Goodbye to a Great Brother This week I fully intended to write about the spectacle of the ongoing Sochi Winter Olympics. Then, a little before 9 p.m. Tuesday night last week, our house phone rang. There’s a song with a lyric that says, “We’re all only a phone call away from our knees…” This was […]
Greetings from CV Alliance Thank you for visiting our website! Google Analytics tells us that you spend about five minutes on our site, visiting four pages! “Bullying Prevention” efforts within Glendale Unified School District (GUSD) is being presented tonight from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at CV High’s library, 2900 Community Ave. We put together […]
Stunned At What She Read My letter is in regards to the startling information given by Suzy Jacobs, executive director of CV Alliance in [the Jan. 30] edition of the CV Weekly. I was first offended in reading that 85% of NFL players participated in [the] Super Bowl with a concussion. Then I had to […]
More Rockhaven Sanitarium Ghost Stories As most of us in CV already know, Rockhaven Sanitarium is one of the brightest stars in the valley’s history. From 1923 to 2006, Rockhaven provided the absolute best of care to women with mild mental disabilities. Ladies who had often lived lives of great achievement were able to finish […]
Tujunga’s Abandoned Cemetery Recently I accompanied the Historical Society of the Crescenta Valley on a tour of the Verdugo Hills Cemetery in Tujunga. This cemetery was abandoned in the late ’70s, and has been maintained by local volunteers since then. It’s currently under the loving care of volunteer Herrold Egger who opened the normally padlocked […]
A Super Sunday of Advertising (Author’s note: I will continue soon with Part 2 of my lamentations on the technological tempests involved with operating our new car. But first, this commercial break.) On Sunday there was an annual televised spectacle that millions of viewers tuned in to watch. In every corner of the world, large […]
1) Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman died with a needle in his arm and a myriad of prescription drugs in his system. According to Dr. Drew Pinsky, more people will die from opioids in the next 30 days than were killed in the attack of 9/11. He said, “Pills get [addiction] going, and heroin finishes [life]. […]
It’s unlikely that teenagers will ever express complete adoration for their parents. But we may be able to earn their appreciation in the long term, when young adults reflect on how our community worked to provide a safe and secure final phase of their formative years. Why? Technology has created an increasingly connected world where […]
Programs available for legislative, executive, and judicial branches. I am proud to announce that the prestigious Capitol Fellows programs are currently accepting applications for the 2014-15 fellowship class. These fellowships are excellent opportunities for local students and others to gain firsthand knowledge of the operations of the three branches of state government, and represent their […]
The Battle of Mountain Oaks As I’ve related in my past two columns, the small neighborhood of Mountain Oaks has a fascinating history – speakeasy, resort, real estate scam, development battleground, and semi-rural paradise for the handful of lucky homeowners who live in the 45 acres of oak-covered hillsides. But another fascinating and far-reaching […]