“What joy! For one wild, glad moment we snapped the chain that binds us to earth and, joining hands with the winds, we felt ourselves divine!” – The recollections of tobogganing in the winter ~ Helen Keller, “The Story of My Life” Oh yes … feelings such as Miss Keller’s abound this time of year. […]
The Joy of … The other night I was watching a PBS special on artist Bob Ross, known as The Happy Painter. Bob, who died in 1995, hosted a show called “The Joy of Painting” that was broadcast for more than a decade on hundreds of PBS channels. His followers praised everything from the simple […]
By Mary O’KEEFE and Michael ARVIZU Really there is nothing to it. You simply slip into the harness, hook up the ropes, sit on the top of the bridge and go over. Yes, crawl over the top of the bridge and dangle from the end of one rope while you rappel down about 120 feet. […]
GCC Holds Annual Performances The annual Glendale Community College Faculty/Alumni Dance production will be held over three days with four performances on the Auditorium Mainstage beginning Friday, Dec. 14. Performances are on Dec. 14 at 8 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 15 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 16 at 2 p.m. Admission is […]
Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Los Angeles) was presented with the Legislator of the Year Award on Monday from the Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas (CRNG), a not-for-profit group that represents renewable natural-gas producers throughout the country. Renewable natural gas is an alternative, renewable energy, derived from the natural decomposition of waste from landfills and organic sources […]
If you missed the 36th Annual Montrose Glendale Christmas Parade, it will be broadcast on Charter Communications AMGA channel 380 today, Dec. 13 and Saturday, Dec. 15 from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.; Friday, Dec. 21 from 10:30 a.m. to noon; and Sunday, Dec. 23 from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. For information on purchasing […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY Glendale City Councilman Ara Najarian received a shock on Monday when his confirmation to another term on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority was blocked. Najarian is a vocal opponent to the controversial Long Beach (710) Freeway extension project. “I was very disappointed,” Najarian said of the blocked confirmation. He added that there was […]
By Ted AYALA Where do you go to recycle your browning Christmas tree after the holidays? Or find easy-to-access information about Glendale’s current fiscal status? The answers to these pressing questions – and more than a few others – can be found just a mouse-click away via the City of Glendale’s City Connections e-newsletter. Sent […]
The Los Angeles County Public Works Department advised that based on the forecast of snow and icy road conditions, it closed public access to the following road segments in the Angeles National Forest effective Wednesday at 10 p.m.: Angeles Forest Highway from Upper Big Tujunga Canyon Road to Aliso Canyon Road and Upper Big Tujunga […]
The Prom Plus Holiday Boutique was held at St. Luke’s of the Mountains on Saturday. The annual fundraiser helped support Prom Plus, an after prom party that is held at the Crescenta Cañada YMCA for Crescenta Valley High School seniors and their guests. More than 100 shoppers stopped by the boutique to check out the […]