Bidding goodbye to the little rover that did much more than expected. By Charly SHELTON In June 2018, a record-setting dust storm blanketed all of Mars, obscuring almost all light coming from the summer sun. In Perseverance Valley, a small rover took in its last drink of sunlight power through its solar arrays and […]
By Charly SHELTON This year in the Chinese zodiac is the Year of the Pig. Pigs are seen as slow, clumsy and stupid and also good-natured and able to attract wealth. Though the Lunar New Year has come and gone and we are now within the Year of the Pig, the celebration continues at local […]
By Charly SHELTON For a while there weren’t many female-led action movies. The leads were mostly guys like Dolph Lundgren, Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger. There was, however, Linda Hamilton. Sarah Connor from “Terminator 2” was the bar to hit for a female cool action star. Now James Cameron, the man who brought us Sarah […]
By Charly SHELTON Green energy is here to stay and it’s growing. Solar panels and wind farms are not a fad; they’re the most viable step to sustainable energy for the planet. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, “The consumption of biofuels and other non-hydroelectric renewable energy sources more than doubled from 2000 to […]
By Charly SHELTON I traveled Route 66 from Chicago to Flagstaff in 2014 with my sister on her way home from college for the summer. We made it to Flagstaff and then turned south to visit my grandmother in Phoenix, leaving the northern part of the route in Arizona unfinished. We picked it up again […]
By Charly SHELTON California needs rain but for the areas recently burned by wildfires rain can mean mudslides. And mudslides mean evacuations. The Crescenta Valley is no stranger to mudslides and various other debris flows, as was seen in the aftermath of the 2009 Station Fire and, of course, the New Year’s Flood of 1934, […]
By Charly SHELTON This Saturday, Jan. 19, is National Popcorn Day. To celebrate, LA-based, family-owned popcorn company Popcornopolis opened its doors to select media members to tour the factory and experience the taste kitchen in a trial effort that may eventually lead to public tours. Known for its bright red-striped cone packaging, Popcornopolis has a […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce held its 94th annual installation lunch last week at the Oakmont Country Club. The event honored officers and directors who are stepping down from the board, followed by the induction of the 2019 board of directors and recognizing new and returning board members. Serving as CV Chamber […]
By Charly SHELTON To celebrate the release of “Thunder Pug,” illustrator Keika Yamaguchi came to Once Upon A Time bookstore in Montrose to sign books, new and old, for legions of Puddle Pug fans. Percy the Puddle-Loving Pug is back in an all-new adventure, “Thunder Pug.” When Percy’s best friend Petunia the Pig wins a […]
By Charly SHELTON Human trafficking is a growing problem in America and California is the worst state for cases of human trafficking, according to the National Human Trafficking Hotline. Data for 2018 is still being tabulated, but in 2017 California saw 1,305 cases reported. The next highest state, Texas, saw 792 in the same year. […]