ELECTIONS 2020: Meet the Candidates: Eric Early and Adam Schiff

By Mary O’KEEFE Representative Adam Schiff is the incumbent for the 28th Congressional District in California. Prior to being elected to Congress in 2001, he served as a prosecutor in the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California from 1987 to 1993 and was a member of the California State senate […]

Trader Joe’s Robbed

On Sunday, Oct. 18 at approximately 9 p.m., officers were dispatched to the Trader Joe’s on the 2400 block of Honolulu Avenue regarding a robbery that had just occurred. Upon arrival, the suspect had already fled the location and was not located by responding officers. Witnesses inside of Trader Joe’s stated at approximately 8:50 p.m., […]

Library of Congress Will Recognize the Armenian Genocide

On Wednesday, Reps. Adam Schiff, Frank Pallone, Gus Bilirakis, Jackie Speier, and Dina Titus announced that the Library of Congress will recognize the Armenian Genocide by amending the catalog entry that previously referred to the Armenian “massacre.” This decision from Dr. Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress was announced after bipartisan letters to the Library […]

Vote Centers Update Days, Hours Open

By Mary O’KEEFE More Vote Centers will be open beginning Oct. 24. Below is a list of those centers. The hours are: Oct. 24 to Nov. 2 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Nov. 3 from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Impressions Banquet Hall 212 N. Orange St, Glendale 91203 Additional Info: Banquet Hall Occidental […]

Town Hall Covers COVID-19 and Aggression Against Armenia

By Julie BUTCHER On Monday evening, State Senator Anthony Portantino, Congressman Adam Schiff and California Labor Secretary Julie Su participated in a virtual town hall, primarily to answer federal, state and EDD (California’s state unemployment agency) questions. Former Burbank Mayor Marsha Ramos hosted the hour-long conversation, which is available to view at https://youtu.be/AlQQnoM1QnY. Congressperson Schiff […]

LA County Updates Its COVID-19 Numbers: Oct. 19

The Los Angeles County Dept. of Public Health (Public Health) has confirmed one new death and 923 new cases of COVID-19. The low number of new deaths and new cases reported today, Monday, reflect a reporting lag from over the weekend. To date, Public Health identified 289,366 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of […]

Schiff Announces Over $375,000 in Funding Coming to Glendale’s Verdugo Regional Crime Laboratory

This week Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) announced that the Verdugo Regional Crime Laboratory (VRCL), which serves Glendale, Pasadena and Burbank and the surrounding communities, was awarded $376,102 through the FY20 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program administered by the Dept. of Justice (DOJ). This critical funding will help the lab increase capacity and […]

Spiritually Speaking

QUESTION: After being engaged for a couple of years, my fiancé and I are planning a summer 2021 wedding. From the very beginning, I told him I plan to keep my maiden name and for good reason. I’m a professional. Many printed materials have the name I’ve used for over 12 years and my clients […]

Notes & Nods

This Week at LCIF “Couch Church, Fellowship and Prayers” continues for the foreseeable future at Lutheran Church of the Foothills. Worship services stream on the church’s Facebook page and YouTube Channel at 10 a.m. on Sundays then videos are available on the church’s website at www.lcifoothills.org, Facebook page at facebook.com/Lcifoothills/videos and on the church’s YouTube […]