Looking Back on the Days of Summer The last day of school for the kids was on Tuesday and it started me reminiscing about my summer vacations. My friends and I couldn’t wait for that last school bell to ring marking our two and a half months of freedom. Freedom from classrooms, freedom from homework, […]
Remembering Joe & Marian Mirsky – The “Honorary Grandparents” of CVHS Special thanks to the Crescenta Valley Town Council for honoring Joe and Marian Mirsky at the May 31 Arbor Day celebration. Joe was noticed by CV Principal Sam Nicholson walking around the track, recovering from a heart issue. Sam invited Joe to walk […]
New Book! ‘Wicked Crescenta Valley’ Books on the history of the Crescenta Valley have been numerous in the last few years, and more are coming! There are two out in the next couple of weeks – “Wicked Crescenta Valley”, available now, and “Frontier Days in Crescenta Valley: Portraits of Life in the Foothills”, which releases […]
On Downtown Development As more and more multi-housing projects go up in the downtown area, I keep asking where is Mike Mohill to put on the brakes? Mr. Mohill is for smart growth and not run-away growth…approximately 3,800 new apartments are in the pipeline… congestion and traffic will only worsen. High rises are being dumped […]
The Drought and Crescenta Valley Water Governor Brown declared a statewide drought in January 2014 urging all Californians to voluntarily reduce their water usage by 20%. This action was followed by an executive order in late April further emphasizing the severity of the drought and calling for all Californians to conserve water in every way […]
Elliot Rodger raises many avenues for analysis including, but not limited to, mental illness, misogyny, alienation, guns, and safety net systems. There is much to say, but for now, I’m leaving those words to experts. Instead, I suggest you keep a good thought for understanding, recovery and humanity. My daughter would rather talk to her […]
Federal Governments Overreach Into Education The Strong Start for America’s Children Act, SB 1697 will be using federal dollars to create universal preschool programs. In addition, money would be used to fund the “Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program” which was created in the Affordable Care Act. What is the federal government’s agenda […]
The Briggs Water Tower – The Oldest House in CV? I’m often asked, “What is the oldest house in the Valley?” The answer is complicated as the earliest house built in the valley is Theodor Pickens’ cabin, constructed on Briggs Terrace in 1871. But it was relocated intact to Henninger Flats up in the San […]
An Exciting Return to the Unknown Planetary science is back. After many years of struggle and difficult budgets that threatened America’s pre-eminence in planetary science, Congress is poised once again to make a major investment in exploring our universe and beyond. During the worst of the Great Recession, many parts of the NASA budget took […]
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month I had the chance to staff a table at NAMI/Glendale’s screening of the movie, “Call Me Crazy.” NAMI is the National Alliance on Mental Illness. The only statistic I knew was 90% of people who die by suicide have a diagnosable mental disorder, though not all are diagnosed […]