CareMore Health System’s Medicare Advantage Plan has been recognized as one of the top two plans in California by U.S. News & World Report, creator of the highly recognized “Best” series of consumer guides. “We are extremely pleased to receive this recognition for our Medicare Advantage Plans in California,” said Jason Barker, president of CareMore […]
Lucas Kim of La Cañada Flintridge is studying abroad during Union College’s winter break. Kim is in Argentina studying social movements, human rights and other issues while traveling throughout the country. The college offers a variety of mini-terms, which are three-week programs running during winter break. This year, about 130 students will travel across the […]
By Isiah REYES he Casa Adobe de San Rafael in Glendale has a long-standing tradition each holiday season to decorate the house with lighted candles in the decades-old celebration of Fiesta de las Luminarias. The event is hosted by Glendale Beautiful, which provides tours of the house on the first Sunday of every month. “The […]
On Dec. 5 at the Americana on Brand, NBC4 Southern California awarded the Glendale Humane Society with a $5,000 donation to support the organization’s work to provide care for animals until they are adopted. Originally founded by volunteers in 1924, GHS is a non-profit, no-kill rescue that relies on the generosity of the community to […]
The Assistance League of Glendale held its 39th annual Festival of Trees, titled Dreams of Christmas Past, on Dec. 7 at the Glendale Hilton. The event is a major fundraiser for the organization with proceeds benefitting its many philanthropic outreaches including Operation School Bell, S.A.T. seminars, senior neighborhood luncheons, scholarships and the popular Authors & […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The holidays can be a lonely time for many but for those serving in the military overseas it is especially so. Often times service personnel are in places that do not look anything like home and they are without family. Members of American Legion 288, with support from Veterans of Foreign Wars […]
The Verdugo Glen chapter of the American Business Women’s Association (ABWA) was named one of two California ABWA chapters to receive a Best Practices in Team Management Award – Level I, as announced by its national headquarters in Overland Park, Kansas. There were only four chapters in the 13 western United States to receive […]
Army and Navy Academy recognizes those students who have exhibited academic excellence during the first grading period of the 2014-15 school year. Those who have achieved a grade point average of 3.80 or higher have been named to the dean’s list. This is an impressive accomplishment, especially considering the academy’s unique curriculum that includes Leadership […]
Helen Jean Taylor is a treasure, especially as far as the Ceramics Dept. of the Community Center of La Cañada Flintridge is concerned. On a recent Sunday, the community center offered a workshop where interested potters could learn Taylor’s celebrated approach to glazing. An expert in the complexities of glaze formulation and their reactions/inter-reactions under […]
Glendale Healthy Start, a program within Student Support Services of the Glendale Unified School District, prepared 100 food baskets, which included a $30 Vons’ gift card, that were distributed to families for Thanksgiving. The mission of Glendale Healthy Start is to assist families in need. The food baskets consisted of an assortment of cereal, beans, […]