The Second Big Flood of 1934 Our tropical storm a few days ago reminds us of the dangers of flooding that we faced in the valley’s past … and who knows? Maybe in the future. Historically, most of us are aware that we had a huge flood on New Year’s Eve in 1934 that killed […]
Appreciates Local Coverage I, for one, do not subscribe to the CV Weekly for news that is out of our area. At the bottom of the masthead it reads The Foothills Community Newspaper. That is what I believe most of us want to read about – local business, history, political shenanigans, etc. and so forth. I […]
The Montrose Exposition of 1934 The Montrose merchants have always been good at promoting their charming shopping area. They have a wonderful spirit of cooperation. It was that attitude of mutual aid and teamwork that created the gorgeous tree-lined Montrose Shopping Park back in the late ’60s. And starting in the early 1920s, and continuing […]
Comments on ‘Contentious’ Hearing At its Aug. 15 meeting several city council members mentioned Glendale’s nickname, the Jewel City. After a long and contentious hearing on an appeal by members of the Glendale Homeowners Coordinating Council, Najarian, Asatryan and Kassakhian voted to allow a development that actually decreases affordable housing in central Glendale. They approved demolishing […]
Dear Community, I hope this letter finds you well amid a number of natural disasters here and farther away. Fortunately, the events in our immediate locale were milder. Such events are good reminders of why we always need to be prepared to respond to a range of events, particularly along the foothills where it’s a […]
Lancaster Lake in Sunland The Crescenta Valley has never had a real lake of its own. In years past we have had enough water collect in our debris basins to actually grow fish, but a couple of drownings decades ago ended that practice. To the west there were some lakes – Pop’s Willow Lake in […]
Consumers Deserve Transparent Ticket Pricing This has been inescapably the summer of the Eras Tour. This is Taylor Swift’s world and we’re all just living in it. But does anyone remember trying to buy those tickets? The price was enough to make a girl cry but, for the throngs of fans across the nation, […]
Directives for Schiff and CVW I am writing this letter to express my concerns with House representative Adam Schiff and Crescenta Valley Weekly. Firstly, I would like to ask Adam Schiff to speak about the rise of unaffordable and empty high-rises flooding Glendale’s streets. We see undeveloped streets filled with families stuffing themselves into Section […]
Working Hard in the Community In the midst of this very hot summer, the Crescenta Valley Town Council is hard at work representing the community. We attended National Night Out at the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station last week. It was a great opportunity for the community to come together with law enforcement and other first […]
The Murderess in the La Crescenta Hotel Last week I wrote about the Silver Tree Inn, also known as the La Crescenta Hotel, once located where Foster’s Donuts is at Rosemont Avenue and Foothill Boulevard. I wrote about the famous folks who stayed there, but there was one that was more infamous than famous – […]