Looking for Mr. Good Bark When this edition of the CV Weekly is published, it will be one day short of exactly five months since we said goodbye to our remaining family dog. Not that I’m acutely, achingly, painfully aware of the exact day that old guy left us, or anything like that. You may […]
It has been an amazing honor to represent so many great communities in the State Assembly over the past six years. The support I received on election night six years ago and during my entire time in office since then has filled my whole family with encouragement and inspiration. You have welcomed me into your […]
Few today know the name of Stephen Seymour Thomas, but in the first half of the 1900s he was a well known American artist. His specialty was portraits, and he painted the rich and famous of that era – captains of industry, statesmen, prominent scientists, governors – all the way up to the presidential portrait […]
What’s Hot in Swat This column was due to the publisher on Election Day, so I don’t know which side of the American populace is celebrating now and which is packing suitcases to leave for more civilized shores. (I have my hopes and hunches, but they are only that as I simultaneously write this and […]
Well Earned Applause On Sunday, Nov. 4, a young family set up a lemonade and cookie stand at the corner of La Crescenta and Los Olivos avenues, with proceeds of their sales and donations to go to the Red Cross in support of Hurricane Sandy relief. By Monday morning a sign was posted: “Thanks to […]
Montrose History Book on the Horizon There have been two books and one DVD released in the last few years on the history of the Crescenta Valley (“Images of America: La Crescenta,” “Crescenta Valley – Then and Now” and the DVD “Rancho La Cañada: Then and Now”), but that pace of book releases is now […]
Hoping (and Voting) for Change Author’s note: What follows are my own opinions, not written as reporting and do not necessarily reflect those of the publisher of this newspaper, its staff, delivery crew, next door neighbors, children or pets. Next Tuesday, those of us who vote will have our quadrennial opportunity to help determine the […]
New Book Out About the 1934 Flood The Great Crescenta Valley Flood, New Year’s Day 1934 – it was one of the most dynamic events in California history and was, for most, unexpected. It was particularly terrifying because it came in total darkness, its arrival signaled by a rumbling like an approaching freight train and […]
No Neutering, Please After La Crescenta’s enchanting visit from a bear this past summer, we took the time to christen him “Meatball” after his favorite dumpster dish where he’d dined prior to splashing in someone’s pool to cool off. He was captured and moved to temporary housing while his future was being decided. The community […]
Another Wonder-full Week It’s been several months since I last did a “wonder” dump in this space, so batten down the hatches. I wonder … if we’ll ever again see gas sold in California for under $4 a gallon? I laugh (because I don’t want to sob) when I hear newscasters now cheerfully asking, “How […]