By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale Community College has announced that superintendent/president Dr. Dawn Lindsay has accepted the position of college president at Anne Arundel Community College in Maryland. She will begin her new job on Aug. 1. The search for her replacement will be discussed at the next GCC board meeting on April 16. Lindsay will […]
April 21, 1945 – March 29, 2012 In the peaceful morning of March 29, God called home our beloved Martha Joan Carper. She was cherished by her husband Steven Carper, aunt Martha Pagliuca, uncle Bobby Pagliuca, sisters Julie and Arlene, brothers George and Tim, her children Debra, Leslie, Christopher, and Jessica, as well as by […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Saturday night, March 24, officers from the Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC) office and Glendale police visited several bars and liquor stores around the Glendale area in a proactive effort to educate and partner with local owners to make certain permits and other requirements were in place. “It is more of an […]
Best of the Road® is back for round two, asking Americans to share their hometown pride and show road-trippers the best small towns America has to offer. Rand McNally and USA TODAY are calling for friends, family, colleagues or coworkers to put their town on the map – literally – and be named the Best […]
By Mary O’KEEFE As part of April’s Distracted Driving Awareness Month campaign, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, along with over 200 other law enforcement agencies, will be participating in a “zero tolerance” program for those texting or using their hand-held cellphone while driving. Participating law enforcement agencies will concentrate their efforts on April 18 […]
Glendale Water & Power (GWP) customers now have the ability to share and compare their energy use with friends on Facebook. The social energy app is designed to provide people with a better sense of their energy use while fostering friendly competition and provides new ways for people to discover savings opportunities. Consumers can […]
By Alan der OHANNESSIAN The CVHS Falcons tennis team beat Burbank on March 29 by nine games to extend their winning streak. The series ended with both teams tied at nine. Having won more games throughout the series (79-70) earned CV a hard fought victory. Coming into the series, the Falcons were brimming […]
La Cañada Video – The Oldest Video Store in America? It probably is! It’s hard to believe that here in ever-changing L.A., in our relatively young community we have the honor of having both the oldest children’s book store (Once Upon A Time Bookstore), and the oldest video rental store, but it appears so. This […]
Words vs. Wood I have a couple of good friends who are in the construction trade. As independent contractors, they make their living building things. They spend the majority of their workdays wielding manly power tools to dig, saw, sand, drill, hammer, mix, fasten and grind all sorts of materials and turn them into things […]
Going any Lengths for Relay Last year while attending our community’s 11th Annual Foothills Relay For Life, a 24-hour walk for the American Cancer Society, I was struck with an idea how to raise additional funds on the morning of the event. Shave my head! This was not going to come cheap. My goal was […]