By Mary O’KEEFE The Tuesday night Glendale Unified School District board meeting once again was the scene of chaos, anger and concern. Parents shared their opinions; some praised the district for its inclusivity of all students while others chastised the board for its LGBTQ+ policies, although there was nothing on the agenda concerning that issue. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Last week’s Glendale City Council meeting was contentious. At one point Mayor Dan Brotman called for a time out to calm the situation. When the meeting resumed, due to ongoing interruptions by several audience members, City Attorney Michael Garcia suggested that the mayor had been patient and advised it was time to […]
By Mary O’KEEFE I was going to write about the overabundance of sea urchins and why this is important to sea kelp – and I will next week – but over the weekend I saw a lot of Father’s Day posts and shares. We had our traditional Father’s Day dinner with my husband and my […]
The Longest Day of the Year I’ve been married over 42 years (yes, I was robbed from my cradle). Back in the late ’70s/early ’80s, Steve and I were dating and, though very young, were becoming serious. Like many of us did in high school, I would write Robin Goldsworthy on pads of paper […]
By Lynn SHER The extended family of Lauren Grayson visited the Grayson Power Plant (GPP) on Tuesday, June 20 for a final tour of the facilities. Grayson was chief engineer and general manager of the plant that was his namesake. The family present on Tuesday included his son David Grayson and daughter Cynthia Pearson, grandson […]
By Mary O’KEEFE “Each year on June 19, we look back to this day in 1865, on which Union General Gordon Granger led troops into Galveston, Texas to announce the end of the Civil War and the insidious institution of slavery. Thousands of enslaved people in Texas, among the last to learn of their independence, […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Friends of Rockhaven, a 501(c)(3) organization, is hosting a fundraiser to benefit the non-profit organization and fund maintenance of Rockhaven, located in the 2700 block of Honolulu Avenue. A wine tasting event at a La Crescenta residence will be held on Sunday, June 25 from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tickets are […]
An investigation is underway following a late-night stabbing that has left one person hospitalized in stable condition. On June 20 at about 11p.m., an employee of Wendy’s, located at 1575 N. Victory Place, called the Burbank Police Dept. to report a man standing in the drive-through lane claiming to have been stabbed. The first police […]
By Mary O’KEEFE and Lynn SHER Crescenta Valley Park hosted an LA County Dept. of Parks and Recreation sponsored Pride at the Park event on Saturday, June 17. It was one of many in June hosted throughout LA County in honor of Pride Month. Parks and Recreation implemented these two-hour events “to elevate inclusion in […]
June 16 5100 block of Angeles Crest Highway in La Cañada Flintridge, a home was ransacked and items were stolen between 10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. June 15 400 Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge, a speaker was stolen from an unlocked vehicle between 1:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. June 14 5100 block […]