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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Her Reason for Being There Thanks to the CV Weekly for reporting on the Montrose Peace Vigil [“Search for Peace at Ocean View and Honolulu,” April 12]. It’s helpful for the people who drive by to know more about the background of the weekly demonstrations. As a person who has stood for peace on the […]
Treasures of the Valley » Mike lawler
National News in Montrose – The Gettle Kidnapping It seems Montrose just couldn’t stay out of notoriety in the 1930s. Just four months after the great Montrose Flood of New Year, in a neighborhood still devastated by that flood, a nationally famous kidnapping took place with spectacular “gangbusters” style arrests at the culmination. William Gettle […]
My Thoughts, Exactly » Jim Chase
Treasured Time One of my favorite bumper stickers is the one that reads, “If I’d known grandkids were so much fun, I would have had them first,” which is similar to what author Gore Vidal advised: “Never have children, only grandchildren.” Good luck with that. I’m in a grandparenting state of mind because this past […]
Treasures of the Valley » Mike lawler
La Crescenta Motel as a Movie Location Last week I talked about the origins of the May-Lane Motel, now the La Crescenta Motel. Sadly its fate for the last decade has been tenuous. In 2002 it was purchased for development, and since then a variety of plans, from assisted living apartments to office/retail, have been […]
My Thoughts, Exactly » Jim Chase
Our Mickey Mouse Experience So, my wife and I celebrated our anniversary this month at Disneyland Park in Anaheim. But you figured that out already, right? Being old school types, we opted not to do the whole “Park Hopper” thing and stayed within the original, classic Disneyland. Then again, I’ve never really understood the concept […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Thanking the Special People On Saturday, April 21 something very special happened in the Crescenta Valley. There was a gathering of over 800 people … students, community leaders and neighbors who came together for a Special Olympics Track and Field Meet at Crescenta Valley High School. It was a beautiful day, not because the sun […]
Treasures of the Valley » Mike lawler
May-Lane Motel Memories There are many buildings along Foothill Boulevard that echo the past, and the La Crescenta Motel on the corner of Foothill and Briggs is one of the best. Built in the late ’40s as the May-Lane Motel, it was one of several small motels strung along Foothill, then State Highway 118, the […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Still Being Blown Away It’s been two months since Hovasnnes Dongelyan wrote about the noise, air pollution and disruption of neighborhood serenity caused by irresponsible use of leaf blowers and over a month since I presented the Glendale Homeowners Coordinating Council resolution to the Glendale City Council asking them to agendize regulation of the devices. […]
My Thoughts, Exactly » Jim Chase
Round, Brown & 400 Pounds If you were out of town with no access to television or the Internet, you could be forgiven for not knowing that the Crescenta Valley had a 400-pound, fur-covered, dumpster-diving visitor of the bear persuasion in the early morning hours the Tuesday after Easter. During the morning in question, multiple […]