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 […]
What Is The Role of Media? What a politically charged month! So much is happening on the world stage right now that it is easy to get sucked up in the frenzy of it. From criminal investigations to judicial rulings, global unrest, and presidential candidates jockeying for position, the summer is starting off with a […]
Tiki Love For years, I attended the annual Tiki Night at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood until the theatre was bought by Netflix and closed for renovation. Eager for a chance to don a tiki shirt and escape to a tropical paradise, I attended a lecture, sponsored by the Little Landers Historical Society, on June […]
Montrose Search and Rescue – A Special Rescue I generally stick to things in my subject matter that are at least a couple of decades old. But Montrose Search and Rescue tales are so amazing that I just have to write about their thrilling stories. This tale is special in that it featured a tracking […]