Cellphone Towers: Emotion vs Common Sense I read Tom Suter’s letter to the editor [Viewpoints, March 20]. I retired in 1999 from AT&T. I knew Tom and later became a ham radio operator. He is right on; the people who take on these causes are very ignorant of the technology. I guess emotion has replaced […]
Sad Announcement It is with a heavy heart that after failed attempts to sell The Flowering Tree that I am looking at having to close after 23 years serving the community. Health and financial reasons have led to this decision. It is a sad commentary that the store will be added to a dying breed […]
The Little Hills in Our Valley – Dunham and Reynolds Hills Unnoticed by nearly everyone are three small hills, only a couple hundred feet high, located oddly on the surface of the valley floor. The most storied of the hills, Collins Hill, I’ll write about next week. This column will talk about Dunham and Reynolds […]
L.A. Does the Shamrock Shake One of the more entertaining benefits of living in Southern California is to experience our semi-frequent earthquakes and then watch the hilarious news coverage that ensues. Last Monday morning, for example, found our local high def doofuses in classic form. As the ground shook at 6:25 a.m. on St. Patrick’s […]
Prevention Works Keep a kid from taking drugs and drinking alcohol, and they won’t develop habits that include risky behaviors. They won’t think they need medicine to study. They won’t invite bad luck into their lives because bad things often happen to good people. And, in certain families, they won’t trigger the addiction gene. CV […]
Suicide Prevention … It’s Everyone’s Business Our community has been deeply impacted by multiple youth suicides in the last few years. For every death, there are family members and friends that are left grieving and trying to survive without a loved one. A report from the National Institute of Health stated, “In 2009, suicide was […]
Quality of Life Just Fine As a La Cañada homeowner for over a decade, I know this city is an affluent bedroom community of private homes – and that most residents want to keep their property values high, their schools prestigious, businesses prosperous, and the community relatively crime-free. The recent La Cañada City Council action […]
Early CV’s Aum Temple of Universal Truth California has always been a place where alternative religions could take root and flourish. By alternative, I mean outside of the standard Christian faith of Protestant and Catholic. Our valley has been home to three such religious movements: the Ananda Ashrama at the top of Pennsylvania Avenue, founded […]
iDriving Our New Computer (Pt. 2) Last weekend as I was making sure all of our assorted clocks, watches, coffee makers, appliances and cars had all “sprung forward,” I remembered that I hadn’t yet written Part 2 of my tale of technological troubles in driving the car we bought last summer. My bad. To recap: […]
The Route to the Crescenta-Cañada Valley in 1880 In 1880, the Crescenta-Cañada Valley was beginning to attract settlers. The Lantermans and Williams had been selling lots for a few years in La Cañada. Dr. Benjamin Briggs was soon to buy the Crescenta Valley and open it up for development. So about this period we begin […]