The Twelve Oaks Debacle – CV Betrayed! My column usually concentrates on history, but this one is slightly different as we’re currently seeing history made right before our eyes. We’re seeing corporate greed and chutzpa on a scale the valley has never experienced before. There are many layers of greed to this story, but let […]
Everyone Knows It’s Windy (Especially in So Cal) Is it just me, or has anyone else had the song, “Windy” blowing around in their head lately? I realize I’m dating myself (something I do all too often, unfortunately), but that song by the ‘60s group, “The Association” was at the top of the pop charts […]
A Dose of Prevention: Protecting Our Teens from Medicine Abuse As parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, teachers, and other concerned adults, we spend a lot of time helping teens circumvent the challenges that could ground them for life. Perhaps one of the biggest challenges teens face is substance abuse. While we may talk to them about […]
Chastises Chase Regarding Jim Chase’s Oct. 3 article, “To The Tall Twerp I Almost Ran Over” [Viewpoints, My Thoughts Exactly]: I too travel the street next to CV High regularly and have often had close calls with students stepping off the curb. Just recently a teenage girl stepped off 10 feet in front of me. […]
The Czechoslovakian Hall of La Crescenta To recap last week’s article, Slovakian immigrant Henry Biescar, after prospering in Los Angeles around the turn of the century, retired to La Crescenta in 1915. The Slovakian community in Los Angeles was vibrant, and several cultural organizations for both Czechs and Slovaks thrived here. In 1928 several LA […]
To The Tall Twerp I Almost Ran Over I don’t know your name and can only make a logical guess at your age given that you are a Crescenta Valley High student. But your smug face and stupidly reckless actions are hard to forget. You are tall, with an average build and longish, blondish hair […]
Enthusiastic Response by Public On Wednesday, [Sept. 18] during the Chamber of Commerce Community Expo at USC Verdugo Hills Hospital, as a community service, we offered a document shredding service to residents and businesses. Everyone was so grateful to have a local secure method to dispose of old financial records to avoid documents falling into […]
More Petting of the Peeves Hey kids, it’s been almost a year since we last visited my kennel of pet peeves and frankly, they’re getting a little lonely. So let’s go visit, shall we? Pet Peeve #11: Running out of salsa when there are still plenty of chips left in the bag. Or vice versa. […]
Slovakian Henry Biescar Moves to La Crescenta Those who know CV’s history are familiar with the various ethnic and international groups that have made up our history. Starting with the Indians, then the Spanish and Mexicans and, into the ’20s and ’30s, the Italians and Germans. The Germans established Hindenburg Park which attracted German-Americans from […]
Greetings from CVDAPC! As our fiscal year ends, let’s take a look back. Here’s a quick list of things we’ve accomplished – largely with your help and support. I’m going to give you a preview of what’s to come in our Year 4 that begins on Oct. 1. • Welcomed Brian Landisi and Harry Leon […]