By Mary O’KEEFE On Thursday, the Glendale police conducted a Stop Tobacco Access to Kids Enforcement (STAKE) operation in an attempt to find local businesses that sell cigarettes to children under 18 years old. Individuals, or businesses, that knowingly sells or furnishes anyone under the age of 18 with any tobacco, cigarette or cigarette papers […]
March 1, 1928 – May 2, 2013 Rosaria “Rose” Agatha (Neuburger) Van Orden passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 2 in Glendale at the age of 85. Rose was born in Minnesota on March 1, 1928 to Agatha and Adolph Neuburger. In 1948, Rose married Jerold “Van” Van Orden in Minnesota. The couple had three […]
Good Bye and Get Lost On the drive back from San Diego last Sunday night after an exhausting day of moving our son from one college dorm to another for summer school, I heard a woman being interviewed on the radio about how she deals with the growing problem of unwanted telemarketing calls. She discussed […]
By Michael J. ARVIZU La Crescenta holistic chiropractor Dr. Mark Anthony is set to hold a series of classes on the ayurveda system of traditional medicine at Center for Spiritual Living, beginning with an introductory class on May 15. For the past seven years, Anthony has studied this 5,000-year-old form of alternative medicine native to […]
By Michael J. ARVIZU The 2013 Crescenta Valley Prayer Breakfast will be held on May 21 beginning at 6:30 a.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in La Crescenta. Organized by the Crescenta Valley Town Council, in conjunction with the Crescenta Valley High School PTSA, Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Clergy Council, and area […]
Local author offers reflection on a time well spent. By Tyler BIDDLE “How did a California boy like me end up in this crazy, topsy-turvy, upside-down world of Indonesia?” writes Paul Burghdorf in his new memoir, “Good Morning, Mr. Paul.” The story is a look inside the most defining years in his life serving as […]
Thanks to all who participated in the April 27 Prescription Drug Take Back! Along with the DEA, the Glendale Police Dept., the Sheriff’s Dept. volunteers, the Elks and community members staffed the tables. Special thanks to everyone who brought in over 300 pounds of unwanted medicines to us and away from those who might deliberately […]
Is Councilman Really Wanted? I believe that Zareh Sinanyan should face a recall election. His amorphous statements about whether or not he wrote those bigoted and all-around crude comments, and his accusation of a smear campaign orchestrated by councilperson Laura Friedman, misled the voters of Glendale (especially those who knew how easy it is to […]
Students at Rosemont Middle School had the chance recently to learn what life was like during the days of the Civil War. Each year, the middle school field is transformed into a Civil War historical site. The annual event gives eighth grade students the chance to roam among stations set up to teach what life […]
By Aimee YEGHIAYAN “From the L.A. Regional, team 589, Isabel Martos-Repath!” Those are words CVHS junior Isabel Martos-Repath never thought she would hear spoken at the annual FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) championships in St. Louis on April 26-27. From hundreds of students, Martos-Repath was selected as one of 10 winners […]