Matthew Casciani, Class of ’12, was recently honored by the Los Angeles Police Protective League (LAPPL) with a $7,500 educational scholarship. The mission of the LAPPL is to vigilantly protect, promote and improve the working conditions, legal rights, compensation and benefits of Los Angeles police officers. The organization, under the motto “Protecting Those Who Protect […]
The scholarship chairwoman and members of Glendale Area Alumnae Panhellenic, a nonprofit organization consisting of National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) sorority alumnae volunteer women, announced the recipients of the organization’s 2012 scholarship awards. Awards are given annually to eligible area high school senior girls and Glendale college women who are planning to attend a four-year college […]
Another New Game in the Bag Not that I’m turning this into a regular column about alternative sports, but in addition to my newfound interest in disc golf which I wrote about last week, I also find myself involved in yet another new (at least to me) game this summer. Here’s how it happened: I […]
Sanitariums in CV – Rockhaven Sanitarium Part 1 After hearing about Hillcrest Sanitarium, one might get the impression that all the sanitariums were somewhat nightmarish. Not so. Hillcrest had a bumpy career, starting as a high-end sanitarium and slowly declining as its age began to show. It had that brief interlude during the war as […]
Addresses Concerns about GWP Recently, there has been a great deal written about Glendale Water & Power (GWP) in the press. Much of it has been controversial – smart meters, leadership changes, a budget deficit, proposed rate increases, poor public outreach, the revenue transfer to the City’s general fund. In the absence of straightforward […]
Weekend of Musical Interludes I am fortunate that I enjoy many different types of music. Listening to great music in an awesome venue with good friends…well, it just doesn’t get better than that. This past weekend I had the chance to experience that not just once but twice. Saturday night, Steve & Karen Pierce and […]
“Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer. Those days of soda and pretzels and beer … Dust off the sun and moon and sing a song of cheer.” – Nat King Cole, 1963 Weatherwise, the end of last week was crazy. The first raindrops of the season fell during Thursday’s wave of […]
By Misty DUPLESSIS For the past 37 years, teacher Jonathan Love has been one of Glendale Unified School District’s most valuable assets. An accomplished historian, his students also know him for his involvement with track and field, basketball and other sports. In June 2012, staff and students bid farewell to the admired teacher as he […]
Three meetings have been scheduled for concerned neighbors of Mountain Avenue Elementary, Rosemont Middle School and Clark Magnet High School to discuss the solar panel placement at the schools. Meetings are scheduled for: Mountain Avenue Elementary July 24 at 6 p.m. Rosemont Middle School July 31 at 6 p.m. Clark Magnet High School July 31 […]
Cruise Night Saturday The 19th annual Glendale Cruise Night will be held on Saturday, July 21from 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. This event is for all ages and admission is free. Approximately 400 pre-1979 cars will be taking part in Cruise Night 2012. Participants come as far away as San Diego, Palm Springs and Santa […]