By Mary O’KEEFE John Drayman was released from custody of the Los Angeles County jail system on May 19. Drayman was sentenced on April 7 and released from jail on April 15 with an ankle monitor and restricted to home confinement. “He was released under AB109,” said Nicole Nishida, L.A. County Sheriff’s spokeswoman. In April […]
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month I had the chance to staff a table at NAMI/Glendale’s screening of the movie, “Call Me Crazy.” NAMI is the National Alliance on Mental Illness. The only statistic I knew was 90% of people who die by suicide have a diagnosable mental disorder, though not all are diagnosed […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The public is invited and encouraged to attend the Glendale Police Explorers’ fundraiser on Wednesday from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Glendale Police Dept. Community Room. The Explorers are middle and high school aged kids, some who are interested in a career in law enforcement and some who are not. […]
Students learn some quick math maneuvers and parents are given strategies on how to raise kids to succeed. By Jason KUROSU Monday night featured a set of events at Crescenta Valley High School designed to educate kids and parents in ways both fun and informative. It began with “Mathemagician” Arthur Benjamin, a mathematics professor at […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The general public typically has a love/hate relationship with law enforcement. Trying to get to work on time and having to go just a little faster (honestly just a little) than the posted speed limit and then seeing the red and blue lights appear in the rearview mirror – that is when […]
By Ted AYALA Glendale City Council commended a local student Tuesday night for her winning entry in the city’s “I Love My Neighborhood” poster competition. Alexandra Schwalbach, a fifth grade student of Mountain View Elementary School, was chosen as the winner of the citywide competition. Running annually since 1993, the event was developed to encourage […]
Remembering Why It Began We are often reminded to stop and “smell the roses.” Surprisingly, we sometimes need to be reminded of those things that are not so rosy. For example, Prom Plus. I became involved with Crescenta Valley High School Prom Plus back in 1999 when my son Patrick was a senior. While at […]
“Needless to say that Rainbows in the sky are the personification of Nature’s brilliance.” Chandrababu V.S., Indian author Upon leaving Humboldt, the sun was just breaking through as a rainbow arched across the sky. Only minutes before there had been a sudden cloudburst. Considering the area is a rainforest, this was not out of the […]
Aug. 9, 1960 – April 9, 2014 James Anthony Grimaldi, 53, of Glendale, passed away April 9 in Turlock, California. Jim was born in Glendale to Anthony and JoAnn Grimaldi on Aug. 9, 1960. Growing up, Jim was a talented Little League player and graduated from Crescenta Valley High School in 1978. He worked several […]
By Michael J. ARVIZU It was about 9:30 in the morning on Wednesday, May 21. Deborah Goodale and husband Reno carefully made their way through the charred remains of the Backdoor Bakery and Cafe in Sunland, gutted during an early morning fire on May 11, in order to do inventory. Clouds darkened the sky, and […]