By Brian CHERNICK Tuesday night the Glendale City Council voted to increase the contract amount with the legal firm of Gibbs Giden Locher Tuner Senet & Wittbrodt LLP (Gibbs Giden) to $160,000, an increase of $35,000. Gibbs Giden’s legal services for the city date back to 2004 and the current Professional Services Agreement between the […]
“Sweet April showers, Do spring May flowers.” ~ 1557 Thomas Tusser, “A Hundred Good Points of Husbandry, April Husbandry.” Most of us have heard this familiar rhyme, commonly learned at an early age from parents and teachers. According to philologists, or literary linguists, the saying most likely dates back to the mid 1500s. I think […]
Every year, Glendale Adventist Medical Center touches the lives of thousands of patients and families who place their trust in the hospital’s physicians, nurses, technicians and support associates to provide the finest available care. On Thursday, GAMC honored the hands that heal patients every day at the hospital. President George H. W. Bush proclaimed March […]
By Pat KRAMER Mission College President Monte Perez, Ph.D., welcomed city officials, community leaders and members of the public to the college’s new Sunland-Tujunga campus at a ribbon-cutting event held March 28. The campus is located at the Commerce Center, 7200 Foothill Blvd. in Tujunga. Classes for the first eight-week semester officially open on April […]
» GUEST REVIEW By Lisa DUPUY It has taken a few years but restaurateurs have finally changed Americans’ eating habits. I used to be the person who wanted a well-balanced meal on a plate all to myself. But thanks to the tapas revolution I, and many others, prefer sharing small plates with dinner mates. […]
“I think true success is intrinsic … It’s love. It’s kindness. It’s community.” ~ Tom Shadyac, filmmaker By Mary O’KEEFE Love, kindness and community are three words that can easily describe Scott Toro. On Feb. 26, without warning, Scott passed away from heart disease after receiving a clean bill of health after an EKG […]
By Charly SHELTON Easter has nearly arrived. With just over one week until the big day, April 16, churches are preparing for the end of the Lenten season and the return of the alleluias. One church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, La Crescenta Stake, is hosting an event to celebrate the resurrection […]
Spiritual Music Highlights LCPC Concert Spiritual music from the American heartland will be given full expression when the La Cañada Presbyterian Church Chancel Choir and Orchestra presents “Feel the Spirit,” a special concert on Palm Sunday, April 9 at 2 p.m. in the church sanctuary. LCPC’s 60-voice choir and 55-member orchestra will explore American spirituals […]
By Charly SHELTON Temperatures are warming up a bit and that means more time outside in the sun, enjoying the food and drink of spring before it gets too hot. One hallmark of spring in the Crescenta Valley is the annual Montrose Food and Brewfest, now in its third year, which will be held this […]
Programming – the selection of works to be played at a performance of classical music – can be crucial. In the right hands, it not only makes for an appealing spectrum of contrasting and complementing colors, but it also sets the listeners’ ears on a journey in which these works not only stand alone, but […]