The Robert E. Lee Military Academy Scandal – Part Two Last week we heard the story of a small legal problem experienced by a just-opened military academy in La Crescenta. In late 1929, the Robert E. Lee Military Academy had just opened on the corner of Foothill and Rosemont, where Foster’s Donuts is today. […]
All Lives Should Matter This letter addresses that of Yatindra Bhatnagar, printed in the CV Weekly on July 16, “All Lives Matter.” Mr. Bhatnagar’s grievance is Adam Schiff and his support for Black Lives Matter. I want to thank Mr. Bhatnagar for reminding us of the profound importance of all lives mattering. Countless people and […]
The Robert E. Lee Military Academy Scandal – Part One It’s hard to believe that La Crescenta had its own military academy, let alone one named for one of the opposing generals of our Civil War. Yet it was true. And a minor incident there spurred a scandal that attracted national attention. The story starts […]
Update on Conversion to Chloramines The Crescenta Valley Water District (CVWD) will begin using chloramine instead of chlorine to disinfect drinking water supplies by the end of the year 2020. In 2018, CVWD’s board of directors voted to switch to this popular disinfection method because of a buildup of byproducts from the chlorine treatment […]
The Philosophy Difference Between the Left and Right This is how I see it, of course. The two sides – the Left and the Right – are so different and opposite that it is not hard to see why our country is so divided. It is also obvious why our parties have achieved little in […]
Perry Whiting’s Ugly Divorce Perry Whiting was the original owner of what we now know as Whiting Woods and is its namesake. He got part of the oak-covered canyon in the Verdugo Mountains at auction around 1916, after a house of prostitution was closed down there. He originally intended to flip the property but […]
Wear Masks, Save Lives Across the country we are experiencing a dangerous surge in coronavirus cases and, unfortunately, California is no exception. Increased infection rates and hospitalizations have forced our state to reconsider in-person instruction at schools this fall, close indoor dining, gyms, hair salons and other businesses just weeks after they began to […]
» OP ED A Letter to the Glendale City Council Dear Councilmembers and City Manager, Thank you for the progress report on the Emergency Rental Assistance Program. If more than 6,000 renters have already applied after just one round, that means at least 5,620 renters who need assistance are not going to receive […]
The Helen Eaton House – Rebuilt after the 1908 Fire One good result of the big fire of 1908 was the beautiful Helen Eaton House at 2620 Foothill Blvd. The Eaton House is the two-story yellow Victorian that is home to New Star Realty and a taekwondo studio. It is fronted by a giant […]
All Lives Matter Rep. Adam Schiff’s News from Washington (CV Weekly, June 25) was, not surprisingly, a new “politically correct” campaign even if becomes more racist, divisive and destructive. Does Rep. Schiff think he represents only Black voters? Hispanics, Asians and all others in his district don’t count? Their lives also matter. Black Lives Matter […]