Why is Some of Crescenta Valley a Part of Glendale? The answer is simple and basic to life in Southern California – water. It’s the commodity that has played a major role in the development of nearly every community here. In the late 1940s, the Crescenta Valley was experiencing a population boom. Millions of veterans […]
L.A. Freeways? Not so fast. It’s official. There’s no longer anything free about L.A.’s freeways. By way of explanation, I’ve had several “opportunities” already this year to make the round trip drive to LAX. Getting there has never been easy. Before the opening of the I-105 (Century Freeway) in 1993, the fastest route from the […]
Greetings from CVDAPC! Like Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, we have something “for children of all ages,” and we hope to see you there! 1) Community & Family Summit on Thursday, March 14, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at CVHS MacDonald Auditorium — Do you want your child to thrive? The Coalition […]
Weighs in on Gun Show I’ve always admired the Glendale City Council in the past for resisting the shrill voices of the anti-gun show enthusiasts. I hope that admiration on this issue won’t also be a thing of the past. I’ve watched the council meetings with the people – pro and con – discussing this: […]
Doggone Few Options The last thing I want to be is “that guy” who corners innocent bystanders and forces them to look at 32 gigs worth of iPhone photos of his kids or grandkids. Or new puppy. That said, if you can stand one more column about our new dog, I promise it will be […]
Abandoned Missile Sites Around Us Those of us who lived through the Cold War remember it as a time of fear of attack at any moment. Russia had its guns loaded, pointed at us, and fingers twitching on the trigger, and we had our guns trained on them. In the ’50s, before the advent of […]
What Makes Kids Thrive? Most people would agree that raising kids is one of the most challenging roles we will face in our lifetime. Jackie Kennedy Onassis once said, “If you bungle raising your children, I don’t think whatever else you do matters very much.” As parents, we need all the resources and help that […]
CVW Keeps Her Informed Thank you to Robin and CV Weekly for keeping your readers informed about the happenings in our area. Because of the early notice in your paper, I was one of the lucky 200 that bought our books early and was able to meet Julie Andrews and have her autograph her new […]
A Bad Case of Puppy Love Since today is Valentine’s Day, I’m going to put myself out there and officially declare to the teeming masses that I am irrevocably, unashamedly, unabashedly in love with a new Valentine who I only met for the first time less than three weeks ago. But I’m okay with that. […]
Oldest House in CV Still Stands – But Not in CV! Shopping at Traders Joe’s in Montrose recently, I was approached by a lady asking about Pickens Cabin. She knew some about it – first permanent structure built here back in the 1800s, a little homesteader’s cabin – and she mentioned that she had seen […]