Between responding to the public health and economic impacts of the pandemic, tackling challenges that existed pre-pandemic that were worsened by it, and doing our regular due diligence of updating existing laws – there has been no shortage of work to be done in Sacramento. I’m happy to report that I was able to have […]
Pioneer Memories: Helen Haskell Thomas (Part 2) Continuing on with the memories of Helen. She was the niece of La Crescenta founder Dr. Benjamin Briggs. (Again, my comments are in brackets.) Last week we related Helen’s memories of being the first teacher for La Cañada Elementary School in 1885. She further wrote that the schoolhouse […]
HOA Outlines Opposition to Project A developer has submitted an application to the City of Glendale to demolish the used car dealership and commercial buildings at 3411-3437 Foothill Blvd., just west of New York Avenue, and replace them with 78 apartments, 17,200 square feet of commercial space and 208 parking spaces. The complex would be four […]
It All Started in Montrose! The Congress of the United States, by Joint Resolution on June 9, 1966, approved H.J. Resolution 763 proclaiming the week in which June 14th occurs as National Flag Week, and the same Resolution requested that the President is to issue every year a proclamation and also to call upon citizens […]
Pioneer Memories: Helen Haskell Thomas (Part 1) Continuing to delve into a 1938 newspaper treasure trove of pioneers’ memoirs of the Crescenta Valley, we turn next to Helen Haskell Thomas. Here’s a quick background on her. As we know, Dr. Benjamin Briggs is considered the founder of La Crescenta. Dr. Briggs had several brothers and […]
Happy Summer! Hearty congratulations to the Class of 2021 at Crescenta Valley High School and to the CV Town Council (CVTC) scholarship recipients from our community: Community Service – Alden Marriot of CVHS, Brandon Lau of Clark Magnet; Academic Achievement – Kimberly Blood and Connor Harvey of CVHS. Post-Secondary Goals – Sarah Ricci of CVHS, […]
Pioneer Memories: Emily Lanterman I’ve often said that it were not for our old local newspaper, The Ledger, we would know little about CV’s history. Grace Carpenter, the paper’s publisher, had a great love for our history and she spent a lot of the newspaper’s ink on printing the memories of our local “old-timers.” I […]
Gifts From My Ancestors Today I honor two women in my family, Mary and Betty. They each had significant influence on me and probably neither one ever knew it. Mary was married to my great uncle, Charles; she was my great aunt by marriage. My mother always said that Charles and Mary were the kindest […]
It’s Time to Reinvest in America Nearly a century ago, the Great Depression plunged the nation into despair, leaving tens of millions of Americans unemployed and unable to put food on the table amid the worst financial crisis in history. In that difficult moment, President Franklin D. Roosevelt chose to invest in our nation’s infrastructure, […]
Civil War Icon is Buried Next Door in Altadena Few realize that right on our doorstep, on the border between La Cañada and Altadena, is the gravesite of Owen Brown, the son of Civil War firebrand John Brown, and a participant in the famous Harpers Ferry Raid. How Owen Brown ended up being buried in […]