By Mary O’KEEFE In local elementary schools a common and fun exercise is the egg drop. This is when students are asked to engineer a container that will protect an egg when it is dropped from a high altitude. The experiment is a great family project that has kids using their imagination as they design […]
By Ruth SOWBY Founders’ Day 2023 may be the last one for the Glendale branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW). On Saturday Jan. 14, about 50 longtime AAUW members met over Zoom in the Oakmont Country Club to hear from Branch Support Group leaders. Sharon Siebert and Carol Holzgarfe, speaking from a conference […]
Dignity Health – Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center and Adventist Health Glendale each celebrated Armenian Christmas with dignitaries and community members. Those who attended were eager to celebrate a host of events relating to the birth of Jesus Christ.
The La Cañada Flintridge Orthopaedic Guild (LCFOG) will hold a fundraising event at Round Table Pizza, 502 Foothill Blvd. in La Cañada on Wednesday, Jan. 25. The public is invited to place their order any time from noon until 8 p.m., dine in or take home, their choice. Diners are requested to place their ticket […]
Jan. 14 900 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge, a shopper reported placing her purse in her shopping cart and before browsing around the store. She was reportedly confronted by a male, described as Hispanic, who began speaking to her about a toilet brush kit. The woman/victim’s attention was drawn away from her […]
A major storm system caused havoc in the Southland. By Mary O’KEEFE The recent California storms brought a lot of rainfall, flooding and tragedy with at least 17 deaths reported across the state. In Southern California this most recent storm, which hit hardest Monday through Tuesday, brought mud onto a lot of roadways resulting in […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Last week CVW wrote about the dangers of hiking during inclement weather especially before, during and after storms that had high rainfall totals. Sgt. John Gilbert, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. (LASD) – Crescenta Valley Station, is the Montrose Search and Rescue (MSAR) coordinator. Gilbert reminded people that even after the rains […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The first Glendale City Council meeting of 2023 covered a variety of issues, many that will be brought back to the council when all members are present. Councilmembers Paula Devine and Ara Najarian were not present at Tuesday’s meeting. Council did introduce the appointment of the new Glendale police chief Manuel Cid […]
Baby, It’s Wet Outside Unlike the old song about how cold it was outside, we recently experienced weather that wasn’t nearly as cold as it was fierce. Storms raged throughout the area with nearly non-stop rain. Driving a convertible (a 2000 Solara that I’m particularly proud of) I’m always concerned about rainy weather and until […]
By Mary O’KEEFE “The rain continued. It was a hard rain, a perpetual rain, a sweating and steaming rain; it was a mizzle, a downpour, a fountain, a whipping at the eyes, an undertow at the ankles; it was a rain to drown all rains and the memory of rains.” This is how author Ray […]