By Mary O’KEEFE This Saturday at Verdugo Park the Glendale K-9 Unit will hold its annual K-9 in the Park event. The event will give visitors a glimpse of the important role these dogs play in the police department. Using dogs in investigations give police an added advantage. Dogs can detect people, narcotics and even […]
By Agnes CONSTANTE The hazards of plastic bags on wildlife and the environment have long been highlighted in high school textbooks, but a recent initiative has resulted in a controversial alteration in information regarding plastic bags. California Watch, an investigative reporting group for the state, published an article on Aug. 19 about this change in […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Recent vehicle burglaries have prompted Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station to begin a new program to educate car owners on how to not be a victim. “Our volunteers [on patrol] will be doing routine checks of vehicles, mostly at local businesses,” said Deputy Jorge Valdivia. If volunteers see items like iPods, purses, laptop […]
Oct. 30, 1934 – Oct. 11, 2011 The Glendale Unified School District superintendent’s office is saddened to announce the passing of longtime Glendale teacher and principal Lois Neil-Sambar who died Tuesday, Oct. 11 following a long battle with cancer. A long-time resident of La Cañada, she was 76 years old. Dr. Neil-Sambar was born in […]
1928 – 2011 Prominent Pasadena/Glendale architect Tom Lindsey was born in Denver, Colo. on July 17, 1928, the first child of Jesse Lindsey and Geneva Pounds. When he was just a toddler the family moved to Pasadena, Calif. The family grew over the next few years with the addition of Larry and Joanne. Tom went […]
Community Emergency Response Team – CERT – training begins Oct. 22 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. with classes continuing on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and then finishing on Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Classes are open to the public. CERT educates people about disaster preparedness for […]
By Jason KUROSU This coming Saturday is the 7th annual Kiwanis Incredible Duck Splash, where around 17,000 rubber ducks will populate “Lake Glendale,” a manmade body of water soon to be located at Verdugo Park for the festivities. The race will begin at 10 a.m. and continue throughout the afternoon, culminating in an awards presentation […]
A Little Rain, A Lot of Trouble With the unexpectedly heavy rains of last week, we’ve had our first official taste of, well, something other than summer. Granted, our true winter season, for what it’s worth, is likely to still be at least two or three months off and may not bring with it another […]
CV’s Oil Boom of 1927 In the 1920s, Los Angeles was in the grip of oil fever. Oil had always been a part of the natural landscape of Southern California, had been used by the Indians to waterproof their boats and by the Spanish to seal their roofs. It wasn’t until the 1890s that oil […]
No Problem with Starbucks I am mystified why people would be against Starbucks in the Montrose Shopping Area. It is my understanding this company is something of the American Dream story – a man who took a chance on an idea and was successful. I am seeing articles opining against Starbucks in Montrose at the […]