“Cruise Foothill – It’s A Riot!” I received some emails from people that had some vivid memories of the so-called Foothill Riots. This is from Craig Baker, who now lives in Paradise, California: “For better or worse, I was one of the people rocking the RTD bus. As I recall, the intent was only […]
Foothill Riot: A Parent’s Story On June 12, 1975, the Crescenta Valley Ledger printed an interesting story written by one of the “participants” in the Foothill Riots. The anonymous writer was actually the father of a teenager. He was 44 years old, a college professor, and a self-described “law abiding citizen, a champion of our […]
The Foothill Boulevard Riot, Part 2 Last week I covered the first of three confrontations in 1975 between police and teens attempting to establish a weekly Monday cruise night on Foothill Boulevard. The cruise night went peacefully for the first two events in May, but on the first of June trouble flashed between police and […]
The Foothill Boulevard Riot, Part 1 Cruising in cars, starting in the post WWII boom, became a standard part of life for American teens. All across the U.S., masses of teenagers were driving slowly up and down the main street of town, socializing, stopping for food, showing off their cars and occasionally racing each other. […]
The ’71 Earthquake’s Affect on Montrose On Tuesday, Feb. 9, 1971 at 6 in the morning, an earthquake roared through the Crescenta Valley. Registering 6.6 on the Richter scale, it lasted about 60 seconds. The quake had been centered along the front face of the San Gabriel Mountains and focused much of its intensity on […]
The Genius from La Crescenta Dr. Marian Cleeves Diamond is one of the foremost researchers in the anatomy of the brain. She is a professor of anatomy and neuroanatomy at the University of California, and at 85 years old still lectures. In fact, her dynamic lectures are now shared by thousands on YouTube, making her […]
The Montrose WWII Honor Roll Last week’s CV Weekly carried the story of the War Memorial Wall being established at Two Strike Park thanks to the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. It’s not the first tribute to our servicemen established in the valley. We’re all aware of the Vietnam War Memorial in […]
Our Very Active Deukmejian Wilderness Park Last weekend my wife and I had the pleasure of attending one of the regular themed lectures/hikes at Deukmejian Wilderness Park. The park has informational talks in the Trails and Open Space building, followed immediately by a short hike in the park to see first-hand what we’ve just learned. […]
Why is Some of Crescenta Valley a Part of Glendale? The answer is simple and basic to life in Southern California – water. It’s the commodity that has played a major role in the development of nearly every community here. In the late 1940s, the Crescenta Valley was experiencing a population boom. Millions of veterans […]
Abandoned Missile Sites Around Us Those of us who lived through the Cold War remember it as a time of fear of attack at any moment. Russia had its guns loaded, pointed at us, and fingers twitching on the trigger, and we had our guns trained on them. In the ’50s, before the advent of […]