Chelby Crawford of Dilbeck Pasadena and Shelley Wingate of Dilbeck Arcadia are again the co-chairmen of the PFAR Charitable Foundation Annual Wine Tasting Event. This year’s event will be held on Thursday, June 27at Il Fornaio in Old Pasadena. The large outdoor side patio will be the site for a summer evening of wine tasting, […]
The Kiwanis Club of La Cañada and the City of La Cañada Flintridge joined together on June 5 to honor Project Child Save, a La Crescenta organization that has saved the lives of over 400 children who have been kidnapped and sold into sexual slavery and child pornography. La Cañada Mayor Laura Olhasso proclaimed June […]
By Kevork KURDOGHLIAN The La Cañada Unified School District governing board began its first round of deliberations at its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday on the recent citizens’ petition that was adopted in a resolution by the La Cañada Flintridge City Council two weeks prior. After three citizens’ efforts and two legislative efforts over the […]
By Ted AYALA Funding for the Central Library’s renovation project may be heading into rocky waters and how the Glendale City Council will navigate that course remains uncertain. At Tuesday afternoon’s meeting of the city council and Successor Agency, increases in the project’s costs received close scrutiny. The problem for the city began in 2010 […]
Not Making It Easy Disclaimer: The following article deals with a sensitive subject (in more ways than one). Several months ago I was talking to the owners of a local business and they shared with me the health struggles their mother has experienced with colon cancer. “Robin, get a colonoscopy. This cancer is preventable if […]
“Once upon a Summer Day, Birds chirped in a musical way, Grass drenched in morning dew, The sky covered in a vast color of blue.” ~ Joseph T. Renaldi When is the first day of summer for 2013? Most will agree, including scientists, in North America, the summer solstice begins on June 21, 2013 […]
By Ted AYALA Less than a dozen people were on hand to hear representatives from Glendale Water & Power (GWP) discuss a proposed electric rate increase at the Sparr Heights Community Center on June 6. The meeting was part of a series of community outreach meetings being held by GWP to inform the public about […]
By Ted AYALA Property vandalization, stray animals running loose on the street, trash illegally dumped, and those pesky potholes: just a few of the many nuisances that can stress out residents on a daily basis. The process to address these issues can be no less of a nuisance – at least until now. The City […]
By Michael YEGHIAYAN According to a recently released report from the FBI, Glendale is ranked among the safest cities in the country. In the Uniform Crime Report, Glendale was listed as the fifth safest city in California and the eighth safest city in the nation with a population over 100,000. The Glendale Police Dept. attributed […]
By Mary O’KEEFE This week it was announced that Orchard Supply Hardware (OSH) filed for Chapter 11. On Wednesday, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware approved all of the first day motions related to the filing, according to a prepared statement. The approved motions will allow the company to continue to meet […]