Local Hospitals Celebrate Armenian Christmas

Dignity Health – Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center and Adventist Health Glendale each celebrated Armenian Christmas with dignitaries and community members. Those who attended were eager to celebrate a host of events relating to the birth of Jesus Christ.  

Las Candelas Wraps up 2022 with Grants to Local Non-Profits

Las Candelas, a non-profit organization whose purpose is to give volunteer service and financial assistance to help improve the lives of children in vulnerable situations, ended 2022 by distributing substantial checks to Ascencia, YWCA Glendale and Pasadena, Hillsides Youth Moving On and Didi Hirsch Mental Health Center. Funds distributed to Ascencia, a comprehensive homeless services […]

Twelve Thursday Club Debs Presented at Bal Blanc de Noel

Twelve Thursday Club Debs Presented at Bal Blanc de Noel

  On Friday evening Dec. 30, Les Fleurette Debutants of La Cañada Flintridge Club Thursday Club made their debut to society at the 71st Bal Blanc Noel held at the Hilton Hotel in Glendale.             Wearing white gowns at the formal event, the debs were presented by Dr. Michael Leininger, retired educator and current community leader             […]

LCFOG Asks ‘Who Wants Pizza?’

The La Cañada Flintridge Orthopaedic Guild (LCFOG) will hold a fundraising event at Round Table Pizza, 502 Foothill Blvd. in La Cañada on Wednesday, Jan. 25. The public is invited to place their order any time from noon until 8 p.m., dine in or take home, their choice. Diners are requested to place their ticket […]

Crime blotter

Jan. 14 900 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge, a shopper reported placing her purse in her shopping cart and before browsing around the store. She was reportedly confronted by a male, described as Hispanic, who began speaking to her about a toilet brush kit. The woman/victim’s attention was drawn away from her […]

Portantino Holds Post-Holiday Celebration

Portantino Holds Post-Holiday Celebration

State Senator Anthony Portantino invited constituents on Jan. 7 to join him in a holiday celebration at the Artsakh Paseo in Glendale. Traditionally this celebration is held in December but it was postponed due to the weather. Thankfully, the rain that pelted the southland took a break on Saturday providing perfect weather for the festive […]

Problem Solved <<< Christopher Elliott

My Chase Sapphire Reserve card refunded my vacation rental and then it didn’t. When Warren Yue cancels a vacation rental before the pandemic for a church retreat, he initially gets a refund from his Chase Sapphire Reserve card. But then it backtracks, deducting half his money. What gives?   Q: I paid for a vacation […]

Calendar This

GLENDALE KIWANIS The Kiwanis Club of Glendale next meets on Jan. 20. The speaker will be 1950s rock and roll musician (and teen idol) Jimmy Angel. 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. […]

In Finite Space in the City of West Hollywood

  By Mary O’KEEFE At first view you see the sun streaking through the clouds – not like a traditional “God shot” where the sun pierces through the clouds to the Earth below but as if the light is coming from the clouds, a light within. The art doesn’t seem to end at the wall […]

Glendale Arts Hosts ‘Only in Theaters’ Documentary Screening

Glendale Arts Hosts ‘Only in Theaters’ Documentary Screening

By Maria SAHAKIAN, Glendale Arts The spotlight was focused on Laemmle Theatres on Sunday as an enthusiastic crowd gathered to watch “Only in Theaters,” director Raphael Sbarge’s emotionally gripping documentary depicting the 84-year history of the iconic family-owned arthouse cinema chain. Cameras captured members of the Laemmle family during a period of high-stakes developments starting […]