Fireworks, Flags, Food and Freedom Well, toast my buns and bake my beans! Next Wednesday is already the Fourth of July. Seriously? How in the name of John Phillips Sousa did we get this far into the year this fast? Will somebody tap the brakes just a little, please? Be that as it may, the […]
Sanitariums in CV – Hillcrest Sanitarium, Part 1 Hillcrest Sanitarium was one of the larger sanitariums in the valley, housing from 50 up to nearly 200 patients in several buildings between the late 1920s until the late 1960s. Although they started as a tubercular sanitarium, they treated a wide variety of chronic illnesses, and morphed […]
Pension Reform Voter anger [at] the constant raising of property taxes to feed government needs came to an abrupt end with the passage of proposition 13 over 30 years ago. June 5, 2012 will also be remembered as the beginning of the long decline of the public sector unions brought about by voter anger. The […]
And Down She Goes I’m beginning to think that exercise is definitely over-rated. On Sunday, I had my day planned. Get up, take a walk (which up here in the foothills can be rather taxing), shower, head to church, then catch up on some work at the office. I got up okay, but then everything […]
“When the night has come, and the land is dark And the moon is the only light we will see …” – Ben E. King Add fireworks to the above and you have the 4th of July – Independence Day! Wednesday it is, right smack in the middle of the week! No three-day weekend this […]
It appears that Meatball has made his way back home to the Crescenta Valley. By Mary O’Keefe A local resident had a familiar visitor last week in her backyard – a bear. Though not that uncommon to see a bear in the foothills, there was just something about him, however. It was his earring: […]
Schiff to Take Part in Flag Replacement On Sunday at 11 a.m., Congressman Adam Schiff and other community leaders will join with members of the St. Luke’s of the Mountains Episcopal Church to help replace the flags that were stolen on May 19 from the church. The stolen flags represented the Korean-American and Mexican-American communities, […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Today on the main floor of the Verdugo Hills Hospital, ASTER will continue its speaker series, this one designed to help seniors mentally, physically and emotionally. From 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., ASTER (Assisting Seniors Through Enhanced Resources) will have three guest speakers talk to seniors, and then there will be a […]
By Mary O’KEEFE After meetings with community members, fundraisers and outreach of every form, the Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy has raised enough money to acquire the eight acres of open-space land known as the Rosemont Preserve. In an effort to thank those who supported the Rosemont Preserve and to those who want to be part […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The search continues for Ertug Ergun, 33, an engineer from Turkey who now lives in Bakersfield who was reported missing on June 20 to the Bakersfield Police. The search began when a member of the U.S. Department of Forestry discovered an abandoned vehicle in the parking lot of the Stonyvale Picnic area […]