Disagrees with Definition While I have often been a fan of Mike Lawler’s articles on the history of the Crescenta Valley, I feel compelled to address a few mischaracterizations he makes in the recent CVW article regarding his new book (Treasures of the Valley, Nov. 4). Specifically, Mike writes that the “La Cañada Gossip” section […]
November is a busy month. Everyone is looking forward to celebrating Thanksgiving and having a little family time. The Crescenta Valley Town Council annual elections are on Friday, Dec. 10 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 11 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., at Sadler Hall at St. Luke’s of the Mountains […]
American Legion Hall Beginnings Today is Veterans Day when we honor those who have served in the U.S. military. Veterans Day was originally called Armistice Day and was created in 1919 as a remembrance of the end of WWI. That same year the American Legion was created by American veterans of “The Great War.” As […]
Thoughts on Earthquake Preparedness I read with interest Mary O’Keefe’s article about earthquake insurance (“Insuring Against the Great Shake Out,” Oct. 28). I am a huge advocate of earthquake preparedness. Along with earthquake insurance, every household should be prepared to not expect help from the government and FEMA for at least 72 hours or longer. […]
Color My World I have had enough. After 20 months of infectious disease, strict lockdowns and countless regulations, I can hardly breathe, mask or not. Everywhere we go and everything we do, it’s the only topic being discussed and it hurts to live it every day. There is literally no escape from the madness that […]
New Book – ‘Crescenta Valley’s Dirty Laundry: Gossip, Crime and Tragedy’ Gary Keyes and I have produced yet another local history book guaranteed to lower your property values. In the past, Gary and I have written two other books on our local “bad history:” “Wicked Crescenta Valley” detailed various crimes and cons, and the chilling […]
Is Ralphs Market Haunted? I’ve been hearing ghost stories from former employees of Ralphs Supermarket in La Crescenta. The stories are always from former employees as there seems to be a hesitancy by current employees to talk, worried perhaps by blowback from corporate. With that in mind, I’ll keep the stories anonymous. A little background […]
Health Care is a Civil Right The Fair Housing Act protects people from discrimination when they [seek to] buy a home. The Equal Employment Opportunity Act protects against discrimination when people seek employment. The Equal Educational Opportunities Act protects students from discrimination at school. But there has yet to be a civil rights law that […]
Urges Unity to Fight Perceived Misinformation I’m a GUSD parent concerned that our district, like many others, has recently been the site of attempts to suppress and censor free speech and accurate teaching of history. Under the guise of the well-documented manufactured “anti-CRT” panic, we’ve seen misinformation spread by non-district parents in public comment, later […]
CV’s Civil War Veterans Who Weren’t Veterans At All Last week we looked at four CV pioneers who had fought in the Civil War. This week we’ll look at two prominent CV pioneers who didn’t fight in the Civil War … though local legend claims they were veterans. Either they were mistakenly thought of as […]