Valentine’s Day Celebrated in Montrose

Valentine’s Day Celebrated in Montrose

“Is this for me?” “It’s free?” Those were the questions from several people who strolled down Honolulu Avenue near Ocean View Boulevard on Saturday and were pleasantly surprised to see silent film star Charlie Chaplain, aka Audrey Ruttan, handing each person a rose – making everyone Montrose’s Valentine. The Valentine flower giveaway has been a […]

Feinstein Will Not Run for Reelection

Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein announced on this week that she will not run for reelection in 2024. “I am announcing I will not run for reelection in 2024 but intend to accomplish as much for California as I can through the end of next year when my term ends,” Feinstein said in a statement. As […]

La Crescenta Woman’s Club Hosts Bingo Night

La Crescenta Woman’s Club Hosts Bingo Night

  By Robin GOLDSWORTHY The historic La Crescenta Woman’s Club held a fundraising night of bingo on Saturday at the clubhouse on La Crescenta Avenue. Nearly 200 people gathered among the tables set up for the evening, ready to holler “bingo!” and bring home some prize money. Among the dignitaries that called numbers for the […]

Calendar This

GLENDALE KIWANIS The Kiwanis Club of Glendale next meets on Feb. 17. All are invited to the Not So Newlywed Game. Meetings are held on Friday at noon. The cost to attend, which includes lunch and program, is $20. The Club meets Friday afternoons at the Elks Lodge, 120 E. Colorado St. in Glendale.   […]

Problem Solved <<< Christopher Elliott

Lyft charged me $80 for spilling a drink. But there was no drink!   Lyft charges Peter Leung $80 for spilling a drink in one of its cars. But he says he didn’t drink anything. Does he still have to pay? Q: Lyft charged me an $80 damage fee for spilling a drink in one […]

Local Family of Authors Bring Behavioral Science to Light in New Books

By Matthew ARAT Teaching kids when to eat, when to sleep or how to play an instrument is all part of behavioral science. Studying how humans act can be a fascinating and varied subject for both parents and kids. Recent works published by Glendale residents Julie Riggott (with illustrations by her son 12-year-old Haydn David […]

Regis Raymond Coyle

Regis Raymond Coyle

Feb. 1, 2023 Regis Raymond Coyle passed away early on Feb. 1 after a four-year battle with cancer. Regis, 66, was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania and moved to Bakersfield in the summer of 1969. He graduated from Highland High School where he was a standout football player. He formed some of his lifelong friendships during […]

Alicia Rivas

Alicia Rivas

June 13, 1935 – Feb. 4, 2023   Alicia Rivas, aka Alicia Flores Murillo, passed away on Feb. 4 at Glendale Adventist Hospital ICU after having developed bilateral pneumonia. She passed away peacefully surrounded by her daughter María-Alicia, granddaughters Tabitha and Samantha, son-in-law Craig Jerpseth, and her nephew/godson Luis-Ruben Reyes.  Alicia was born in Tacámbaro, Michoacán, Mexico on […]

Spiritually Speaking

Question: Five years ago my husband and I moved into this most welcoming neighborhood. We just found out that a neighbor’s father died suddenly and unexpectedly from a heart attack. We neighbors have organized food for at least two weeks. Most of us who could attend the father’s memorial did. Our challenge is what to […]