By Robin GOLDSWORTHY Glendale City Councilman Ara Najarian received a shock on Monday when his confirmation to another term on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority was blocked. Najarian is a vocal opponent to the controversial Long Beach (710) Freeway extension project. “I was very disappointed,” Najarian said of the blocked confirmation. He added that there was […]
By Ted AYALA Where do you go to recycle your browning Christmas tree after the holidays? Or find easy-to-access information about Glendale’s current fiscal status? The answers to these pressing questions – and more than a few others – can be found just a mouse-click away via the City of Glendale’s City Connections e-newsletter. Sent […]
The Los Angeles County Public Works Department advised that based on the forecast of snow and icy road conditions, it closed public access to the following road segments in the Angeles National Forest effective Wednesday at 10 p.m.: Angeles Forest Highway from Upper Big Tujunga Canyon Road to Aliso Canyon Road and Upper Big Tujunga […]
The Prom Plus Holiday Boutique was held at St. Luke’s of the Mountains on Saturday. The annual fundraiser helped support Prom Plus, an after prom party that is held at the Crescenta Cañada YMCA for Crescenta Valley High School seniors and their guests. More than 100 shoppers stopped by the boutique to check out the […]
Officer Joe Allen of the Glendale Police Dept. with the Crescenta Valley Drug & Alcohol Prevention Coalition, California Narcotic Officers Assn., National Education Foundation of America, and Elks are providing a class on alcohol prevention and impairment tonight, Dec. 13. As the celebrations of the holidays arrive, there are moments when bubbly champagne, festive cocktails […]
Dec. 11 4800 block of Crown Avenue in La Cañada Flintridge, a jewelry box was stolen from a dresser in a home that has been under construction. The dresser had been moved from one room to another for several months before the owners realized the jewelry was missing. The incident happened between Jan 18 to […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies from the Crescenta Valley Station responded to a 911 hang up call and discovered several marijuana plants in a home. The 911 call came into the station about 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 1. Deputies were sent to the residence where the call originated to make certain there […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The family of missing woman Megan (Ganajian) Dipiazza, 33, continues to search anywhere they think this mother, wife and daughter may be. Megan went missing on Nov. 11 after an argument with her husband Sal. The couple was having marital issues and had recently separated. Glendale police reported finding a note in […]
July 10, 1926 – Nov. 27, 2012 Margaret Steinpfad passed away peacefully with her son by her side at her long-time La Crescenta home on Nov 27. It was a blessing that she was able to see her beloved granddaughters, daughter-in-law, and family friends in the days prior. Margaret was born July 10, 1926 in […]
June 10, 1924 – Dec. 4, 2012 Born in Dowell, Ill. in 1924, Jack was brought to Tujunga the same year. His grandparents, the Wrights, owned a shoe store in Tujunga in the 1920s. His family then moved to Glendale for the schools for all five children – Jack and his siblings Richard, William, Lester […]