Killing it with Kindness Have you ever heard these words, “Always be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle?” They are so true. Almost every person I know has a struggle of some kind whether it is a financial situation, medical condition or grief. The truth is, unless […]
Sewers and Grease: A Bad Combination Fats, oil and grease, known as FOG in the wastewater business, can have a negative impact on wastewater collection and treatment systems. Most wastewater collection system blockages can be traced to FOG. Blockages in the wastewater collection system are serious, causing sewage spills, manhole overflows and sewage backups […]
Montrose Search and Rescue – Whittier Narrows Earthquake Buries Construction Worker It was a clear morning just after 7:30 on Oct. 2, 1987. In the mountains above Altadena, a construction crew was digging a deep shaft, three feet wide and 37 feet deep, which was to be filled with concrete to create a footing […]
So Glendale’s last remaining Welcome To Glendale median barrier on Foothill Boulevard at Pennsylvania Avenue has been demolished in a traffic collision. Three accidents involving the identical Lowell Avenue barrier led to its removal but, for some inexplicable reason, Glendale decided to keep the eastern city boundary installation. That shortsighted decision left a proven road […]
Where was our Native-American Village? Members of the Historical Society of the Crescenta Valley recently discussed this question. From historical records we know that there was a Tongva village called “Wiqanga,” and that it was associated with La Tuna Canyon. Wiqanga means “place of the thorns,” referring to the prickly pear cactus that grows […]
Freedom of the Press: A Bipartisan Priority Earlier this month, I joined Republican and Democratic colleagues from the House and Senate to welcome Hatice Cengiz for her first visit to the United States after the brutal murder of her fiancée, Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. In October 2018, Hatice accompanied Jamal to the Saudi consulate […]
Reminder of Flag Code With Memorial Day observances and gatherings approaching, I would like to offer key points in the U.S. Flag Code, comprising Title 4 of the United States Code. Following U.S. Supreme Court decisions in 1989 and in 1990, enforcement of anti-desecration statutes, including bans on burning the flag as a public protest, […]
Creativity in Solving the Housing Crisis There are few issues in our state as challenging as the housing crisis. Recently, we have seen hundreds of bills on housing introduced in the legislature. Some of the most talked about measures have included broad, sweeping proposals such as increased funding for subsidized housing and adjustments to local […]
Montrose Search and Rescue – Long Search for a Plane Crash In March 1982, a winter storm was blowing in from the north and was predicted to bring rain and snow to the higher elevations. Late on a Tuesday night, a Cessna 340, a small twin-engine plane, taxied for take-off from Van Nuys Airport. […]
Updating Our Community On April 17, Councilmember Aram Ordubegian, Corresponding Secretary Sophal Ear and I were at Glendale High School on the occasion of the 104th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Members of the Armenian Clubs from Crescenta Valley, Clark Magnet, Glendale and Hoover high schools hosted the 18th Annual Armenian Genocide commemoration. On April […]