Police, Fire and Public Health Respond to Nursing Facility … Again

Another service call to a local nursing home finds residents sweating out the recent high temperatures. By Mary O’KEEFE Once again Glendale police and fire departments responded to a call to the Verdugo Valley Skilled Nursing and Wellness Centre at 2635 Honolulu Ave. On Saturday at 1:41 p.m. an anonymous caller to the Glendale police […]

Fun Found at Film Festival

The Second Annual Montrose Film Festival was a success with bobby soxers, classic cars and lots of popcorn. The two films, “American Graffiti” and “Grease,” were hits with the crowd of over 300 that attended the two day festival. Plans are in the works for next year. Photos by Mary O’KEEFE and Danny GOLDSWORTHY

Fire Alert Raised for Labor Day

By Mary O’KEEFE Labor Day is the time when people enjoy the last little bit of summer vacation. The weather, which has been sweltering recently, looks to be cooling off for the weekend with the National Weather Service/Oxnard expecting daytime temperatures in the high 80s and evenings a cool 65 degrees. For those tapping into […]

Hope Offered – But Will It Be Found – in Jobs Package

By Jason KUROSU With increasing unemployment rates statewide and increasing woes over the economy, Gov. Jerry Brown proposed a new jobs creation package on Thursday. The California Jobs First plan hinges on providing tax incentives for businesses while also closing a tax loophole for out-of-state businesses. The revenue, a projected $1 billion that closing the […]

GUSD – NEWS

NEWS ADVISORY GUSD API Growth and Change Summary GLENDALE, CA — Here are District highlights for the 2010-2011 Academic Performance Index (API) growth report that includes information on growth since the spring 2010 API base was set. The API is a State of California measure showing growth of achievement and came into existence as a […]

Carol Joy Dinger

Jan. 17, 1944 – Aug. 26, 2011 Carol Joy Dinger was born at Glendale Adventist Hospital on Jan. 17, 1944. Her parents were Diedrich and Frances Amelsberg. She attended Holy Family Elementary School in Glendale and in 1962 graduated from Holy Family High School. Growing up, her favorite place to go was the Moonlight Rollaway […]

Blanche Laurie Grossi

August 29, 2011 Blanche Laurie Grossi, 91, passed away peacefully on Aug. 29 in her lovely home in Glendale. She was born in Rochester, N.Y. and lived in Glendale the past 36 years. A loving mother and homemaker for over 50 years, she is survived by her daughter Laurie Cheney of Las Vegas, Nev.; a […]

Hikers Found After All Night Search

By Mary O’KEEFE The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. air unit and the Montrose Search and Rescue and Sierra Madre Search and Rescue teams found three missing hikers about 8:40 a.m. this morning, nearly 24 hours after the trio left on a hike in the Devil’s Canyon area of the Angeles National Forest. The three […]

CRIME BLOTTER

Aug. 30 600 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge, a 47-year-old Tujunga woman was arrested after she exited the TJ Maxx with items and did not attempt to pay for them at 6 p.m. Aug. 26 Angeles Crest Highway, mile marker 34.14, the driver’s side window was shattered and the side of the […]

My Thoughts, Exactly » Jim Chase

A Wondering We Go I often wonder if other people wonder about so many different things like I do on any given day. How bad is it? Well, here are just a few musings from my personal wonderland of late: I wonder … how much money AT&T and Charter waste on my mailing address alone […]