Dear Community, Have you ever imagined a Day Without Water? Most of us probably don’t make it a habit of imagining our homes as campsites. As a public utility, it’s a part of the daily mission of CVWD to ensure safe, reliable water under any circumstance including emergencies like fires, earthquakes, high winds and other […]
A Wonderful Meal at 7308 Foothill – Part One It’s early morning, 1944; a heavy mist drifts across the landscape. An M4 Sherman tank suddenly pierces the fog, its big steel treads roaring as they revolve, propelling the massive machine forward. Abruptly it comes to a stop, the big gun rises and locks in. Just […]
The 2024 Assessment Roll – LCF and Glendale It’s that time of year again when my office undertakes its most important function of the fiscal year that lays the ground work for the property taxes that pay for our vital public services: The Assessment Roll. In fact, it’s a Constitutional mandate. The Roll for […]
Questions the ‘Well-Orchestrated’ Strategy Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger advocates “a well-orchestrated strategy” to remove homeless encampments (“Barger Issues Statement On L.A. County’s Homeless Encampment Strategy,” Aug. 8, 2024). “Los Angeles County has solid partnerships to implement compassionate strategies that work,” she stated. “[Law] enforcement is certainly an important tool but it needs to be applied […]
The Long Lost Montrose War Memorial Our valley, like many small communities across the nation, proudly commemorates the locals who have served in the armed forces. We have the big Heroes of Freedom wall up at Two Strike Park. It was first installed in 1959, but was recently expanded and updated by local citizens and […]
Protests ‘Dysfunctional’ Meeting I was present Tuesday night July 30 at the Glendale City Council meeting. It was perhaps the worst city council meeting I have ever heard (and I have heard many). One councilmember acted as if the city’s contractor and city staff were criminal suspects and he (the council person) was the prosecuting […]
Key Legislation Moving Closer to Governor’s Desk This has been a very interesting year in the California Legislature. Our work began in January with a massive budget deficit and the introduction of hundreds of bills. Over the course of the year, we’ve worked to balance the budget while protecting school funding and critical programs, and […]
GCC is Cause to Scratch Head in Confusion Lauds CVW But GCC is Cause to Scratch Head in Confusion Thank you to Mary O’Keefe for reminding CV Weekly readers of the importance of preserving community news. (“The News Desert,” Aug. 1, 2024). Community newspapers such as the CV Weekly celebrate the communities they serve, but […]
The Battle Between the Parks, Sunland and Central Over 90 years ago, actors Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert arrived in Sunland to film scenes of their upcoming motion picture, “It Happened One Night.” Sunland Park was the backdrop in 1934 as these stars performed their movie magic. At one point, the old stone drinking […]
The Crescenta Valley Town Council has been actively engaging the community through town hall meetings and forums to address various concerns and issues affecting the local area. The recent town hall meeting saw a great turnout by community members and panelists Declan Floyd and Talin Mangioglu from Senator Portantinos’s office, Anthony Mahfood from Assemblymember Laura […]