Rosemont Middle School students plant a tree that has roots that extend to the stars. By Mary O’KEEFE Rosemont Middle School science students gathered around a small tree on Monday. School custodians had dug a hole where the tree was going to be planted. The students were all smiles and excited when two girls […]
By Julie BUTCHER At the beginning of Tuesday night’s meeting, the Glendale City Council adopted a proclamation recognizing Saturday, Nov. 30 as Small Business Saturday and urged Glendale residents to shop locally at small businesses, particularly on that day. “Sixty cents of every dollar spent at a small business goes back into the local community,” […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Friends of Rockhaven and the City of Glendale have entered into an agreement regarding Rockhaven Sanitarium. This will end a lawsuit that was filed over a year ago, in April 2023, by Friends of Rockhaven, the non-profit organization formed to help support and protect the Rockhaven Sanitarium site. Members of Friends […]
New Places, New Friends One thing about Crescenta Valley residents – we know that not everything is available to us here in town. For example, I have to call elsewhere to get a 3-yard bin to start cleaning out my garage (ugh – don’t even get me started on that chore!). We’ll travel for major […]
By Mary O’KEEFE In the circles in which I travel there is a lot of concern about what the future for climate change research holds and as a mom and a grandma I share in this concern. But then I remember one of my favorite quotes from one of my favorite movies. It is […]
CCLCF Thanksgiving Day 5K Run/Walk The Community Center of La Cañada Flintridge’s Thanksgiving Day 5K Run/Walk returns on Thursday, Nov. 28. The professionally timed race, now in its third decade, begins at 8:30 a.m. at Olberz Park, One Civic Center Drive in La Cañada Flintridge. Cash prizes will be given to the top three finishers […]
By Charly SHELTON This past weekend, the Natural History Museum (NHM) of Los Angeles County opened its doors to its brand-new NHM Commons wing, a $75 million expansion that redefines what a museum space can be. Nestled on the southwest side of the museum’s campus in Exposition Park, NHM Commons aims to be more than […]
Glendale Unified School District (GUSD) and the Glendale Teachers Association (GTA) has reached a tentative agreement with (GTA) for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 school years. The tentative agreement includes an ongoing 4% wage increase retroactive to July 1, 2023 and an additional 2% one-time payment for the 2024-25 school year. It also includes updated standards […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Last weekend, Scouts for Food collected hundreds of bags of groceries donated by local neighbors. On Nov. 9 Scout troops dropped off empty bags to local residents asking people to fill the bags up with non-perishable items. Then on Nov. 16 the Scouts picked up the bags filled with donations. There were […]
Glendale police officers responded to the area of San Rafael Avenue and Dryden Street regarding a report of a fight in the street. When they arrived on the scene, they discovered a total of three men in their 20s who were suffering from non-life-threatening stab wounds. The incident occurred at approximately 7:45 p.m. on Nov. […]