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 […]
Glendale’s Gold Mines We have a lot of old abandoned mines locally – gold mines in Big Tujunga Canyon, especially up near the top at Mill Creek, a graphite mine in the Verdugos, across the freeway from the former golf course, the myriad of water mines in each canyon of the San Gabriel Mountains above […]
GUSD is Being Targeted Glendale Unified School District (GUSD) has become a target of extremists aiming to reshape public schools. Led by failed city council candidate Jordan Henry, these extremists have been fueling controversy since 2020, protesting mask mandates, distance learning and vaccine requirements. Henry, a newcomer to Glendale with no children in the district, […]
Slow Down and Save Lives We lose 1,000 Californians every year to speeding or speed-related injuries. Another 3,300 are injured, disfigured or disabled. We justifiably spend a great deal of time talking about reckless driving, road rage incidents and the danger of texting while driving when none of those things, dangerous and illegal though they […]
Feels the Recent CVWD Meeting was ‘Disastrous’ It has taken me a long time to calm down and compile my thoughts after the disastrous CVWD meeting on June 27. Although I took careful notes, the chaos of the meeting is hard to describe in a concise way. I have lived in the same house in […]
As summer is upon us, your Crescenta Valley Town Council is hard at work in the community. At our last general meeting, we awarded five scholarships to outgoing seniors from Crescenta Valley and Clark Magnet high schools. These recipients were selected from a very impressive group of applicants. This year we awarded a scholarship for […]
More on the Pickens Canyon Logging Railway I often spend time down at the History Room at the Glendale Central Library. It has an amazing collection of historical records – not just Glendale, but our area too. Recently I found a paper written in 1987 by Marvin May, a former resident of Briggs Terrace. He […]
Initiative Would Give CVWD Customers More Power Over Future CVWD Revenue Grabs Please read about and support the California Initiative “Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act,” which will be on the 2024 ballot. It is endorsed by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, and will, for example, give CVWD customers much more say over when and […]
Sophie Williamson – Foothill Land Baron Over the years, I have heard that properties that come up for sale or development on Foothill Boulevard often have the Williamson name attached to them. In fact, most of the commercial lots along Foothill between La Crescenta and Pennsylvania avenues were owned by Sophie and Will Williamson at […]