The Assistance League of Flintridge, known as ALF, has announced a newly created community volunteer category designed for those who want to volunteer with ALF but without the responsibilities of membership. Applications are actively being taken. ALF has been a part of the La Cañada Flintridge community since 1954 and currently has more than 200 […]
On Saturday, Oct. 22 at 10 a.m., members of the Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be sewing cotton pillowcases, tying fleece blankets, creating “Welcome to America” signs and assembling kits with items needed to function in a new home. All the women of the community are welcome to […]
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The League of Women Voters of Greater Los Angeles (Glendale/Burbank unit) will host a series of candidate forums on Oct. 12 for the upcoming Nov. 8 general election. All the forums will be held in Glendale City Council Chambers, 613 E. Broadway in Glendale. The public is invited to stream the forum live on the […]
The Perils of Getting Here I don’t know if I have shared with you that the Goldsworthy family is growing … again. Son Matthew, who lives in North Carolina, is expecting a little girl in the next few days (our third granddaughter – girls 3, boys 0) with his gal. Naturally, being the eager grandma […]
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Parents come together to create a new mural and refurbished garden. By Ruth SOWBY On Tuesday, Dunsmore Elementary School in La Crescenta unveiled a new mural painted by artist-parents Christin Briggs and Alique Pempejian. Fusako Ogasawara, grandmother to some of the children who attend the school, is the calligraphy artist. The three artists participated in an […]
By Ruth SOWBY State Senator Anthony Portantino was the man of the hour at the Sept. 27 meeting of the Glendale City Council. The Senator, City of Glendale Mayor Ardy Kassakhian and councilmembers posed for photos with a giant replica check for $23 million, made out to the “3 Cities Housing Trust” for affordable housing. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale Police Chief Carl Povilaitis is retiring after over three decades of serving the City of Glendale. He will leave the department on Friday. Povilaitis has spent most of his life as a Glendale police officer, so when asked how he plans to go from being connected 24/7 to having some real […]
By Mary O’KEEFE In this space I write a lot about doom and gloom because, quite frankly, when talking about climate change it’s mostly gloom. We are now living in the world science fiction writers have been warning us about for generations, and most of us do not like being hearing “I told you so;” […]