Approximately 1,500 students were named to Biola University’s dean’s list for academic excellence in spring 2018. Students who achieved a grade point average of 3.60 or higher while enrolled in 12 or more credit units and whose cumulative grade point average is at least a 3.20 are placed on the dean’s list. Those who earned […]
The Crescenta-Cañada Lions Club is currently seeking submissions for its Annual Speakers Contest, sponsored by the California Lions Clubs. The topic for the 2018-19 contest, now in its 82nd year, is “Freedom of the Press: What Does It Mean?” Students interested in entering the contest shall prepare a talk/speech on the topic as close as […]
VIEWS FROM THE VALLEY SUSAN BOLAN My Endo Story At age 58, I never thought I would still be battling endometriosis, a debilitating disease that affects women. Yet here I am, just having had another surgery because of it. It has been a long road. What is endometriosis? Endometrial cells normally grow inside the uterus […]
My New Year’s Wish For Rockhaven Sanitarium It’s been over 10 years since the City of Glendale bought Rockhaven Sanitarium, the last intact sanitarium in a community whose founding industry was sanitariums. Here’s a brief recap of events since then. In 2008, Glendale bought the historic property with the stated intention of creating a […]
Sept. 30, 1928 – Dec. 20, 2018 Ona Zukas Norkus passed away peacefully on Thursday, Dec. 20 at her home in Los Angeles. She was 90. Ona was born in Lithuania on Sept. 30, 1928 to Ona and Juozas Juodišius. During World War II, when she was only 14, she had to flee her native […]
June 15, 1917 – Dec. 26, 2018 Beloved by all who knew her, she passed away gracefully at 101½ years old. In her lifetime she left a legacy of love, kindness and beautiful memories. She was born in Carbondale, Pennsylvania to Caroline and Worrie Swingle. After graduation from Benjamin Franklin High School in Carbondale she […]
Television news anchor Chris Burrous unexpectedly died at a hospital on the afternoon of Thursday, Dec. 27, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner announced. In the early afternoon of Dec. 27, paramedics responded to a call regarding an unresponsive male at a hotel in the 400 block of Pioneer Drive in Glendale. The male, later […]
By Mary O’KEEFE As a kid there is nothing like waking up Christmas morning and finding toys under the tree, but for some families toys are a luxury they just can’t afford. Thanks to toy drives like Spark of Love, many kids get that toy-filled holiday morning. It takes the generosity of many to help […]
AT&T Hearing Scheduled A hearing for AT&T regarding the small cell placement on a utility pole just north of 4704 Briggs Ave. has been rescheduled to Jan. 30 at 9 a.m. It will be held at the County of Los Angeles, Dept. of Regional Planning, Zoning Permits East Section, 320 W. Temple St., Room 1346 […]
“Year’s end comes on the wings of a chattering jay and a cawing crow, and a wind that rustles the sere oak leaves in the star-glimmered night. The jay chatters of short Winter days, and the crow caws of the long Winter nights. And the wind’s song is the song of time, of the years, […]