Faults Incomplete Article Justin Hager’s article from Sept. 30, “CV High Stadium Project Moves Forward with GUSD Approval,” is not accurate. The neighbors who live around the campus do not want a stadium. There will be traffic, parking, nighttime lights, noise levels and safety issues that GUSD has not addressed. I have personally spoken to […]
CVWD 2021 Drought Update In mid-August, the federal government declared a water shortage on the Colorado River due to the ongoing drought. This is the first declaration of this type and will trigger mandatory water consumption cuts for states in the southwest. Lake Mead is the largest reservoir in the U.S. by volume. This Colorado […]
La Cañada’s ‘Mexican Quarter’ From the 1880s through the ’20s, La Cañada had a neighborhood of poor laborers, mostly people of color. Most people don’t realize that La Cañada, now one of the highest income suburbs of Los Angeles, started out as a largely rural and working-class community. It was mostly small farms and ranches […]
Applauds Hager’s CVWD Coverage Reporter Justin Hager’s coverage of CVWD’s public hearing on proposed rate increases (Sept. 23) is an excellent example of good journalism – thorough and fair, yet demonstrating critical analysis as well. Reporter Hager did not just take the superficially rosy picture that CVWD presented of water rates only increasing from 1 […]
Applauds Observations Kudos to Sara Quan for identifying deficiencies in the existing trail system at Two Strike Park (CV Weekly article “New Ramp Not Useful For Everyone,” Sept. 16). These are exactly the types of suggestions that should be made in the context of overall improvements to the Eagle Channel at the Town Council’s upcoming […]
We Must Restore The People’s Faith In Our Democracy America’s commitment to democracy has been a cherished part of our legacy for generations. It has also been a work in progress, an ideal that we struggle to uphold. As we have so painfully witnessed during the last Presidential administration, the rule of law is not […]
The Rainmaker Visits La Crescenta A few years ago, a local historian discovered and wrote the story of a local visit by one of the most famous “rainmakers” of the early 20th century. In Jo Anne Sadler’s book “Frontier Days in Crescenta Valley,” she writes of Professor Charles Hatfield’s time in La Crescenta attempting to […]
The Debate Around High-Speed Rail Debate and negotiations are at the very core of our democracy and certainly my work in Sacramento. We live in a big state, with tens of millions of people all holding a wide range of perspectives, backgrounds and ideals. We do not need to look much further than our own […]
Who Burned Down The La Cañada Schoolhouse? – Part 2 Fifteen-year-old Lemuel Veilex was in a lot of trouble. If you remember last week, the mysterious arson fire on the evening of March 16, 1893 had burned down the La Cañada schoolhouse. A reward was offered and a young LA transient, O.M. Clement, figured he […]
Tribute to Harriet Hammons It has been a little over a year since the passing of our friend, civic volunteer and community booster, Harriet Hammons. She selflessly did so much for the foothill communities, Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis, Boy Scouts, La Cañada Flintridge Tournament of Roses Association, not to mention serving her church in various […]