Question: The older I get, the more I wonder what has happened to us, as people. Everyone seems so angry, and violence is everywhere. This is supposed to be a season of peace and goodwill. How do I keep from feeling hopeless that there will ever be peace on earth? ~ Seeker of Peace Answer: […]
Reflecting on 2025 As 2025 comes to a close, we have the opportunity to reflect on the challenges we faced and the progress we made together this year. The year 2025 was defined by difficult budget choices, serious conversations about affordability and a shared responsibility to keep our state moving forward – especially for working […]
Christmas Catalogue with Everything Under the Sun Alvah sat relaxing with a cup of hot coffee on the porch of his home at 7263 Summitrose St. in Tujunga. The rain had finally stopped and the sun had broken through. He turned as he heard some rustling behind the bushes and out popped his neighbor’s young […]
By Michelle OLMESSEKIAN Many children ages 10–14 look for ways to socialize and develop new skills outside of screens and schoolwork. Tinker Club, a local LEGO robotics program, offers students hands-on experience in programming, problem-solving and teamwork. Run by Melineh Zohrabian, Tinker Club’s two teams recently participated in the FIRST LEGO League (FLL) qualifying competition […]
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Remember the fallen. Honor those who serve. Teach the next generation the value of freedom. By Ruth SOWBY On Saturday, Dec. 13, at Verdugo Hills of Peace Pioneer Cemetery in Tujunga, wreaths were placed on the graves of 51 who fell in service to the United States. The wreaths were placed by Wreaths Across America, which […]
By Julie BUTCHER On Tuesday night, the Glendale City Council once again took up a request by Councilmember Vartan Gharpetian “to agendize a discussion of the removal of certain city-owned parking lots from consideration in the City-Owned Residential Overlay (CORO) in the General Plan Land Use Element Update and Surplus Lands Act (SLA) approvals.” Mayor […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Dec. 3 the City of Glendale released a statement regarding the departure of Glendale Police Chief Manny Cid. Cid, who has been the GPD chief since January 2023, has accepted the position of police chief with the Anaheim Police Dept. “I had not been looking,” Cid said in an interview with […]
By Mary O’KEEFE It has been a terrible week: the shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island, the mass shooting in Australia targeting Jewish people celebrating the first day of Hanukkah, the death of Rob and Michele Reiner allegedly at the hands of their younger son and then the news that FBI agents, working with […]
Real Versus Fake I know I could be talking about a variety of things (real versus fake) but in keeping in the season, I’m talking about Christmas trees. I’m a “real” girl. Ever since I could remember we had a real Christmas tree. It’s funny but all of these years later I can’t remember actually […]