the World Trade Center. Eventually the second tower and the Pentagon were hit by planes. Later we learned that a fourth airliner crashed into the Pennsylvania countryside when a number of brave […]