LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

OPINION After over two years of covering the story about John Drayman being charged with embezzlement, it has finally come to an end with his sentencing on Monday – well at least a part of the story has concluded. There will still be stories when he is released, and more than likely some follow up, […]

News from CV Alliance » SUZY JACOBS

News from CV Alliance » SUZY JACOBS

“Our Town. Our Health. Our Future” is the theme for April’s Underage Drinking Prevention Month programs. We participate in this national effort at our Teen Trials & Tribulations, a series of four talks that takes place tonight Thursday, April 10 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the CV High School library, 2900 Community Ave. […]

Treasures of the Valley » Mike lawler

Treasures of the Valley » Mike lawler

The Classic Hotel Tujunga Lives On in Foothill Retirement Home On the western edge of the Crescenta Valley, just slightly into Tujunga, lies a living piece of Old California. Foothill Retirement home was once the Hotel Tujunga, a health resort in the 1930s, and before that was a place wrapped in legends dating back to […]

Relay to Bring Awareness, Education and Community Support

Relay to Bring Awareness, Education and Community Support

The annual event promises a time of fun, reflection and celebration. By Mary O’KEEFE This weekend hundreds of community members will begin a 24-hour walk that is meant to bring awareness, show solidarity and help support those with cancer, their caregivers and research. Organizers have described Foothill’s Relay for Life as a unique event. Participants […]

Heroes On and Off the Court

Heroes On and Off the Court

By Isiah REYES The Glendale firefighters battled against the Glendale Police Dept. in front of about 200 attendees during the fourth annual Hoop Heroes basketball game held at Glendale High School on Sunday. The purpose of the game was to help raise money for the Salvation Army’s after-school program Zone Academy. The program is entirely […]

IN Brief

Bone Marrow Registry Walk The Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry (ABMDR) will be holding its annual Walk of Life walk-a-thon on Saturday, May 3. Registration will begin at 9 a.m.; opening ceremony at 9:30 a.m.; and the walk will begin at 10 a.m. The 5K walk will begin and end at Glendale Memorial Hospital (on […]

LCPC Offers a Range of Events for Holy Week

“Let’s Journey Together to Jerusalem” is the theme for La Cañada Presbyterian Church for Holy Week this year. The church plans to walk with Jesus, so that each person may find his or her own story in Jesus’ story and experience Easter in a new way. LCPC has a full slate of offerings beginning this […]

Concert will be “Absolute Heaven”

French romantic composers whose music explored the heavenly realm in the middle and late 19th century will be showcased by the La Cañada Presbyterian Church Chancel Choir and Orchestra in “Absolute Heaven,” a concert to be presented Sunday, April 13 at 2 p.m. in the LCPC Sanctuary. The featured work will be Charles Gounod’s “Messe […]

NOTES & NODS

New Italian Classes at St.Bede A second series of Conversational Italian classes will begin at St. Bede Parish on Saturday mornings beginning April 26. Noted professor of Italian and Spanish, Professor Nancy Ammirato will teach the classes again. The classes, sponsored by the Italian Catholic Federation (ICF), focus on beginning and intermediate conversational Italian and […]

Drayman Sentenced

Drayman Sentenced

By Mary O’KEEFE On Monday morning in L.A. Superior Court, Dept. 102, former City of Glendale councilman and mayor John Drayman was sentenced to 365 days in Los Angeles County jail and five years probation in addition to paying restitution after pleading guilty on March 12 to embezzlement, giving false statement to the California State […]