Extending a Helping Hand from Unexpected Places As most of you know, I belong to or am on the boards of a couple of local organizations. One of these is the Kiwanis Club of Glendale. The membership is quite diverse and some members are rather notable including Glendale City Councilwoman Paula Devine and City […]
“May the sun always shine warm on your windowpane. May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain.” ~ Irish Blessing Summer is now a memory with an exception: its weather. It lingers on and on … like encore after encore following a long chamber music piece. With summer, it’s one more blast of heat. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Oct. 8, Assemblymember Laura Friedman held a virtual town hall meeting regarding wildfires. She opened the meeting by talking about the present wildfires across the state as well as how the fire seasons have been “going on for longer and longer periods.” Friedman chairs the Natural Resource Committee. “I see the […]
By Julie BUTCHER The Glendale City Council on Tuesday night again expressed its strong condemnation of the aggression of Azerbaijan and Turkey against the independent republic of Artsakh. “These have been tough weeks for every Armenian,” Councilmember Ara Najarian said before thanking the city’s interim city manager and police chief for their responses to recent […]
Four local Girl Scouts lend their help to their elementary school while earning their Silver Award. By Mary O’KEEFE Earning a Silver Award in Girl Scouts is not a simple procedure. There are several steps that need to be taken as Girl Scouts move toward completing the process. These include deciding what they want to […]
The construction sites at three Montrose Shopping Park (MSP) intersections are finally scheduled to be completed. Starting today, Monday, Oct. 12, the holes in the ground with the metal plates over them at Verdugo and Honolulu, Oceanview and Honolulu and Wickham Way and Honolulu will soon become our cable barrier installations. These are designed to […]
The Los Angeles County Dept. of Public Health (Public Health) has confirmed two new deaths and 881 new cases of confirmed COVID-19. The low number of new deaths and new cases reported today, Monday, Oct. 12 reflect a reporting lag from over the weekend. COVID-19 continues to spread and remains easily spread among people who […]
On Sunday morning, field deputies from the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station received information that a stolen vehicle may be driving around the area. Deputies Krajewski and Howell began to comb the area for the car. At around 8:50 a.m., they saw the car driving westbound Foothill Boulevard from Briggs Avenue. They caught up to the […]
Photo by Mary O’KEEFE AYF organized a march on Sunday in support of Armenia at Pan Pacific Park.
The local community comes together to raise funds – and awareness – over the recent attack on Armenia. By Mary O’KEEFE It felt like history repeating itself when Armenians around the world woke up about two weeks ago to the news of fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan military forces. French President Emmanuel Macron reported […]