By Julie BUTCHER On Saturday, June 7, about 250 members of Glendale’s LGBTQIA+ community, their friends, families and allies gathered at Adams Square Mini Park to celebrate PRIDE month. It was the fourth annual family picnic organized by glendaleOUT (https://www.glendaleout.org/). There were food and bubbles, crafts for little kids, crafts for older kids, crafts for […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Although protests have been occurring throughout the nation, and specifically in a section of downtown Los Angeles, there has been a planned nationwide protest for Saturday called No Kings Day that will probably add to the protest lines. Indivisible is a progressive movement and organization that has organized thousands of protests ac […]
From the Burbank Police Dept: BRUSH FIRE – BURBANK HILLSIDE ALL hiking trails above Burbank, including Wildwood Canyon & Stough Nature Center areas, are CLOSED due to a brush fire. If you are on or near the hiking trails or in these recreation areas in the Burbank hills, please leave the area immediately. Police officers […]
The Crescenta Valley Water District is having a public hearing on proposed water and wastewater rate adjustments on Tuesday evening (tomorrow) at 6 p.m. at La Crescenta Elementary School, 4343 La Crescenta Ave. The forum is a town hall presentation and dialogue. Free; all customers are encouraged to attend.
The City of Glendale has made the decision to formally terminate its agreement with U.S. Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to house federal immigration detainees at the Glendale Police Dept. facility. This is a local decision and was not made lightly. Since 2007, the City has maintained a highly regulated, locally […]
This weekend is the 41st Annual Montrose Arts and Crafts Festival held along Honolulu Avenue in the Montrose Shopping Park. By Mary O’KEEFE This year the annual Arts and Crafts Festival along Honolulu Avenue will host more than 270 artists, crafters, food vendors, California Certified farmers, musicians and entertainers. Vendors are not only local; some […]
By Julie BUTCHER On Tuesday night, the Glendale City Council voted to defer the 11.3% electric rate increase set to go into effect on July 1 of this year opting instead to spread the increase over the next three years. The rates will increase by 5% on Nov. 1, 2025 then 2.95% rate increases would […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The former location of the La Crescenta Rite Aid may be receiving a make-over that will bring a fitness business to the area. A conditional use permit for 2647 Foothill Blvd. was submitted on May 22 to convert the existing commercial space into a fitness center – Planet Fitness. The structure will […]
Old Habits Die Hard My husband laughs at me whenever he finds a coffee cup of mine somewhere around the house (which is often – I love coffee; I’ve been drinking it for decades). Invariably I’ve left a swallow or two at the bottom of the cup. For years he’d chuckle to himself until he […]