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 […]
Questions the Wisdom of a Writer That was an interesting proposal from the 17-year-old to have people who become old at age 50 take three-part driving tests every five years because we (yup, I am old) are driving hazards (Letters to the Editor, Aug. 27). Actually, the problems are with young drivers her age and […]
Driving the Generation Gap I have to applaud the 17-year-old from Tujunga who wrote the “Proposes Changes to Law” letter to the editor published in last week’s paper. (You can read it at https://www.crescentavalleyweekly.com/viewpoints/08/27/2026/letters-to-the-editor-363/.) This student felt strongly about a perceived safety issue, sat down and crafted a proposal to correct it and submitted it […]
The Days When Tujunga Rocked Traveling west on Foothill Boulevard one evening, approaching Commerce Avenue, a driver pressed the brakes as the traffic light went from green to yellow. While idling at the red light, the sound of music permeated the car from the passenger side. Rolling down the window, the beat permeated from the […]
Meeting the Mayor To CV Weekly readers in the Glendale annex: I want to inform you all of something that I feel may be of interest to you. Every Friday morning at 9 a.m., Mayor Ardashes “Ardy” Kassakhian hosts Coffee with the Mayor at Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf (3701 Ocean View Blvd.) in Montrose. […]
Camp Max Straus/Bob Waldorf We have here in the valley a true treasure of an institution, one that serves the young from all walks of life. Most folks locally don’t even know it exists. And yet it flourishes, hidden at the back of a neighborhood, nestled in a canyon of the Verdugo Mountains. I toured […]
Proposes Change in Law I am a 17-year-old California driver and I propose a change in the driving safety rules of the DMV for the safety of myself and every single person in California. My concern is our respected elderly drivers. I often notice how they struggle to see the signs, how they forget street […]
AB 690: A Long Overdue Reform of California’s Privatized Public Defense Systems Last year I introduced The Fair Representation Act, a bill that provides basic guardrails for California’s unregulated, privatized public defense systems. Under our current system, people’s liberty is placed in the hands of a for-profit private attorney or law firm instead of a […]