Sanitariums in CV – Hillcrest Sanitarium, Part 1 Hillcrest Sanitarium was one of the larger sanitariums in the valley, housing from 50 up to nearly 200 patients in several buildings between the late 1920s until the late 1960s. Although they started as a tubercular sanitarium, they treated a wide variety of chronic illnesses, and morphed […]
Pension Reform Voter anger [at] the constant raising of property taxes to feed government needs came to an abrupt end with the passage of proposition 13 over 30 years ago. June 5, 2012 will also be remembered as the beginning of the long decline of the public sector unions brought about by voter anger. The […]
Sanitariums in CV – Dr. Briggs, Utley’s, Kimball’s and Dunsmore As I said last week, there were many sanitariums in the early history of CV, mostly for the treatment of lung diseases. The valley’s pure air quality of the late 1880s and early 1900s brought them here and the foul air quality of the later […]
Holding Down the Fort I’ve had a uniquely special relationship with a certain coworker in my small office for the past 11-and-a-half years. In addition to the “normal” Monday through Friday, 8-to-5 business hours, he and I have worked closely together late into the night on too many occasions to count. We’ve been a team […]
Waiting on Construction Regarding the building that is being built where Plumb Crazy was located, I am going to wait until it is finished before I judge it. The raw shape and framing may not represent what the final outcome will look like. I wish my house was framed with the steel two-by-fours. I would […]
Glad I’m Dad At our house, Father’s Day has always been one of those holidays that sneak up on us. That’s because, somewhat like that kid we all knew in school whose birthday happened around Christmas every year, both my and my youngest son’s birthdays are always right smack dab on or near Father’s […]
Sanitariums in La Crescenta In my writings I’ve often referred to sanitariums as being one of the main industries of our early community. Today we generally think of sanitariums as being lockup facilities for the insane, but that was not the case in the early days of sanitariums. They were facilities to care for any […]
Sad Adieu to Dominick’s Yes, Dominick’s is a great loss to our area [“From Sad to Mad in Two Blocks,” My Thoughts Exactly, May 17]. We have lost many good restaurants over the past 10 years. I now have to go to Casa Bianca in Eagle Rock to get good pasta and pizza at a […]
Vicki Draves – How Olympic Gold Came To Montrose Indian Springs Resort was a well-loved recreation area in Montrose from the mid-1920s through the 1960s. It featured picnic areas, snack bars, tennis courts and riding stables, but its main attraction was an Olympic sized swimming pool with a high dive. Before everyone had a pool […]
The Dance of Diversity A church isn’t exactly the first place you think of going to be inspired by dancing – especially dances with names like “the Dougie,” “Cha Cha Slide” or “Cupid Shuffle.” What happened at the church my wife and I attend last Sunday afternoon, however, was inspirational beyond, well … beyond belief. […]