A New Season at the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion

By Ted AYALA “Not here”, the attendant at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion’s will-call window told me. Walk downstairs. Find the gold elevator; take it to the 5th floor. It took a bit of searching, but the elevator was finally found in a well-hidden side area of the Pavilion. As I waited for the elevator to […]

Third Brother Sentenced in Plot that Stole from Low Income, Disabled Residents

      Third Brother Sentenced to Over Four Years in Prison in Plot that Stole Over $500,000 Designated for Low-Income, Disabled Residents A former public official who orchestrated a conspiracy involving his two brothers that stole more than $500,000 from the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) was sentenced today to […]

Clark Magnet High School: A National Blue Ribbon School

The U.S. Department of Education announced on October 12, 2012 that Clark Magnet High School has won for the second time the title of National Blue Ribbon School. Clark is a school with an emphasis on science, technology, engineering, and the digital arts. In the years since Clark opened in 1998, the student population has […]

The Armenian in America Book Release in Glendale, CA.

“The Armenian in America”, an unprecedented volume of photographs documenting Armenian life across the United States, will be released at 8 p.m. at The Abril Bookstore- 415 E. Broadway, Glendale, CA. Featuring close to 600 photographs with captions, “The Armenian in America” has been in the making for the past four years. The volume is […]

LACO Opens Season with Ravel, Norman, Matheson and Beethoven

By Ted AYALA It was just over a year ago when the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) and its music director, Jeffrey Kahane, left an indelible and deeply touching impression on their audience at the start of their 15th season together. Encored at the end of the program was the Adagio assai from Ravel’s “Piano […]

And the Rain Came Down

  The rain came and left within three hours in Crescenta Valley, with lightening and thunder adding to this afternoon storm. Streets became flooded fast as the downpour came just in time for school dismissal. Estimates of .80 to one inch of rain fell within an hour, according to the National Weather Service. Crescenta Valley […]

Big Lottery Winners in La Crescenta

By Brandon HENSLEY The Crescenta Valley is now home to some big lottery winners. A SuperLotto-winning ticket worth $7 million was turned in Oct. 3 at Verdugo Liquor, at the corner of Honolulu Avenue and Verdugo Boulevard. Store owner Troy Drad said that the winners are 14 teachers who bought a $40 ticket last month. […]

Getting Ready for KIDS

By Mary O’KEEFE Where can you find a man-made river that empties into a lake that was created in less then 24 hours with about 17,000 rubber ducks wearing sunglasses racing down that river? At Verdugo Park this Saturday, of course, for the annual Kiwanis Incredible Duck Splash – KIDS. Each year the Glendale Kiwanis […]