Lancaster Lake in Sunland The Crescenta Valley has never had a real lake of its own. In years past we have had enough water collect in our debris basins to actually grow fish, but a couple of drownings decades ago ended that practice. To the west there were some lakes – Pop’s Willow Lake in […]
Consumers Deserve Transparent Ticket Pricing This has been inescapably the summer of the Eras Tour. This is Taylor Swift’s world and we’re all just living in it. But does anyone remember trying to buy those tickets? The price was enough to make a girl cry but, for the throngs of fans across the nation, […]
Directives for Schiff and CVW I am writing this letter to express my concerns with House representative Adam Schiff and Crescenta Valley Weekly. Firstly, I would like to ask Adam Schiff to speak about the rise of unaffordable and empty high-rises flooding Glendale’s streets. We see undeveloped streets filled with families stuffing themselves into Section […]
Working Hard in the Community In the midst of this very hot summer, the Crescenta Valley Town Council is hard at work representing the community. We attended National Night Out at the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station last week. It was a great opportunity for the community to come together with law enforcement and other first […]
The Murderess in the La Crescenta Hotel Last week I wrote about the Silver Tree Inn, also known as the La Crescenta Hotel, once located where Foster’s Donuts is at Rosemont Avenue and Foothill Boulevard. I wrote about the famous folks who stayed there, but there was one that was more infamous than famous – […]
The Silver Tree Inn I have written before about the original La Crescenta Hotel, which blew down in a terrible windstorm, taking two lives. The two-story hotel was located on the corner of Foothill Boulevard and Rosemont Avenue, a little behind Foster’s Donuts. It was built in 1887 and blew down in December of that […]
My Day, My Way July is my birthday month. I am not one to make a big deal about it or bring attention to myself but I do admit that it is nice to have a special day that’s solely mine, once a year. I have found only a couple of people who share my […]
Farewell to Honorable Man When I read in the Crescenta Valley Weekly that the Hon. Carl Raggio has gone beyond the veil and his funeral service would be July 21 at Holy Redeemer Church in Montrose, I said to myself, “Whoa!” I first met Hon. Raggio when I first spoke at the Glendale City Council in January 1992. At Glendale City […]
News of the Valley – Summer 1929 Newspapers of the valley’s past give a view into the daily life of our early residents. Here’s a skim of the headlines and story summaries of a particular day in the summer of 1929, almost a century ago, along with a few observations of my own. “Deny Knowledge […]
Restoring Integrity and Balance to the Supreme Court The U.S. Supreme Court is in desperate need of reform. Over the past several years, we’ve witnessed a rapid erosion of trust in the American judicial system as ethics scandals and precedent shattering decisions by the Court have become commonplace occurrences. We must take urgent action to […]