By Julie BUTCHER This week the Glendale City Council approved two 25-year agreements with the Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA) purchasing 30MW and 12.5MW of geothermal energy at a reportedly affordable $68 per megawatt hour, taking another significant step towards advancing the city’s goals to move toward more renewable power. SCPPA is a nonprofit […]
By Brandon HENSLEY During its meeting on Feb. 20, the Crescenta Valley Town Council welcomed back Steve Goldsworthy as he educated members and the audience on the spread of the Aedes mosquito throughout the Southland. Goldsworthy, who was there representing the Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District, said that local residents must beware of […]
By Michael LEVITSKY It was a dream 23 years in the making. Glendale Community College appointed its newest head football coach on Feb. 11, naming former CVHS Falcon Tanner Farwell as interim head coach for the 2020 season. The coach will hold the interim tag for one year before the college makes a decision regarding […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Some residents of the Honolulu Manor Senior Apartments in Montrose are very happy for a couple of reasons – they finally have two working elevators and they have won a civil suit brought against the owner of the complex. The settlement of about $2.25 million came after a long battle to get […]
Feb. 14 2000 block of Mariners View Lane in La Cañada, a person reported witnessing two male suspects exit a grey, four-door vehicle and jump a neighbor’s backyard fence. A short time later he witnessed the suspects run back to the vehicle and drive away. The resident of the home received a notice that the […]
Visitors to the weekly Harvest Market on Honolulu Avenue were able to learn a little local history while perusing the goods for sale. On Sunday, the Historical Society of the Crescenta Valley invited the public to stop by its pop-up where members had on display memorabilia representing Montrose Founders Day. In 1913 developers J. Frank […]
Windsong Players Chamber Ensemble will perform a selection of chamber pieces for soprano, flute, violin and piano celebrating spring’s colors. The concert will also feature a short reading by a well-known Los Angeles poet. The program will include chamber works by Vivaldi, Bach, Mozart, Delibes, Rachmaninoff and others. The concert will take place at 5 […]
Challenges and Opportunities for March 3 Elections Our City has faced many of the same challenges for decades: traffic congestion, development, speeding, affordable housing, street repair, homelessness and spending, to name a few. These are not unique to Glendale. We keep asking for change. But we’ve been beating the same drum. You hear the complaints […]
“I had discovered that I am the kind of person who cannot live comfortably, tolerably, on all-flat terrain. For the sake of inner equilibrium there has to be at least one mountain range on at least one of the four quarters of my horizon – and not more than a day’s walk away.” ~ […]
Protecting LA’s Natural Beauty for Generations to Come Part of the magic of Los Angeles is that we live in an urban and suburban environment, yet are surrounded by mountains, forests, and magnificent wildlife like mountain lions, bears and birds of prey. In February, the House of Representatives took a major step toward preserving […]