Glendale Unified School District has developed and implemented action plans to properly protect the district’s students, staff and facilities in anticipation of the upcoming El Niño. Plans include immediate response with trained personnel to secure school facilities that may be impacted by heavy rain, wind, flooding and mudslides. Kent Smith, the district’s director of Facilities […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Los Angeles Unified School District’s closure on Dec. 14 due to an email received by the school board that threatened the safety of students and staff of several schools may have turned out to be a hoax, but the fear and concern of possible harm to children was very real to the […]
By Charly SHELTON For almost two months, a group of parents and community members has been working together to try and get a new foreign language immersion charter school off the ground. An application was submitted to the Glendale Unified School District for the International Studies Language Academy (ISLA) charter school on Oct. 20 backed […]
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) in partnership with the Los Angeles County Chief Executive Office, Office of Emergency Management (OEM), and Cities of Palmdale and Lancaster closed the Los Angeles County SBA Disaster Loan Outreach Center at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 3. The Los Angeles County SBA Disaster Loan Outreach Center is located […]
By Jason KUROSU Glendale crime has risen this year and police say it is at least partially the result of recent state legislation that reduced prison penalties for non-violent offenders. Glendale Police Chief Robert Castro provided a report at Tuesday night’s Glendale City Council meeting illustrating what he called “a trend that we’re going to […]
On Tuesday at 9:18 p.m. Glendale police officers responded to a robbery at the Unocal 76 gas station located in the 400 block of Colorado Boulevard. An investigation revealed the suspect entered the store and asked for cigarettes. As the employee retrieved the cigarettes and turned back around, the suspect was allegedly holding a knife […]
Terrifying Holiday Spirit Typically December is a welcoming, albeit busy, time. Between shopping and preparing for holiday meals and parties, our attention might be diverted but generally in a positive way. I mean how stressful is it to choose what outfit to wear to a holiday soiree? Unfortunately this December hasn’t been full of holiday […]
“I’m dreaming of a white Christmas Just like the ones I used to know Where the treetops glisten, and children listen To hear sleigh bells in the snow. I’m dreaming of a white Christmas With every Christmas card I write May your days be merry and bright And may all your Christmases be white.” ~ […]
By Charly SHELTON It’s the end of the year and that means many of the groups and organizations around town hold their year-end holiday parties. For the Historical Society of the Crescenta Valley, the holiday party was a trip back in time to a time of five-cent admission to movie theaters, pratfalls and intense makeup. […]
Felix the Cat stars in “Oceantics,” from 1930. This print is shown on a 1909 Cameragraph Model Six silent film projector and has live music by Dean Mora. This was shown at the La Crescenta Library by the Historical Society of the Crescenta Valley for their annual holiday party.