Earthwatch Institute Names Local Teacher a 2013 Fellow; Teacher to study climate change in Ecuador

Ryan J. Bache, a 6th Grade teacher at Crestview Preparatory School, has been awarded a fellowship by the Earthwatch Institute. Mr. Bache will travel internationally on scholarship in July 2013 to study Climate Change and Caterpillars in Ecuador, and his fellowship will require that he join Earthwatch in a time-critical mission to assist with conservation and research. Earthwatch […]

Distraction Burglary in Montrose

  By Mary O’KEEFE A man and women entered a local store at about 5 p.m. in the 2200 block of Honolulu Avenue and, after looking around the store, got the attention of the lone employee. The employee walked away from the front counter where the cash register was located. Another man and woman then […]

CVHS Cycling Makes History

By Brandon HENSLEY The Crescenta Valley High School cycling team wrapped its finest season to date last month, winning its first ever championship in northern California. As part of the National Interscholastic Cycling Federation (NICA), CV’s win on the weekend of May 18 and May 19 up state at Stafford Lake Park gave the school […]

IN Brief

GWP’s Proposed Electric Rates Community Meeting Information Glendale Water & Power is proposing an electric rate increase phased in over five years. The approximate system average increase proposed begins at 8% for fiscal year 2014 and ends with an average increase proposed of 2% for fiscal year 2018. GWP is planning on taking the proposal […]

from the desk of the publisher

A Different Graduation Graduation is such an exciting time. It’s actually more of a season, starting with prom, followed by scholarship distribution (for the lucky ones), finals, then finishing with the big walk across the stage. This year I had the chance to attend the Glendale Latino Association’s scholarship distribution breakfast on Thursday morning. I […]

City Kids Gear Up for Summer Camp

City Kids Gear Up for Summer Camp

By Tyler BIDDLE The wilderness of Glendale awaits! Camp Max Straus held its Gear Up for Camp Day on Sunday, providing over a thousand disadvantaged kids with all the gear they will need for its upcoming summer camp programs. Located in the Glendale Verdugo Hills, the camp aims to help at-risk children in the community […]

Weather in the Foothills

“When nature made the blue-bird she wished to propitiate both the sky and the earth, so she gave him the color of the one on his back and the hue of the other on his breast.”                                                              ~  John Burroughs Warm spring days, an invitation to opened French doors. Let the fragrant and mild breezes […]

USFS Now Equipped for Night Flights

Rep. Adam Schiff and Senator Dianne Feinstein announced this week that the U.S. Forest Service now has available a specifically equipped helicopter to combat wildfires at night. Four years ago, during the Station Fire – the largest wildfire in Los Angeles county history – the potentially critical night flying tool was not available to the […]

Glendale Unveils Two New Trails

Glendale Unveils Two New Trails

By Jason KUROSU Two hiking trails were officially opened to the public on Saturday morning in a ceremony at the Glendale Sports Complex attended by hikers, bikers and representatives from the city of Glendale. While soccer games and baseball practice proceeded on the fields, a red ribbon hung before the trail that winds around the […]