Toasting Jan In the late ’50s my mother was engaged to a man named Jerry Leadingham. Through Jerry, Mom met Jan Leadingham who was married to Jerry’s brother Jack. Jerry and Mom didn’t work out (the engagement ended by mutual agreement) and Mom went on to marry my dad Ron. But that didn’t end her […]
Glendale Water & Power Customers Receiving Calls to Pay or Get Disconnected Glendale Water & Power (GWP) is warning customers that there is an increase in utility phone scams. Many GWP customers have recently reported receiving phone calls from impersonators posing as customer service representatives asking customers to pay their GWP bill over the […]
Future will tell what changes – if any – will result from elections held on Saturday and Tuesday. By Mary O’KEEFE The local elections are over and the Crescenta Valley has remained pretty much status quo. The results of Tuesday’s election had all incumbents maintaining their seats on the CV Water District board of directors. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The community is invited to join in the celebration of Veterans’ Day with members of the American Legion Post 288 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1614 at the Two Strike Park War Memorial. This will be the first Veterans’ Day celebration at the newly constructed memorial wall that had its dedication […]
By Ted AYALA Glendale City Council made brisk work of a packed agenda Tuesday night, its last meeting before a one-week recess next week. The first item on the docket was the awarding of a contract to Chrisp Company of Fremont, Calif. to implement the first phase of the city Bicycle Master Plan (BMP). The […]
Nov. 5 Honolulu and La Crescenta avenues in La Crescenta, a 72-year-old woman and her 2-year-old granddaughter were injured in a pedestrian verses vehicle accident while walking westbound at the crosswalk. The driver, a 79-year-old Glendale woman, reported not seeing the pedestrians in the crosswalk. The two victims were transported to a hospital at 7:50 […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Monday in Pasadena Superior Court, Bryan Mackey, 33, of Glendale pled not guilty to charges brought against him after a Halloween early morning pursuit that led law enforcement from Sun Valley to La Crescenta, on and off the Foothill (210) Freeway and weaving in and out of traffic, past schools and […]
By Marissa GOULD, intern Ben and Bambi Hale had moved into a hillside neighborhood at the top of Rosemont Avenue so that they could be closer to nature. But the empty land near them had been purchased and plans were for it to be developed. The couple hated the idea of the beautiful wilderness being […]
By Michael BRUER Open house highlights include informational booths, bucket rides and other demonstrations. Students from Glendale Unified School District were privy to the first peek of the demonstrations that were planned by Glendale Water & Power at its Utility Day event on Oct. 24. Held at the GWP operations center, there were a variety […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Saturday, firefighters were out in force across the nation to bring attention to and raise funds for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Local firefighters joined in the national fundraiser for MDA, asking community members to “Fill the Boot.” The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) is one of the largest national sponsors […]