SCE & GWP Issue Info Re: Rolling Outages

The City of Glendale and Southern California Edison (SCE) are preparing for extremely high temperatures for many days in a row with little cooling in the evening. Glendale Water & Power (GWP) is asking customers to continue to conserve as much electricity as possible through this week to reduce the demand on the electrical system […]

Glendale City Manager Yasmin Beers Announces Retirement

From the City of Glendale: City Manager Yasmin Beers announced her retirement after 33 years of dedicated service to the City of Glendale. She will retire effective October 2020. The Glendale City Council will consider a transition plan at a Council meeting in the near future. “This was not an easy decision for me, and […]

Collision in La Cañada Ends Pursuit

A spokesman with the California Highway Patrol has confirmed that a pursuit that started earlier this afternoon in Orange County ended after the suspect crashed the vehicle into another car at Oak Grove and Foothill Boulevard. The female driver was traveling westbound on the 210 Freeway. In Tujunga, she exited the freeway then traveled eastbound […]

LA Updates Its COVID-19 Numbers

The Los Angeles County Dept. of Public Health (Public Health) has confirmed 45 new deaths and 2,642 new cases of COVID-19. The number of new cases reported today are not known to include many backlog numbers from the state’s electronic lab report system (ELR), if any. They do, however, include delayed reporting of a few […]

High Temps Expected – GWP Reminds Customers to Conserve Energy

The National Weather Service has issued an Excessive Heat Warning for parts of Los Angeles County from today, Friday, Aug. 14 at 11 a.m. through Monday, Aug. 17 at 9 p.m. The California Independent System Operator has issued a statewide Flex Alert effective today, Friday, Aug. 14 from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. In response, […]

Going to ‘Town’

Going to ‘Town’

» Restaurant Spotlight By Charly SHELTON This week continues our series spotlighting hometown favorite restaurants adapting to the new normal of COVID-19 life. And it marks our first restaurant in the series to make use of the newly-created seating areas behind the massive K-rails along Honolulu Avenue through the al fresco Glendale program. However, expanded […]

Back to School … But Only To Get Books

Back to School … But Only To Get Books

By Mary O’KEEFE It was back-to-school book pickup this week for Crescenta Valley High School students who observed COVID-19 requirements of social distancing and the wearing of face coverings. “It’s going to be really weird,” said Christian Ovilla, an incoming sophomore, of how it will be to return to in-person class. Ovilla and fellow sophomore […]

Harm That Lasts A Lifetime

Harm That Lasts A Lifetime

By Mary O’KEEFE At the end of the commutation of sentence release of Thomas Waterbury from Gov. Gavin Newsom it states, “The act of clemency for Mr. Waterbury does not minimize or forgive his conduct or the harm it caused. It does recognize the work he has done since to transform himself.” “The harm it […]

Drivers Arrested, Cited During DUI Checkpoint

Twenty-three drivers were arrested and 15 drivers cited while a DUI checkpoint was conducted on Aug. 1. The checkpoint was held at Los Feliz Road and Gardena Avenue from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. Twenty-three drivers were arrested for operating a vehicle unlicensed or with a suspended/revoked license. Checkpoint locations are based on a history […]

Street Racers Arrested, Vehicles Impounded

On Aug. 5 at around 8:30 p.m., a patrol officer was driving in the area of Highland Avenue and Glenoaks Boulevard when s/he observed three vehicles stopped at a red light. One driver was heard revving the engine. Once the light turned green, all three vehicles accelerated at a high rate of speed westbound on […]