We Must Permanently Extend the Expanded Child Tax Credit In 2021, more than 4 million children were lifted out of poverty thanks to a single legislative act – an extraordinary achievement in our nation’s history. Slashing America’s child poverty rate in half – to a record low of 5.2% – meant fewer children going to […]
Supermarket Shootout Our giant Ralphs supermarket on Foothill Boulevard was originally divided in half and hosted two stores. On the west side was Builders Emporium while the east side was Food Giant, a supermarket. It later became Alpha Beta until the Ralphs moved from La Cañada and took both store sites. In 1965, it […]
It was just two years ago when I was asked by a group of advocates and scientists to help California become an official observer at the United Nations 2022 Convention on Biological Diversity, known as COP15. COP stands for Convention of Parties, with the “parties” being the nations who are signatories to the treaty. The […]
Failure of GUSD Glendale Unified School District failed to even put a school bond measure on the ballot. This past November, the Long Beach School District got $1.7 billon from school bond Measure Q to keep improving the school sites for their students to be prepared for college and careers. And just six years before, […]
Goodbye November, Hello December It is the month of December, a wonderful time of the year May you all have a peaceful holiday season and much joy and prosperity in the New Year! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Let me start this month’s column by congratulating all candidates who ran in the Nov. 18-19 […]
Further Memories of Old La Crescenta – Building A Castle We continue with the interview of Herbert Bathey, done in the 1950s or ’60s. The Bathey family moved to the valley in 1883. This is a selection of the notes taken during the interview, my comments in brackets. In this article I relate the interview […]
Weird Crescenta Valley My newest book on the weirder aspects of our local history is now available, called “Weird Crescenta Valley: Historical and Natural Oddities.” I tend toward the darker sides of history anyway so a selection of weird stories is right on the mark. The chapters are as follows. Weird Supernatural – My favorite! […]
Just The Facts, Ma’am I would say I am a bit of an information junkie. Not that I need to have quick information at my fingertips for life’s typical questions. I don’t. Sometimes I actually prefer to just wonder about things, like we used to do before phones became more than a calling device. But […]
More Memories of Old La Crescenta A document stored in our archives has notes taken during an interview with Herbert Bathey in the 1950s. Herbert was one of the sons of the Bathey family. They established a ranch in the Crescenta Valley, at the top of today’s Briggs Avenue, in 1883. Last week we covered […]
Congress is Creating New Jobs, Economic Growth and Cost Savings in California’s 28th District On Thanksgiving, California families will come together for good food, good company and meaningful reflection on all that we are thankful for as 2022 comes to a close. It’s been another challenging year. While the economy has rebounded from the […]