By Mikaela STONE At the Oct. 10 Glendale Unified School District (GUSD) meeting, community members rallied around the GUSD Japanese Dual Language (JDL) program. Some speakers agreed that moving the program from Wilson Middle School and Glendale High School to Rosemont Middle School and Crescenta Valley High School would be the right decision to keep […]
By Mikaela STONE The GUSD school board on Oct. 24 gave students a chance to make their opinions heard at the fourth annual Student Voices panel, composed of representatives from the five Glendale Unified high schools and moderated by Crescenta Valley High School student Claire Kang, covering opinions on health and safety, academic support […]
Halloween Thoughts So Tuesday night was Halloween. When the boys were young, we were effusive in our decorations; in addition to cobwebs and fog, over the years we’ve featured “creatures” crawling about our fountain, staged a car accident in the driveway and one year had a smoke-breathing dragon and troll. It took days to […]
The Sins of Littering By Mary O’KEEFE I don’t know about you but it is getting more and more difficult for me to turn my brain off at night so I can sleep. So many thoughts swim through my mind and many of them are just random. One of those sleepless night thoughts recently had […]
American Heroes Airshow The American Heroes Airshow is on Saturday, Nov. 4 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.at Hansen Dam Sports Complex, 11798 Foothill Blvd. in Lake View Terrace. More than 20 helicopters are expected to be on-site and will be open to inspection by adults and kids. In addition, a naturalization ceremony takes place […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY Every holiday season, shoppers can find red kettles around town indicating a point of collection for the Salvation Army. The accompanying ringing of a bell is a gentle reminder that the Army is collecting money to ease the pains of those in need. According to its website www.salvationarmy.org, the bell is […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Crescenta Valley Lion’s Club will be having a boutique on Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at St. Luke’s of the Mountains Episcopal Church. “The Lion’s Club as a whole has not held a boutique [before]; at least not that the current active members know of. However, some of the […]
Oct. 29 800 block of La Porte Drive in La Cañada Flintridge, a woman reported a neighbor told her that someone may have stolen her bike, which had been in her unlocked garage. The theft occurred at 3:55 p.m. Oct. 28 3000 block of Baptiste Way in La Cañada Flintridge, the front passenger window […]
The City of Glendale is updating the Bicycle Transportation Plan (BTP) to develop a comprehensive 20-year measurable roadmap whose goal is to make biking safer, more convenient and enjoyable for everyone. The City invites community members of all ages to participate in its upcoming workshops in November. Attendees can provide valuable feedback and ask questions […]
City of Glendale Manager Roubik Golanian has appointed former Glendale Fire Chief Gregory F. Fish to lead the department on an acting basis after placing the current chief, Timothy Ernst, on administrative leave effective Oct. 27, due to a confidential personnel matter. Fish, who served in the Glendale Fire Dept. from 1987 until 2018, assumed […]