Halloween Safety from the City of Glendale

Halloween is lurking just around the corner! Glendale Fire Department has some great safety tips to help ensure a safe Halloween. Every year children are at risk of serious injury while trick-or-treating. Don’t let tragedy ruin the fun for your children this Halloween. The Glendale Fire Department would like to offer these safety tips: Never […]

Phone Stolen from Verizon Store

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies from Crescenta Valley Station are investigating a robbery that occurred about 7:15 p.m. this evening at the Verizon store in the 2600 block of Foothill Boulevard. A man described as white, wearing gray pants and a gray shirt entered the store in the Ralphs Market Place and stole the phone. […]

Cold Stone Robbed

By Mary O’KEEFE A robbery has occurred at Cold Stone Creamery at 3231 Foothill Blvd. this afternoon. Police are asking for the public’s help. At about 3 p.m. a man entered Cold Stone and presented an employee with a threatening note demanding cash. The employee complied and the man left the business. “No weapon was […]

Glendale Man Charged in Accident

A 19-year-old Glendale man whose vehicle toppled a light pole and a fire hydrant in August has been charged with two counts of felony vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence in connection with the electrocution deaths of two women who tried to help in the collision’s aftermath, the District Attorney’s Office announced today. An arraignment hearing […]

Mountain Avenue Carnival

    Mountain Avenue Elementary School at 2307 Mountain Avenue in La Crescenta, 91214  is just one day away from their annual Family Carnival to be held on Saturday, Oct. 27 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. There are lots of booth activities and an amazing cake walk. All are invited.

ROSE QUEEN® VANESSA CROWNED AT OFFICIAL CORONATION CEREMONY

Vanessa Natalie Manjarrez reigns as 95th Rose Queen® for the 2013 Tournament of Roses®, Themed Oh, the Places You’ll Go!™ _______________________ The Pasadena Tournament of Roses® 2013 President, Sally Bixby, crowned the 95th Rose Queen®, Vanessa Manjarrez, today in an official Coronation ceremony presented by Citizens Business Bank at the Pasadena Convention Center and supported […]

Domestic Violence Hotline Info

Battered Women’s Shelter HAVEN HOUSE, INC. Battered Women and Children’s Shelter Confidential Address (323) 681-2626 Service/Intake/Hotline (Voice/TDD) (Intake for Shelter) PROGRAM/ELIGIBILITY LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH APPLICATION PROCEDURE HOURS FEES/PAYMENT SOURCE HOUSE OF RUTH P.O. Box 459 Claremont, CA 91711 The agency provides a battered women’s shelter that primarily serves women age 18 and older and […]

Pasadena’s Boston Court Greets Swedish Song Festival

By Ted AYALA It was in 19th century Germany that the genre of the classical art song – lieder – reached its maturity. Under Franz Schubert, the genre was invested with the kind of variety and loftiness of expression previously thought to be the domain of symphonic music, oratorio and opera. The German contribution to […]

LETTERs TO THE EDITOR

Music to His Ears Many thanks for the heads up on the Glendale Pops Jazz Concert [Miles Mosley ‘Soulful Swing’ on Oct. 13]. We enjoyed the concert at the Alex so very much. When I saw five saxophonists in that band my thought was, “I hope they can make the music talk.” That they did! […]

It’s a ‘Spooktacular’ Halloween Planned

By Ashley FILIPEK and Mary O’KEEFE What fun is going on in town on Oct. 31? Well, on Halloween night, the Montrose Shopping Park Association is rolling out the red – or perhaps the black and orange –  carpet for the annual Montrose Halloween Spooktacular. The 2200, 2300 and 2400 blocks of Honolulu Avenue will […]