Lends His Support Jim [Chase], keep on telling it like you see it [Viewpoints, My Thoughts Exactly, Jan. 26]. Those thin-skinned people can take a hike to a hot place. I too am sick and tired of those who want someone fired or to apologize because they do not agree with what was said or […]
“22% Fear” Mary O’Keefe Offers Insight on CVHS Play On Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights at 7 p.m. Crescenta Valley High School students will be performing the original play “22% Fear” at the MacDonald Auditorium. This play was inspired by a survey given to CVHS students that found 22% of kids felt harassed or bullied […]
Tolerance, Trash, TV & Me So, where were we? Well, in addition to receiving vitriol-soaked missives attacking me for daring to voice an opinion different from theirs, and – in the name of tolerance and civil dialogue, ironically – demanding the removal of my column from this paper and the silencing of my views (I […]
John Steinbeck’s Life in Montrose I wrote previously about the amazing discovery that one of America’s greatest writers, John Steinbeck, spent a few months living on Hermosa Avenue just east of Rosemont in a little shack that still exists as a rental unit behind some apartments. Since then, my former CV High School teacher, now […]
Applauds Kilpatrick Well said, Doug Kilpatrick, (Letters to the Editor, He’s “Gone Too Far,” Jan. 19). Jim Chase’s words do indeed “spread misinformation, foster intolerance, and spread hurt, and hatred.” Many Chase columns cry out for a little or a lot of correction or clarification, but the entertainment value is rarely worth that close a […]
Primetime or Slime Time? It might surprise some readers, but I’m actually not old enough to have watched original broadcasts during the infamous “golden days” of television. You know, those days when Lucy and Ricky Ricardo’s bedroom had two twin beds in it lest viewers get the idea that they actually slept together as husband […]
Montrose’s Most Spectacular Architecture is Hidden In the 1920s, Southern California was booming. Money was easy, and businesses paid to be conspicuous in their wealth. Banks were some of the biggest participants in their opulent displays, which were most extravagantly evident in the architecture of their buildings. Banks at that time were massive temple-like structures, […]
He’s “Gone Too Far” Jim Chase has finally gone too far. His Jan. 5 rant against the government, social equality and gays and lesbians in particular violates every standard of journalistic integrity [“New Year, New Laws, Same Old Sacramento,” Viewpoints]. The CV Weekly has always celebrated the good in the Crescenta Valley. When tough topics […]
A Great Gift for this Grandpa Christmas came late to our house. Sure, a couple of weeks ago we did the whole tree and lights and roast beast and piles of presents and visits from the in-laws and exclamations of “We’re never going to do this again!” and Christmas Eve candlelight service and stocking stuffers […]
The Touching and Tragic Story of the Zwick Family As shoppers walk along the 2300 block of Honolulu Avenue in Montrose, they pass many businesses whose names carry a history – the City Hall Coffee Shop, the Montrose Bowl, Al’s Italian Deli – all have a story worth telling. But perhaps the most engaging story […]