Frank Lanterman: From Scrooge to Father Christmas for the Mentally Handicapped Frank Lanterman’s name is ubiquitous in our area. The Lantermans were the founders of La Cañada and Frank continued their legacy of community building. As such they left their name on a street, a historic home and museum, and a popular auditorium. Even […]
What’s Your Jurisdiction? I consider myself to be a stakeholder of the entire Crescenta Valley. I grew up and lived in Sunland-Tujunga for 36 years. I married, had children and we moved to La Crescenta 22 years ago. I worked in La Cañada Flintridge for seven years. I shop, eat and drive in all […]
Prefers the Mainstream and Science-Backed Mr. Kretz castigates Representative Adam Schiff’s defense of vaccines [Letters to the Editor, March 28]. Kretz’s extensive quoting of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons sounds mainstream and science-backed. But, if you do a little research, you find that AAPS is an ultra-conservative group that holds unorthodox scientifically discredited […]
The Fate of the Green Scarf Bandit The last two weeks we’ve been following the crime spree of the Green Scarf Bandit, so-named because of the green scarf he wore over his face. He had been following a pattern of kidnapping grocery store managers from their homes at night and forcing them to open the […]
How the ‘For the People’ Act Can Help Restore Faith in Our Democracy Many Americans believe our political system is in a state of disrepair – broken, partisan, or worse, corrupt. And it’s not hard to see why. America’s democracy is awash in dark money, straightjacketed by gerrymandered districts and plagued by voter suppression. […]
Challenges Schiff Vaccine Statement In a recent newsletter from Adam Schiff, “Rep. Schiff has called on Facebook, Google and Amazon to address a threat to the public health caused by the proliferation of misinformation about vaccines.” He also said, “The scientific and medical communities are in overwhelming consensus that vaccines are both effective and safe. […]
The Green Scarf Bandit – Shootout in La Cañada, and an 8-Year-Old Hero Last week I covered the 1951 kidnap/robbery at the La Crescenta Shopping Bag by the “Green Scarf Bandit” who committed a string of robberies in which he kidnapped store managers and forced them to open the store safes. Local supermarkets were […]
The Extended Foster Youth Program – A Vision Unrealized Nine years ago California made history. In 2010, AB 12, The California Fostering Connections to Success Act, was signed into law. This made our state one of the first in the nation to create an extended foster youth program, an opportunity born from the federal […]
First off, I would like to thank Supervisor Kathryn Barger for appointing me a commissioner on the LA County advisory board focused on consumer affairs to which I sworn-in on Feb. 22. As you may know, I am passionate about protecting residents of Crescenta Valley from fraudsters who often target the elderly and those with […]
The Green Scarf Bandit – Kidnapped Twice in One Day Dec. 7, 1951, a date that will live in infamy – in the crime annals of La Crescenta anyway. That was the date that the infamous “Green Scarf Bandit” kidnapped and robbed a La Crescenta store manager and his wife twice in eight hours. It […]