CRIME BLOTTER

June 6 Angeles Crest Highway in Los Angeles, deputies responded to the location regarding a report of an illegal shooting. The caller reported witnessing a man discharge about five gunshots into the air before the informant left the area. The witness reported seeing about five males, described as Hispanic and all between the ages of […]

Former CEO of CV Investment Firm Sentenced

The founder and former CEO of a local investment firm that specializes in debt instruments was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison for falsifying financial records to fraudulently inflate the value of the funds he managed, allowing him to charge investors millions of dollars in unauthorized fees. Brendan Ross, 52, of La Cañada Flintridge […]

Fun Found at PRIDE Picnic

Fun Found at PRIDE Picnic

By Julie BUTCHER On Saturday, June 7, about 250 members of Glendale’s LGBTQIA+ community, their friends, families and allies gathered at Adams Square Mini Park to celebrate PRIDE month. It was the fourth annual family picnic organized by glendaleOUT (https://www.glendaleout.org/). There were food and bubbles, crafts for little kids, crafts for older kids, crafts for […]

No Kings Day Protest Planned for Saturday

By Mary O’KEEFE Although protests have been occurring throughout the nation, and specifically in a section of downtown Los Angeles, there has been a planned nationwide protest for Saturday called No Kings Day that will probably add to the protest lines.  Indivisible is a progressive movement and organization that has organized thousands of protests ac […]

NOTES & NODS

LCIF Welcomes Community For those who find joy, solace and connection within the pages of a good book, Lutheran Church in the Foothills (LCIF) is extending a warm welcome. The church’s book club is preparing for its upcoming summer meetings offering a space for literary discussion and community fellowship. The next gathering is scheduled for […]

SPIRITUALLY SPEAKING

Question: I am feeling a lot of anxiety and fear with what is transpiring outside my door. Where is God in this situation? How can all this be happening?    I’m watching families being separated and children put in zip ties. Why is God allowing this to happen ? Scared Answer: I very much understand the fear […]

VIEW OF THE VERDUGOS <<< CRAIG DURST

VIEW OF THE VERDUGOS <<< CRAIG DURST

In the Words of the Colonel Six men stood around the large stone, which lay upon the ground. Chiseled into the rock face, all in capitals, were the words BOLTON HALL and, below that, APRIL 1913. Many hands were placed about the small boulder when designer and builder George Harris could be heard counting loudly, […]

Zoppo Featured at GNC

Zoppo Featured at GNC

On Wednesday, June 18 at 12:10 p.m., the free admission Glendale Noon Concerts program will be performed live in the sanctuary of Glendale City Church. 610 E. California Ave. in Glendale.   The Glendale Noon Concerts will feature Ergo Musica: Adriana Zoppo will perform solo works for viola d’amore by Karl Stumpf, Louis-Toussaint Milandre, Aurelio Arcidiacono, and […]

Dream Stop by Delight Art Foundation at Adams Square

Delight Art Foundation’s installation, titled Dream Stop, is on display at the Adams Square Mini Park Gas Station through Friday, July 25. Dream Stop showcases children’s artwork and calls on people to stop and take time to dream. Self-portraits on boxes express the multiple sides of an artist’s identity and multimedia heart creations reveal their […]

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

It All Started in Montrose!   The Congress of the United States, by Joint Resolution on June 9, 1966, approved  H.J. Resolution 763 proclaiming the week in which June 14 occurs as National Flag Week. The same Resolution requested that the President is to issue every year a proclamation and also to call upon citizens […]