By Timithie NORMAN Camille Levee, the dynamic and joyful executive director of Glendale Healthy Kids for the last five and a half years, announced recently in a letter to the board of directors that she would be leaving the organization and has accepted a position as head of a shelter for victims of domestic violence […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The building in the 2600 block of Foothill Boulevard is nearing completion but local residents are concerned about the height of the structure. The development on the former site of Plumb Crazy has had its share of ups and downs – literally. There have been concerns from community members about the proposed […]
By Ted AYALA The effects of Gov. Edmund Gerald Brown’s shuttering of the state’s redevelopment agencies continued this week when the city sent lay-off notices to six of its employees. The positions – Economic Development manager, Neighborhood Services field representative, Redevelopment project manager, administrative analyst and a pair of planning assistants – received their notices […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The body of a man thought to be missing hiker Guillermo Pino, 24, has been recovered by members of the Montrose Search and Rescue team in the area of Borrego Springs. Pino was exploring the area mud caves on April 8 with his family when he went missing about noon. Search teams […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Emergency responders were called out to two separate motorcycle accidents within hours of each other on Sunday about a quarter mile apart. The first incident occurred about 10:52 a.m. on Angeles Crest highway at Upper Big Tujunga, mile marker 42. Los Angeles County Sheriffs, California Highway Patrol, U.S. Forest Service and Montrose […]
By Brandon HENSLEY The Armenian Relief Society hosted the 11th Annual Armenian Festival, which was held on Saturday and Sunday at the Glendale Civic Auditorium. On the top floor of the auditorium, Armenian dishes were served as music blared over the speakers and children dressed in ethnic clothing danced on stage. Armenian businesses lined the […]
By Ted AYALA It’s the epic battle that has raged on through the ages. Or at least since the advent of the automobile. Motorists versus bicyclists. A seemingly innocuous enough debate – but one that can result in frayed tempers, flung insults, and other examples of unseemly behavior from usually well-behaved citizens. The matter has […]
May 6 4400 block of Oak Grove Drive in La Cañada Flintridge, an iPhone, phone case and several credit cards were stolen from a vehicle that was parked in the La Cañada High School parking lot between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. 4100 Ramsdell Avenue in La Crescenta, someone broke the back window of a […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Montrose Shopping Park was so packed on Sunday it was almost literally a zoo. That’s because not only families came out for multiple events on Honolulu Avenue, but many animals did as well. In the 2300 and 2400 blocks of Honolulu the annual Kids ‘n’ Kritters and Wags ‘n’ Whiskers events were […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Former Glendale City Councilmember and longtime Montrose resident John Drayman was out on bail Wednesday after spending the night in custody in the Los Angeles County jail. On Tuesday morning, Drayman faced Judge Patricia Schnegg in Los Angeles County Superior Court as she opened the Grand Jury record that revealed the 28 […]