LA CAÑADA GLADIATORS 10.15.15

Contributors are Paul D. Fitzgerald, Bruce Millstein, Chad Runnels, and Tony Ponce.   JR. GREMLIN FLAG La Cañada Gladiators v. El Sereno Stallions (Teams do not keep Score)   No report received.   Gremlins La Cañada 35, El Sereno 6   The La Cañada Gladiator Gremlins returned to their winning ways Sunday with a 35-6 […]

Students and Families Take Part in Annual Walk to School

Students and Families Take Part in Annual Walk to School

  On Oct. 7, local students of all ages, along with teachers, school administrators, city officials and parents, put on their walking shoes for the Fifth Annual Walk-to-School day. There were meeting points for the various schools around the valley that included Two Strike Park and Montrose and Dunsmore parks. This was the largest “organized” […]

Looking for ghosts and goblins? Much more will be found at this year’s Haunted Jail. By Jason KUROSU This Halloween, the select few intrepid enough to brave the annual Haunted Jail at the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station will find more than bedsheet ghosts and tissue paper bats lurking in the darkness. This year’s theme will […]

CRIME BLOTTER

Oct. 13 3000 block of  Alabama Street in La Crescenta, a laptop computer and modem were stolen from an unlocked vehicle overnight. 4800 block of Angeles Crest Highway in La Cañada, a 37-year-old La Cañada woman was arrested for posession of a controlled substance resembling methamphetamine after a routine traffic stop. The woman had several […]

  April 4, 1936 – Oct. 3, 2015 Sherrill Lee Ross was born on April 4, 1936 in the small town of Driggs, Idaho and grew up in the farming community of Victor, eight miles down the road. He married Chloe Hillman in 1956. After graduating from Brigham Young University, he traded the simple life […]

GAMC Receives Stroke Certification

By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale Adventist Medical Center was awarded a certification as a Comprehensive Stroke Center from DNV GL, an international risk management company [formed by the merger of the Norwegian and German companies Det Norske Veritas and Germanischer Lloyd]. DNV GL Healthcare USA has expertise in providing accreditation and clinical excellence certifications to hospitals. […]

Fire Chief to ‘Reenergize’ Priorities

By Charly SHELTON Last month, Greg Fish was named as the City of Glendale’s new fire chief. Fish was officially appointed as GFD chief after serving five months in an interim capacity following the departure of Harold Scoggins, who left Glendale to take the reins of fire chief of Seattle. Fish was officially appointed at […]

Weather in the Foothills

Weather in the Foothills

“A cut-off low is a weatherman’s woe.” ~ Dr. George Fischbeck KABC-TV, weatherman 1922-2015   Better known as just “Dr. George,” meteorologist Dr. George Fischbeck became an icon of the weather-world. He was both a respected scientist and a much-loved TV weatherman. Wearing thick black-rimmed glasses along with a bowtie he delivered his forecast with […]

Governor Signs Mike Gatto’s Bill to Keep Your TV from Spying on You

Assemblyman Mike Gatto, joined by members of his committee on Consumer Protection and Privacy, authored AB 1116, a bill to protect Californians from television voice-recognition features that could surreptitiously record private conversations in the home. This week, Gov. Jerry Brown signed the measure that also prevents private conversations from being used or sold for advertising […]

Lovin’ the Last Ride

Lovin’ the Last Ride

By Charly SHELTON Motorcycles and music and food and motorcycles – all for a good cause. This pretty much summarizes the 32nd – and final year – of the largest and longest running one-day charity motorcycle ride in the world: Love Ride. Since 1984, Love Ride has been held annually to raise money for charities […]