Chastises Chase Regarding Jim Chase’s Oct. 3 article, “To The Tall Twerp I Almost Ran Over” [Viewpoints, My Thoughts Exactly]: I too travel the street next to CV High regularly and have often had close calls with students stepping off the curb. Just recently a teenage girl stepped off 10 feet in front of me. […]
The Czechoslovakian Hall of La Crescenta To recap last week’s article, Slovakian immigrant Henry Biescar, after prospering in Los Angeles around the turn of the century, retired to La Crescenta in 1915. The Slovakian community in Los Angeles was vibrant, and several cultural organizations for both Czechs and Slovaks thrived here. In 1928 several LA […]
To The Tall Twerp I Almost Ran Over I don’t know your name and can only make a logical guess at your age given that you are a Crescenta Valley High student. But your smug face and stupidly reckless actions are hard to forget. You are tall, with an average build and longish, blondish hair […]
Enthusiastic Response by Public On Wednesday, [Sept. 18] during the Chamber of Commerce Community Expo at USC Verdugo Hills Hospital, as a community service, we offered a document shredding service to residents and businesses. Everyone was so grateful to have a local secure method to dispose of old financial records to avoid documents falling into […]
More Petting of the Peeves Hey kids, it’s been almost a year since we last visited my kennel of pet peeves and frankly, they’re getting a little lonely. So let’s go visit, shall we? Pet Peeve #11: Running out of salsa when there are still plenty of chips left in the bag. Or vice versa. […]
Slovakian Henry Biescar Moves to La Crescenta Those who know CV’s history are familiar with the various ethnic and international groups that have made up our history. Starting with the Indians, then the Spanish and Mexicans and, into the ’20s and ’30s, the Italians and Germans. The Germans established Hindenburg Park which attracted German-Americans from […]
Greetings from CVDAPC! As our fiscal year ends, let’s take a look back. Here’s a quick list of things we’ve accomplished – largely with your help and support. I’m going to give you a preview of what’s to come in our Year 4 that begins on Oct. 1. • Welcomed Brian Landisi and Harry Leon […]
Did you know that according to the U.S. Administration on Aging in 2000, approximately 605 million people were 60 years or older. In 2050, that number is expected to be close to 2 billion. At that time, seniors will outnumber children 14 and under for the first time in history! And along came ASTER –Assisting […]
Encourages PP Participation As a past Prom Plus Tour of Homes host, I would like to encourage Crescenta Valley residents to join the fun. Being on the tour was a wonderful experience. It prompted the completion of a great many “honey do” items on my list. More importantly, it gave us an opportunity to reconnect […]
The Mysteriously Short-lived Triangle Building of Sparr Heights One of the most spectacular pieces of architecture to ever grace the valley was the “Triangle Building,” so called because it was in fact triangular shaped. It was built in 1928 in a triangle-shaped lot fronting Verdugo Road in Sparr Heights, bounded on the other two sides […]