Local Day Care Facility Owner Arrested

Local Day Care Facility Owner Arrested

By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale police responded early Wednesday morning to a residential day care in the 3200 block of Orange Avenue after receiving a report of child endangerment. The parents had picked up their child from the north Glendale in-home day care late afternoon on Tuesday when they became concerned about their baby’s condition. They […]

Rep. Schiff Op-ed: Let the Sun Shine on Surveillance Court Judges

Rep. Schiff Op-ed: Let the Sun Shine on Surveillance Court Judges    By Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) Published Monday, August 12, 2013 originally in the National Law Journal. Lost in the tumult surrounding the National Security Agency surveillance program is the imperative of overseeing the intelligence community to ensure it operates effectively — while respecting the privacy and […]

Car Engulfed in Flames on Foothill

By Mary O’KEEFE A car fire snarled traffic early this evening at Foothill Boulevard and New York Avenue “The call came into the [Glendale Fire Department] at about 6:35 p.m.,” said Brandy Villanueva, spokeswoman for GFD. The driver, a 26-year-old man from Pasadena, was traveling westbound on Foothill Boulevard in his 2008 Dodge Adventure. He […]

Glendale Man Charged with North Carolina Rape

By Mary O’KEEFE A Glendale man has been charged with rape in Asheville, N.C. where he was a member of the Tourists baseball team. Jesse Meaux, 23, who played baseball at Glendale High School and at UC Santa Barbara, and Tourists teammate Michael Mason, 23, from Ohio who played for Marshall, were both arrested on […]

JLP Hosts Open House

The Junior League of Pasadena, Inc. (JLP) will hold its next prospective member open house on Saturday, August 17 from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. at the League’s headquarters. Ladies from the Pasadena area and beyond who are interested in learning more about the League’s over 85 years of leadership and service in the community […]

Weather in the Foothills

Weather in the Foothills

“How sociable the garden was. We ate and talked in given light. The children put their toys to grass. All the warm wakeful August night.”            ~ Thom Gunn, “Last Days at Teddington” I know it’s too soon to feel summer is slipping away. The combination of cooler  weather and local schools resuming Aug. 12  […]

Bolton Hall Rededication Planned

Bolton Hall Rededication Planned

By Michael J. ARVIZU On a relatively quiet stretch of Commerce Avenue as it intersects Valmont Street in Tujunga, next to stucco homes and apartment complexes, one cobblestone building surrounded by a park with manicured grass, maple trees and a tall evergreen stands out – Bolton Hall Historical Museum. The museum celebrates its 100th anniversary […]

West Nile Virus Case in Sunland

By Mary O’KEEFE The Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District has confirmed a case of West Nile Virus discovered in the Sunland Park area. “I can tell you every year the valley lights up with [West Nile Virus cases],” said Truc Dever, director of community affairs for the Greater L.A. County Vector Control District. […]

Neighbors Meeting Neighbors in the Foothills

Neighbors Meeting Neighbors  in the Foothills

By Michael J. ARVIZU, Leonard COUTIN, Jason KUROSU and Mary O’KEEFE At its foundation, National Night Out turns back time to the cop-on-the-beat era when law enforcement and firefighters knew the local businesses and neighbors. NNO also tries to bring back the philosophy of neighbors helping neighbors. Although logical and altruistic, this concept had been […]