By Brandon HENSLEY The GUSD board meeting on Tuesday featured an awards presentation to some standout educators, then attention was turned to the job status of those teachers. The ongoing issue of layoffs within the district was again talked about, as parents and children from several elementary schools were allowed to speak in favor of rescinding the pink slips. Around 105 teachers have been handed RIF notices […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Dark smoke from a house fire filled the Montrose sky Tuesday evening. It took firefighters a little less than an hour to contain the blaze in the 3600 block of Las Palmas Avenue in Montrose. “The [Glendale] dispatch was called at 7:13 p.m.,” said Glendale fire Capt. Vince Rifino. “Glendale and Los Angeles County fire responded. When we got here we found […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Police officers in Altadena will try to get teenagers under a different kind of influence next week, as they will hold a program designed to educate young drivers about peer pressure, drunk driving and driving while being distracted. The program, called “Start Smart,” will be held in the Altadena Community Center May […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On April 22 the Glendale Police Department received a check for $575,513.91 from the Internal Revenue Service. The money came from Asset Seizure proceeds resulting from a 2004 investigation. At that time, a Wells Fargo Bank representative contacted Glendale Det. Esperanza Fernandez, financial crimes division, asking for assistance in what appeared to […]
By Mary O’KEEFE What does it take to crawl over the edge of a bridge, grab a rope and repel down the side for the first time? It of course takes courage, a little bit of daredevil and most importantly trust. That is what kids from Crescenta Valley High School Bridge’s program found out last […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Crescenta Valley Water District customers can expect both a little more and a little less in terms of water usage with the board’s new plan. In Tuesday’s board meeting, general manager Dennis Erdman discussed a new plan that will allow customers to water three days a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. […]
…Bring May Flowers The last of the April showers have been ushered out of the Foothills by south- and northwest winds. We have been left with gardens blooming with May flowers, mountains covered with emerging patches of green velvet, and the scent of roses, jasmine and citrus blossoms in the air. While Southern California receives […]
THE HISTORY OF TRADER JOE’S MARKET Trader Joe’s market has been a fixture in La Crescenta since the late ‘60s when Joe Coulumbe launched the second Trader Joe’s here in La Crescenta, still in the same location today. Trader Joe’s markets are a home-grown American success story and are expanding across the U.S. Hear the […]
By Geghard ARAKELIAN Students and event coordinators gathered in the Glendale High School auditorium on Wednesday, April 21 for the ninth annual commemoration of the Armenian genocide. In the audience were officials from the school district who attended to watch students from district schools perform. The program, “We are all Survivors,” is an event that […]
CITY wrap Two homes returned for redesign The city’s design review board #2 sent back two local home projects for redesign last week. One, 3803 Pennsylvania, is classified as a new home because of the amount of construction, though it is in fact a renovation of an existing home which dates back to 1961. The […]