I ’ve lived in the Crescenta Valley long enough (nearly my entire life, actually) to know that some of our often-heard local expressions have their origins in reality. For example, if you want it to rain, wash your car. I’ve lost count of how many winter or spring seasons I’ve carefully considered the weeks of […]
Deukmejian Wilderness Park reopened last week with an amazing array of improvements. The park had been closed, prudently I feel, during our recent storms as Dunsmore Canyon that runs up the center of the park is, to put it mildly, geologically active and has the potential to get very slippery, very quick. Here’s a sampling […]
While the investigation into ADI continues – and we, too, will be following its progress – I have to say thanks to the many folks who have taken the time to comment on the coverage provided by CV Weekly. Mary O’Keefe has been working diligently in gathering the facts and her story last week was […]
I’ve been writing “My Thoughts, Exactly” once a week for several years now. Over the course of nearly 150 columns, I’ve extolled, criticized, expressed outright sarcasm, dished out a bit of humor (hopefully), and admitted to wonderment, optimism, hope, concern, frustration and despair about any number of things. I’ve griped about mail carriers and trash […]
Yeah, you heard me right. There’s a gang of winos hanging out in Deukmejian Park. “We’re not ‘winos.’ We’re ‘wineaux’!” says Stuart Byles, president of the newly formed Stonebarn Vineyard Conservancy. Their goal is to celebrate the historic practice of vineyard cultivation and winemaking in the Crescenta Valley. The Conservancy, in cooperation with the City […]
Talk about a messy divorce. The preliminary dissolution of the nuptials of a prominent couple triggered an investigation into ADI, a development firm that is accused of inflating costs on city-related projects. In itself an important story, but what has actually seemed to catch fire is the manner in which the information has been presented […]
There’s a witch-hunt on in Glendale with a small group of City Council gadflies and the Glendale News-Press hoping to lead an angry mob. Unfortunately, the man they’d like to burn at the stake is CV’s own John Drayman. It seems to be an American pastime to knock heroes off their pedestals, even when they […]
Since any given new year inevitably brings about discussion of the passage of time, I want to bring up a frustration that’s been tick, tick, ticking for, well, some time now. Namely, I can’t seem to find someone to repair a clock. The clock in question is a somewhat large, “grandmother” clock that used to […]
With yet another Christmas now behind us (wait, wasn’t it just Labor Day a couple of weeks ago?), it’s time for that dreaded, though much-anticipated end-of-the-year tradition of making resolutions. Buckle up. Here we go: I resolve to not throw my plate of holiday leftovers through the flat screen TV when I see the 673rd […]
Last week we heard of the raid on the Hardyman home by 20 misguided locals wearing American Legion hats who had, according to their statements, convinced themselves that this meeting of the Democratic Club was planning the overthrow of the U.S. government. No one got hurt, and the scheduled meeting continued, but our homegrown leftist […]