By Leonard COUTIN This past weekend the Crescenta Valley running community celebrated the 48th Annual Staub/Barnes Cross-country Invitational. The event honors the legacy of two men, Kenny Staub, GUSD athletic director, and John Barnes, the former Glendale High School cross-country and track teams coach. The Staub/Barnes Invitational, held at Crescenta Valley Park, hosts many of […]
Where We Are Now and Where Are We Going? As the year draws closer to an end and everyone starts to switch their minds to holiday mode, I wanted to take this opportunity to bring you up to date on some old business and let you know where we are going with some new business […]
Hi, CV! CV Alliance’s first fundraiser is on Saturday, Oct. 24 from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Flappers Comedy Club in beautiful downtown Burbank (Magnolia and First). The club is easily accessible, Burbank has lots of free parking, and the comics are teen-friendly. Throw in support for prevention efforts in our community and there […]
Belmont Village Burbank recently celebrated raising $3,000 for the Alzheimer’s summer fundraiser. The Let’s Table Alzehimer’s fundraiser gave supporters the opportunity to donate $20 to earn a chance to win an elegant table setting displayed at the facility’s Table of Hope. All raffle proceeds benefitted the Alzheimer’s Association to help with research and programs benefiting […]
“There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.” ~ Charles Dickens All of a sudden it seems to be getting darker at a much faster pace! As a person mesmerized by summer’s extended-light evenings, I am not a big fan of nature’s implementation of the sun’s dimmer switch. […]
Montrose Shopping Park Happenings I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: You don’t get bored at our monthly Montrose Shopping Park board meeting. Here City of Glendale engineers shared plans to improve traffic in the area. Major discussion also took place about “What in the world is going on with the empty storefront […]
Weizmann Day School, New Horizon School, St. Mark’s School, and B’nai Simcha Jewish Community Preschool invite the community to attend their 13th annual interfaith Daniel Pearl “Harmony for Humanity” Concert on Oct. 15, at 11:00 a.m. The concert will take place on the Weizmann Day School campus located at 1434 N. Altadena Drive in Pasadena. […]
From the Tops of Their Heads I have been married for more than 34 years. I have four incredible sons. I thought I knew every inch of them but in recent years I have learned more of one aspect of their being than I ever thought I would. And I have technology to thank. That […]
By Charly SHELTON As Halloween draws near, theme parks are preparing “spooktacular” events for visitors. This week, we venture over to Universal Studios Hollywood for their annual Halloween Horror Nights. We’ll see six terrifying mazes, four scare zones and a terror tram walk through the infested sets on the backlot. Let’s go. The six mazes, […]
By Charly SHELTON Tuesday night’s Glendale Unified School District semi-monthly board of education meeting had a running theme – teachers. The meeting was attended by dozens of teachers, many of whom were there to show support for fellow teachers during the contract disputes with the district. During each meeting, the GUSD board sets aside time […]