By Mary O’KEEFE As of March 16, Los Angeles County Dept. of Public Health has reported 318 positive cases of COVID-19 and 52 deaths due to COVID-19. Los Angeles County is now in the red tier, which opens areas a little more including inside dining with occupancy restrictions. Several restaurants in the area will be […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The City of Glendale has given its approval for the work done on the parking lot and ramp at the Verdugo Hills Memorial Hall, which houses American Legion Post 288 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1614. Local Moose Lodge #641 also meets at the Hall. The work on parking lot was […]
On Wednesday Rep. Adam Schiff highlighted emergency funding in the American Rescue Plan that will help local elementary and secondary schools reopen safely for in-person learning and address the long-term impacts of the pandemic on students’ education and well-being. Additional funding is provided to higher education institutions, to childcare providers to help keep their doors […]
The 1978 Pinecrest Mudslide – Part 1 We should always remember that the very ground we live on was built by massive, violent floods. As the San Gabriel Mountains rise, they shed granite. When it rains hard, those granite pieces flood out of the canyons and wash across our valley in rock-filled waves 20 and […]
On Wednesday, April 7 at 12:10 p.m., the Free Admission Glendale Noon Concerts program will be streamed. Violinist Jacqueline Suzuki and pianist Brendan White will perform works by Los Angeles composer George N. Gianopoulos, Felix Mendelssohn and Johannes Brahms on a Facebook stream and YouTube. The program features Felix Mendelssohn “Violin Sonata in F minor, Op. 4” and […]
Vaccine Update It’s hard to imagine that it has been over a year since we first took action to keep our community safe from the COVID-19 pandemic. It has been a challenging year for all of us, and I am working every day with my colleagues in the legislature on a range of pandemic related […]
Question: My husband and I are at odds with one another. Now that outside dining is allowed where we live, he wants to go to dinner. I’m not ready to go out just yet until statistics are better. Two of my very close friends died from the virus and I don’t want to take any […]
LCWC Now Accepting Scholarship Applications In a year of limitations, the La Crescenta Woman’s Club is again offering opportunities for 2021 graduating high school seniors. Four scholarships in the amount of $200 each for any area of study will be granted to students. Two additional scholarships will also be granted, The Roberta Kurtz Scholarship for Study in […]
By Lori BODNAR, intern “Scientists Can Do Virtually Anything!” was the theme for the 2021 virtual Science Fun Fair at Mountain Avenue Elementary School. The Science Fun Fair family night was held via a Zoom webinar the evening of Feb. 26. Over 100 students in grades transitional kindergarten through sixth submitted projects by recording videos […]
AmeriCorps Week 2021 was celebrated March 7-13 and was an opportunity to recognize the service of the 270,000 Americans engaged annually in AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps Seniors programs. Despite the unprecedented challenges posed in 2020, dedicated citizens continued helping communities, serving those impacted by COVID-19, ensuring students stayed on track to graduate, combating hunger and […]