Easter, Passover, and the Time For Action The editorial [from the Desk of the Publisher] and the write-up (CV Weekly, April 18 in Religion) about Passover and Easter are admirable. The two festivals represent an inspiring history of faith, hope, life, freedom and joy. However, attacks on worshippers and killings take place everywhere. Countless churches […]
Montrose Search and Rescue – Surviving a Plane Crash This tale chronicles an unusual event – a plane crash in the San Gabriel Mountains in which everyone survived! In June 1991, four young men in their 20s decided on a fun weekend in Laughlin, Nevada. One of the friends, Michael, was a good pilot. […]
We Will Not Remain Silent On April 24, we marked the 104th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, the systematic murder of 1.5 million innocent Armenians, and millions more who were raped, starved, tortured and displaced. Despite the horrific crimes perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire between 1915 and 1923, the United States Congress has failed to […]
Disappointing Demolition Imagine my dismay when I looked at the before and after photographs of a picturesque, Craftsman-era home, demolished to make way for a residential complex (Then and Now, March 28). The obituary for the 96-year-old decedent at 1912 Waltonia Drive paid tribute to its lost charm and grace. “Architecture like this with its […]
Montrose Search and Rescue – Snowbound on Mt. Baldy In 1991, on Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, boyfriend/girlfriend Chris and Cynthia set off on their traditional turkey-burning hike to Mt. Baldy peak from the top of the ski lifts. With them were Chris’ two young daughters, a third girl, a friend of the daughters, […]
California’s Golden Opportunity In California, we possess an economy that rivals most nations. Last year our state rose in the rankings from being the sixth largest economy in the world to the fifth. This is largely due to the many sectors that our state leads the nation and world including agriculture, technology and entertainment. But […]
How California Rates Compared to Other U.S. States (1=Best and 50=Worst) Health Care = 11; Education = 26; Economy = 4; Opportunity = 46 Infrastructure = 38; Crime & Corrections = 17; Fiscal Stability = 43 Quality of Life = 50; Economic Freedom = 48; Fiscal Rating = 42; Business Tax […]
The events of spring should be filled with one’s hope and aspirations. Newness and rebirth should be “in the air.” For many Californians this is the case. However, for Armenian-Americans in California, across the United States and around the world, spring brings us all to the day (April 24, 1915 to be exact) when the […]
April To Do List April is already upon us and the super bloom is resplendent (as are allergies). In March, Corresponding Secretary Sophal Ear and I attended a Glendale Unified School District board of education meeting in our capacities as members of the Citizens Bond Oversight Committee. We reported on the spending of bond monies […]
Montrose Search and Rescue – The Missing Fisherman Last year I wrote several thrilling stories from the Montrose Search and Rescue team, one of the premier SAR teams in the nation. I recently connected with Sue Lapham, who joined the team in 1981, one of the first women to do so. She has offered up […]