Still America’s Pastime Baseball is America’s national pastime because it remains an important part of America’s daily life after more than 175 years. Many Americans mark personal milestones with baseball-related memories. Baseball is deeply ingrained in American life for several reasons. Its America’s oldest sport, it was part of the Civil Rights movement, and baseball […]
CV Street Name Origins – Part 6 Last week we were naming the streets of La Cañada. We were moving east to west across the top of the valley and were just approaching Angeles Crest Highway. Wiladonda Drive – According to a local historian: “Wiladonda Drive was a combination of four names, Wilbur & […]
Back To Basics Spring usually means new hope but this month has been downright agonizing. Dealing with never-ending news reports about the coronavirus, plus the panic that ensued, has been unbearable for me. Grief is hard enough to manage without this added layer of hysteria. I never want to hear these phrases again: “shelter in […]
Using Care in Disposing Masks, Gloves Within three blocks of our home in Montrose I recently saw four medical gloves and one mask discarded on sidewalks, parkways and in gutters. Littering is always bad, particularly the huge numbers of cigarettes butts dropped everywhere that the rains wash into storm drains and to the ocean, but […]
CV Street Name Origins – Part 6 Let’s start now on street names from La Cañada Flintridge. Oddly enough I’ve got a whole lot on La Cañada names – way more than La Crescenta street names. We’ll start off with a submission from a reader about Belita Lane. Belita Lane is above Foothill in the […]
Addressing the Coronavirus Crisis As we grapple with the global crisis of COVID-19, including (as of March 24 at noon) 662 confirmed cases and at least 11 deaths in Los Angeles County, I know this is a time of intense anxiety and concern for many Angelenos. The coronavirus presents an unprecedented challenge that continues […]
CV Street Name Origins – Part 5 Here’s more on the Tujunga street names. But first a submission from Steve Thompson of La Crescenta: “In the late 1960s, the Shel Homes company built a housing development in the southeast section of Tujunga. A cul-de-sac with only four houses was named Pessin Place after the […]
News From Sacramento » Laura FRIEDMAN March 2020 The moment we are in is unprecedented. With residents self-isolating, schools closed, events canceled, businesses empty and stores out of common household goods, we are in uncharted territory. There is a lot of uncertainty, which can be frightening and confusing. I want to take a few […]
Fond Farewell Now that elections are over, we have another “newsworthy event” canceling all group activities. So, not being able to do this in person, I am writing this letter to thank the community at large for all of the wonderful support given to me through my volunteer activities. On March 30, I will be […]
CV Street Name Origins – Part 4 Continuing with street name origins, let’s look westward to Tujunga. But before we do, I have a couple of submissions from readers. Joe Kroening wrote: “I live on Wiley Lane, which was named by Webster Wiley, as this was his first subdivision/development of six homes. All feature […]