Book Smart It may seem strange but some of my fondest memories as a young girl were times I spent waiting to be seen by a doctor. I wasn’t a sick child; it was just that the medical facility that our family went to had very long wait times. My mom, to her credit, brought […]
Pioneer Memories: Wild Times at the Montrose General Store Continuing with the memories of several CV pioneers that were printed in a 1938 newspaper, we turn now to the memories of Mrs. T.O. Potts. T.O. Potts opened the first business in Montrose in 1914, a general store on the southeast corner of Honolulu Avenue and […]
Update from Streets and Transportation Committee Chair As the Streets and Transportation Committee chair, I’m pleased to say your transportation dollars are at work. I want to share our progress over the past eight years in bringing safer, active living streets and projects to improve the quality of life. We have a committee of council […]
Pioneer Memories: N.W. Zimmer We’re continuing with the memories of several early residents that were recorded in 1938. Our local newspaper, The Ledger, contacted as many “old-timers” as they could find and asked them to either be interviewed or to submit their memories in writing. It’s proven to be a vast treasure trove of eyewitness […]
CVWD – Roadmap Crescenta Valley Water District (CVWD) takes great pride in delivering high quality, reliable and cost-efficient water and wastewater services to our 33,000 customers. As we uphold our mission statement “To provide quality water and wastewater services to the Crescenta Valley community in a dependable and economically responsible manner,” it is important that […]
CV Fireworks Thanks You! Our tightknit community has done it again. Thanks to the many generous donors from across the Crescenta Valley, CV Fireworks was able to display another year of incredible fireworks on July 4th. It was uncertain if a show would even be allowed but once we received the green light for a […]
Six months ago, a violent mob stormed our nation’s Capitol with the intent of stopping the certification of our free and fair presidential election. They desecrated our temple of democracy and stained the steps of those storied halls with blood. Five people lost their lives, and hundreds of police officers were beaten and badly hurt. […]
Pioneer Memories: C.J. Reinhard I quote here from a 1938 interview with Mrs. Reinhard, who had some interesting memories of the topography of the Crescenta Valley. As before, my inserted comments are in brackets [ ]. The Reinhard family was a Montrose pioneer, moving here in 1917. Although Montrose was established in 1913, very few […]
As a mother, the safety and wellbeing of my child is my top priority, which is why what I learned in a conversation I had last year shocked me into action. Did you know that right now it is totally and completely legal to include a particularly toxic group of chemicals in products meant for […]
Pioneer Memories: Art Aiken – Timber Operations Many residents of the valley are surprised that our bare, rocky San Gabriel Mountains were once forested with big conifers and that lumber camps were part of our landscape. The forests were cut for firewood for Los Angeles, specifically to feed LA’s brick-making factories. Art Aiken was there […]