Natural amphitheaters in canyons have long been a place for people to gather and listen to musical performances. The sloping of the hillsides gives everyone a good view, and the addition of a band shell helps to project the sound out to the audience. Amphitheaters are popular across the world and most big cities have […]
President Biden: Fulfill Your Promise and Recognize the Armenian Genocide This year marks the 106th anniversary of the beginning of the Armenian Genocide, the systematic murder of 1.5 million Armenian women, men and children by the Ottoman Empire from 1915 to 1923. But even now, more than a century later, America still struggles to recognize […]
Details Concerns Regarding Georgia Voter Restrictions I disagree with Brandon Hensley’s April 8 opinion piece regarding the recently enacted voter restrictions in the state of Georgia. It seemed smugly self-congratulatory to me and clueless about the irony of a sports team named “Braves” talking about an ethical issue. The new law removes the secretary of […]
Kudos to Hensley The Brandon Hensley article in the April 8 issue “MLB Does Atlanta Dirty” [Viewpoints] is one of the best-written articles I have seen in a long time. It was like Sgt. Joe Friday’s “Just the facts, ma’am.” He supplied the information and I formed my own ideas. It did help that I […]
Protecting Our Patients Last summer, a young woman experienced a pregnancy-related health issue. Rightfully, she immediately visited the emergency room where she was promptly sent in for a critical surgical procedure. She was admitted by hospital staff under the assumption that she was insured and she was told her procedure would be covered. The surgery […]
The Hidden Springs Flood of 1978 Hidden Springs is a tiny community situated on Mill Creek, just off the Angeles Forest Highway. There is a ranger station there and, until the Station Fire consumed it, there was a small roadside café. In 1975, that area was where the massive Mill Fire started, so-named for Mill […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Among the first things I heard last week regarding the new voting law in Georgia is it would deny the ability for water or other refreshments to be given to voters standing in line as they withered away in the humidity under the relentless Georgia sun. Why would Republican lawmakers create those […]
New Housing Units Coming In? Los Angeles County and the City of Glendale are currently working on their housing element update, which must be done every eight years. The state decides how many housing units for each of the various income levels must be added to an area and it’s up to the city, or […]
Happy Easter from the CVTC On March 10, the Crescenta Valley Town Council reconfirmed its adoption of a proclamation dated March 16, 2017 in standing together as a community to promote equality for all its citizens, residents and visitors to the Crescenta Valley. The Council firmly stands against the recent rise in violence against the […]
The 1978 Flood Left Wide-ranging Effects The storms in February 1978 that caused so much destruction in Pinecrest also hammered communities all over Southern California. As the storm came in from the Pacific Ocean it blew winds of 80 to 90 miles per hour and pushed 10-foot waves over the breakwall in LA and Long […]