Believe It or Not I really look forward to Halloween each year. For me, the season brings so much starting right around Oct. 1. The sweltering summer temperatures begin to yield to a crispness in the air and leaves on the deciduous trees change their hue to gold and red. Eventually, the leaves tumble down […]
Sunset to Commerce: A Tujunga Timeline The crowd hushed as Ella leaned over the table and skillfully positioned her cue. After a moment of stillness to line up her shot, she unleashed a lightning-fast stroke that sent the cue ball racing across the felt. Curving as it went, it careened into a ball that propelled […]
Knowing No Boundaries As integral members of the Crescenta Valley, we feel that it is important that you are aware of the efforts of several La Crescenta community members to inform our representatives and our first responders of our concern for the safety of our neighborhoods in the event of a wildfire. The tragedies of […]
Make Neighborhood Grocery Stores Part of our Outage Plan When I think about a power outage, I think about the everyday things people need to keep doing. Buying food. Charging a phone. Letting someone know s/he is okay. Those needs are part of why I want a career in power engineering. I want to work […]
My Own Memories of La Crescenta – Part 2 Continuing from the article I wrote last week, I’m writing my own memories of growing up in La Crescenta in the 1960s. One of my earliest memories is going on an adventure with my next door neighbor Michael. Michael knew of an old mine in the […]
When the Wailing Went on All Night Early one morning in August 1795, Father Vicente de Santa Maria departed from Mission San Buenaventura with six companions. Ten years prior, Fermin Francisco de Lasuén had been appointed head of the Spanish Missions in Alta California. He now sought to fill the 75-mile gap between Mission San […]
Comments on Goldsworthy Column Starting with Robin Goldsworthy’s column [of Sept. 10]: I personally do not use social media. I do not want to spread my private business all over the world. So, social media advertising is wasted on me. Printed advertisements are preferred. Some TV, very little really, and good old online research works […]
California Must Keep Its Stories – and the People Who Make Them For generations, California has been the place where the world comes to make movies and television. Our state built an unparalleled creative economy – not only on soundstages and backlots, but in the thousands of editing rooms, recording studios, visual-effects houses and other […]
My Own Memories of La Crescenta In the next few weeks I’m going to feature some memories of old-timers that I’ve personally collected over the years. But I thought I would start with myself. I guess I now fall into the category of an old-timer! My mom and her family moved here in 1962. She […]
Traffic Experienced in Local Area Although it may still feel like summer, fall is just around the corner. Last weekend’s little bit of rain was a welcome change and a timely reminder to clear drains, gutters and other drainage areas ahead of the anticipated El Niño rainy season. We hope everyone has settled into the […]