A Bride Shops in Montrose – 1937 Our former local newspaper, The Ledger, was always touting the benefits of shopping locally rather than in Glendale or Pasadena. With that in mind, in 1937 they sent two reporters out posing as a bride and groom shopping together to outfit their new home. The idea was to […]
Poor Grade by HJTA Once again, the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association gave your representatives (and mine) a failing grade. Last fall, Assemblyman Chris Holden, Assemblywoman Laura Friedman and Senator Anthony Portantino voted for Assembly Constitutional Amendment 1 (ACA1), described by HJTA as “a direct attack on Proposition 13” (passed in 1978). If approved by voters […]
Spring Forward Throughout my lifetime, I’ve noticed that people follow a particular pattern during the period from November through January. I don’t know if it’s related to the changing seasons from fall to winter, the celebration of many holidays in succession or simply the winding down of the current year and preparing for the next. […]
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By Mary O’KEEE On Sunday former President Jimmy Carter passed away at the age of 100. As I have stated before I had met Mr. Carter and his wife a few times while I lived in Iowa during the 1976 Iowa caucus. He was running for the Presidency at the time. He was kind and […]
Ugh – New Year’s Resolutions Steve and I went to the Magic Castle with a couple of friends on Friday afternoon. At the end of his act the magician performing there – Rich Cowley – wished everyone a happy New Year and reminded all that the New Year is when we’re given a clean slate. […]
Battalion Chief Brooks from Glendale Fire Dept. reported that a call came in at 11:37 a.m. in the 5100 block of New York Avenue. After arriving firefighters at the location saw smoke coming out of the south side of the house. They looked into the first and second floors of the house and realized that […]
By Ruth SOWBY Instead of being the recipients of holiday gifts, this year Campbell Center developmentally disabled clients were the givers of gifts. About 30 clients, shopped for, wrapped and delivered gifts for needy families. The gifts were then collected by members of the Glendale Police Officers’ Association who stopped by the Center on Tuesday, Dec. […]
By Ruth SOWBY USC Keck-VHH nurses teamed up with donors from Bloomingdale’s Glendale, the hospital Foundation, and the community to make magic happen in the form of little stuffed bears. For the second year, Project Hug-a-Bear is about “brightening patients’ holidays at a time when they are not able to be home with family […]
Article Two The short Article Two of the U.S. Constitution outlines the Executive Branch of the federal government. It grants executive power, military power and legislative power to the President of the United States of America. The President must be a natural born citizen, at least 35 years old and a 14-year resident of the […]