By Shari EMAMI About 100 Glendale community members, neighbors and teachers gathered outside the home of school board president Greg Krikorian on Wednesday evening, May 26, to silently protest the school board’s recently proposed 50% increase in class size and teacher layoffs in response to budget cuts. The Glendale Teachers Association held the vigil, handing […]
Services for William H. “Bill” Peters who died on April 9 will be this Saturday, June 5 at 1 p.m. at Holy Redeemer Church at 2411 Montrose Ave. in Montrose. He passed away in Huntington Hospital in Pasadena from complications resulting from COPD and diabetes.
By Mary O’KEEFE Burglary suspects were arrested thanks to an alert neighbor who saw something suspicious and called police. “A neighbor observed three males exiting a gate [of a house] located in the 3000 block of Los Olivos Lane. The witness knew that the home owner was gone and that the home had been burglarized […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A solemn and meaningful Memorial Day ceremony was held at Two Strike Park early Monday morning. The sidewalk was lined with American flags and posters reminding the crowd why it was there. It was called the Walk of Honor and was a new addition to the Two Strike Park ceremony. Names of […]
“ June is bustin’ out all over…” — Oscar Hammerstein II Last Saturday, early morning, strong winds came blasting out of our canyons. Due to a high pressure system over the Great Basin creating this condition, Memorial Day weekend was very warm – 90 degrees. Many consider this time to be the start of summer. […]
By Geghard ARAKELIAN Members of the foothills community gathered at the CV Park recreation room last Thursday for a presentation by county officials on a planned dog park. Attendees shared mixed feelings as some vigorously stated their concerns while proponents sighed at complaints aimed at the schematics of the park. Those who vehemently back the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Representative Adam Schiff recently testified before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies to call for a reconsideration and possible repeal of U.S. Forest Service policies prohibiting nighttime flights. This action was spurred by the Station Fire. “Fire officials agree that the most important part of fighting fires is […]
The engagement of Lindsay Rae Loos and Roy Joseph Spaulding is announced. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Stephen and Roberta Loos of Mendon, Ill. Lindsay attended Unity High School and Culver-Stockton College and graduated with a major in fine arts and a minor in psychology. The groom-elect is the son of Roy H. and […]
May 24 1200 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge, a camera was stolen and the front passenger window was shattered on a vehicle between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Montrose and Briggs avenues in Montrose, a 26-year-old Fontana man was arrested for transportation of marijuana over an ounce after deputies stopped him due […]
Tyler Mathew Sikora Tyler Mathew Sikora, 15, suddenly was taken from his parents Tim and Colleen Sikora on Thursday, May 20. In addition to his parents, Tyler is survived by this brother Devon Cullen; grandparents Tony and Debbie Jaeggi of Carlsbad; grandmother Donna Perna of Frazier Park; and numerous uncles, aunts and cousins. Tyler was […]