By Tyler BIDDLE The wilderness of Glendale awaits! Camp Max Straus held its Gear Up for Camp Day on Sunday, providing over a thousand disadvantaged kids with all the gear they will need for its upcoming summer camp programs. Located in the Glendale Verdugo Hills, the camp aims to help at-risk children in the community […]
“When nature made the blue-bird she wished to propitiate both the sky and the earth, so she gave him the color of the one on his back and the hue of the other on his breast.” ~ John Burroughs Warm spring days, an invitation to opened French doors. Let the fragrant and mild breezes […]
Rep. Adam Schiff and Senator Dianne Feinstein announced this week that the U.S. Forest Service now has available a specifically equipped helicopter to combat wildfires at night. Four years ago, during the Station Fire – the largest wildfire in Los Angeles county history – the potentially critical night flying tool was not available to the […]
By Jason KUROSU Two hiking trails were officially opened to the public on Saturday morning in a ceremony at the Glendale Sports Complex attended by hikers, bikers and representatives from the city of Glendale. While soccer games and baseball practice proceeded on the fields, a red ribbon hung before the trail that winds around the […]
By Jason KUROSU Recently adjusted Academic Performance Index (API) rankings place several local schools within the top percentile of scores according to the California Dept. of Education’s data for 2012. La Cañada Elementary placed ninth among all California schools with a Base API score of 975, while five other Montrose and La Crescenta schools received […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Montrose Arts and Crafts Festival was held this past weekend and by all accounts was one of the most successful events to date. “Everything went really well,” said Dee Ovenden, Arts and Crafts coordinator. Despite the heat, an estimated 25,000 people strolled along Honolulu Avenue enjoying the 300 vendors and food […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The first in a series of cement bricks was laid this week for the new Two Strike Park War Memorial. The long road to a new memorial wall began in 2007 when members of the American Legion Post 288 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1614 wanted to add the name of […]
By Jason KUROSU On Friday, May 31, an asteroid avoided colliding with the Earth, missing it by a healthy margin of 3.6 million miles. At 1.7 miles across, a direct impact with the asteroid known as 1998 QE2 would likely have caused massive, global destruction. In this case, however, those with telescopes could witness the […]
By Jason KUROSU The Crescenta Valley Water District has announced a proposed increase in water rates of 6.9%, effective on statements billed after July 1. The increase will vary from home to home, based on amount of water used and the size of the household, but CVWD estimates that the average household would see a […]
By Jason KUROSU After a long period of fundraising and reclamation of the 7.75 acres residing at the top of Rosemont Avenue, the Rosemont Preserve has reached its one-year anniversary. The Friends of the Rosemont Preserve, a committee of the Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy, purchased the land last June after concerns mounted over the potential […]