“There is plenty of snow on the slopes now and it is not likely to disappear during the games, despite the upcoming mild weather.” ~ Jason Nicholls, AccuWeather reporting from Sochi, Russian Federation, Winter Olympic Games We received a little rain. Almost ¼-inch nudged the season’s total up to 2.05 inches. I’m […]
By Jason KUROSU With the 100th anniversary of Montrose last year, Montrose will now celebrate surpassing the century mark with a Montrose Founder’s Day celebration on Sunday, Feb. 23. The celebration will take place in the heart of Montrose, side-by-side Sunday’s weekly Harvest Market and Marketplace (which will be extended beyond its usual operating hours […]
Final Skate Park Meeting Planned The County of Los Angeles Dept. of Parks & Recreation invites the public to the third of three community design workshops for the new skate park at Crescenta Valley Community Regional Park. Design workshop and presentation No. 3 will take place on Saturday, Feb. 15 at 10 a.m. at the […]
Marissa Gould, intern The Rosemont Preserve is full of native, drought resistant plants. Three of these plants – California buckwheat, Black Sage, and White Sage – have left the reserve for a new place to grow. The seeds were collected by the Friends of the Rosemont Preserve and some local Girl Scouts. The seeds have […]
By Jason KUROSU The past year has seen some notable Montrose restaurants change ownership, some with less certain futures than others. The Rocky Cola Café, which enjoyed popularity and regular patronage at the corner of Honolulu and Verdugo for 25 years, has been undergoing renovations since its closure at the end of 2012. Jeffrey Williams, […]
By Ted AYALA The hopes of the city of Glendale for putting a tax measure before voters in the special election in June were dimmed earlier this week. Residents, according to a survey, feel “no great need” for more taxes. That was the result presented to the Glendale City Council on Tuesday night by Cerrell […]
Assemblyman Mike Gatto amended AB 1432 today to strengthen training requirements and prevent child abuse in schools. The amendments would require all school employees to be trained according to standards developed by the Department of Education, in the proper identification and reporting of child abuse and neglect, so that abuse can be stopped in its […]
Glendale Water & Power (GWP) and CEIVA Energy, a utility-controlled home energy management system (HEMS) provider today announced they will expand their customer engagement program. Based on the success of the initial deployment, GWP and CEIVA will work together to deliver additional energy savings tools to customers, including smart thermostats. The pilot program expansion will reach more […]
On Thursday Rep. Adam Schiff announced that he has nominated fourteen students from the 28thCongressional District for appointments to U.S. service academies for the class of 2018. Four of the five United States service academies require a Congressional nomination in order to receive an appointment. “Each one of these students has compiled an outstanding resume […]