Should A Home Be Painted Before Selling? Dear Phyllis, I have been a loyal reader of your “Dear Abby-like” advice for years. My father, who lived in Salem, Oregon, recently passed. My sister and I are co-trustees, but she will take the lead on the sale as she lives in Salem. I flew up to […]
Spotlighting new and up-and-coming filmmakers is the goal of the Glendale International Film Festival, which opens this evening, Sept. 29, with a reception from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at The Glenmark at 1100 N. Brand Blvd. The Festival then continues through Oct. 6 with several films being shown at the Laemmle Glendale located at […]
What Is Yom Kippur? Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year, when we are closest to G‑d and to the essence of our souls. Yom Kippur means “Day of Atonement,” as the verse states, “For on this day He will forgive you, to purify you, that you be cleansed from all your sins before G‑d.” It arrives […]
Question: We’re senior citizens who have great concerns about the number of immigrants around the world and those who are coming to this country. We want to help but as we investigated ways to contribute and after examining all of the possibilities, we also found there is a lot of corruption where money and/or supplies […]
LCIF News A night of family fun, outside and under the stars, returns to Lutheran Church in the Foothills this Friday after a lengthy pause due to the pandemic. All are invited to watch “Minions: The Rise of Gru” this Friday, Sept. 30 at 7 p.m. Families are encouraged to bring blankets or lawn chairs […]
Our customers responded! From Sept. 6 through Sept. 20 CVWD customers, along with the majority of Southern California, were asked to stop outdoor watering as Metropolitan Water District of Southern California shut down a critical water pipeline for emergency repairs. The 36-mile Upper Feeder pipeline is an important part of Metropolitan’s regional water system delivering […]
Close the Scholl Canyon Dump? Oh my! When the Glendale bureaucrats first proposed the dump they told us “cross our hearts and hope to die” – it would only be open for 20 years! That was in 1960, 62 years ago! The landfill [we called it a “dump”] was Glendale’s cash cow. It was “all about […]
A Revised View of Kimball Sanitarium – Part 1 In years past I have written quite a bit about Kimball Sanitarium, which was located on Foothill Boulevard from 1922 until 1962. It occupied the exact spot where the big Ralphs supermarket is today. For those who don’t know, our valley was founded on the industry […]
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The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors today, Tuesday, unanimously approved a motion introduced by Supervisors Kathryn Barger and Janice Hahn that authorizes their formal and public condemnation of Azerbaijan’s recent attacks on Armenia. The Board committed to send a five-signature letter to United States congressional representatives that denounces the unprovoked attacks that took place […]