In brief

Rosemont Preserve Restoration Day The community is invited to the Rosemont Preserve Restoration Day on Saturday, Oct. 12 from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. to help protect the natural habitat at Rosemont Preserve. Volunteers will be removing invasive, non-native plants, watering newly planted natives and doing some trail maintenance. Wear sturdy shoes, comfortable clothes and garden […]

Accident at Hill Street

Accident at Hill Street

  A single vehicle traveling southbound on the Angeles Crest Highway drove through the intersection at Foothill Boulevard and into the parking lot of Hill Street Café at about 2 p.m. on Wednesday. The vehicle collided with six parked vehicles. None of the parked cars were occupied at the time. The driver of the vehicle […]

GUSD Votes to End Seventh Period

GUSD Votes to End Seventh Period

By Mikaela STONE   Two years – that is how much time the Glendale Unified School District (GUSD) board has before the district runs out of money if changes are not made. The current school board members inherited a difficult situation, including $14 million in expenditure reductions necessary and teachers working under a contract that […]

Crime blotter

Sept. 30 4300 block of Ocean View Boulevard in Montrose, the hood of a vehicle was vandalized by multiple “keying” scratches. The owner had parked the vehicle inside her apartment complex parking lot. The vandalism occurred overnight. Sept. 29 800 block of Saint Katherine Drive in La Cañada Flintridge, a resident reported finding mail that […]

Gilbert Lee Evans

Gilbert Lee Evans

  Born in June in the state of Arkansas, Gilbert married at age 19 and moved to Glendale after getting a job on the Southern Pacific Railroad as a brakeman and then conductor. He had a nickname that they called him at work – Spider – because of how he could climb fairly quickly on […]

Recognizing Filipino-American Month and Learning about Composting

By Julie BUTCHER “I’m a composter. I don’t see it as waste but rather as a resource,” founder and executive director of LA Compost Michael Martinez said as he addressed the Glendale City Council on Tuesday night. The council approved a three-year agreement with Martinez’ organization for $230,250 for the development of a food waste […]

Measure GCC on November Ballot

Measure GCC on November Ballot

By Mary O’KEEFE This November local residents will be asked to vote on Measure GCC. “The starting points of the bond discussion was really having an assessment of our campus,” said Ryan Cornner, Glendale Community College superintendent/president. The Glendale Community College (GCC) Governing Board and administration brought in a firm to review the maintenance and […]

CVIM Gets a New Logo

CVIM Gets a New Logo

By Mikaela STONE        The Crescenta Valley High School Instrumental Music Program unveiled a new logo designed by band parent Tina Kugler. Previously, the many denominations of music students were represented by the CV Marching Falcons logo, designed by the now-graduated student Chase Black. Now, each division is depicted in writing around the new logo’s edge: […]

WEATHER WATCH <<< TAKING A LOOK OUTSIDE OUR WINDOW

By Mary O’KEEFE   Maybe you have seen the video of Florida’s NBC-6 chief meteorologist John Morales speaking about Hurricane Milton. He was part of a live report on Milton and its intensity. He was looking at a monitor that apparently was feeding live data about the storm; then he looked a little closer at […]