GPOA helps to ensure all families have a merry Christmas. By Mary O’KEEFE Members of the Glendale Police Officers Association (GPOA) are giving back at Christmas time through its Cops for Kids program. The annual event kicked off last week with the delivery of Christmas trees to 26 homes. Families decorated their trees in anticipation […]
By Julie BUTCHER When Assemblymember Laura Friedman received her committee assignments at the beginning of the California State Assembly’s 2017 legislative session, little could the newly-elected legislator have anticipated that her membership on the Assembly Rules Committee would put her front and center in the “#MeToo” movement exploding across the country and in Sacramento, highlighting […]
By Mary O’KEEFE It can start with a phone call to a resident. The person on the other end begins with, “I am calling to collect a debt” and then proceeds to go over funds owed either from a long ago debt that may have been forgotten, or for a utility bill not paid. As […]
Spiritual Heart Yoga Center, located at 2509 Honolulu Ave. in Montrose, recently celebrated its opening with a ribbon cutting. Celebrating with owner Krissy Harb were local dignitaries, members of the Montrose-Verdugo City Chamber of Commerce and her mother, local realtor Phyllis Harb.
By Brian CHERNICK City of Glendale officials struck a deal with St. Francis High School to enter into an agreement to use Glendale Sports Complex’s baseball field for the next 10 years. As part of the deal, St. Francis will pay for all facility improvements including the replacement of the current natural turf with a […]
Minimum Wage is Increasing Again in January 2018 What you need to know: Last year, Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation raising California’s mandatory minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2022. The governor’s action makes California the first state in the nation to commit to raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour statewide by […]
A Season of Gratitude All of us have so much going on at this time of year – from holiday parties and events to being with our families and shopping for our loved ones. In the midst of all this activity, I want to take a moment to relay this very simple but heartfelt message: […]
By Charly SHELTON One of the most iconic images associated with Christmas is the nativity. The baby Jesus, laying in a manger (feeding trough) for want of a crib, with his mother Mary and stepfather Joseph and the three wise men surrounded by the animals of the livery in which they took shelter. Rather than […]
By Charly SHELTON At this festive season of the year, everyone follows their own traditions for a winter holiday. For African-Americans celebrating Kwanzaa, it is a time to light the kinara candles. For Christians celebrating Christmas, it is a time for gift giving and celebration in commemoration of Christ’s birth. For pagans following Anglo-Saxon, Germanic […]
Christmas Concert La Cañada Congregational Church presents a Christmas concert on Sunday, Dec. 17 at 4 p.m. There will be a selection of choral carols and Pinkham’s “Christmas Cantata” for mixed chorus, brass quartet and organ. Soloists include soprano Vera Lugo, mezzo-soprano Christina Thomas, tenor Russell Smith and baritone Paul Keilbach. Joseph Klice is organist […]