Whether in pods or at home, local students returned to school one way or another. By Mary O’KEEFE Students in Glendale Unified School District headed back to school on Wednesday and, like everything during this pandemic, it was not a traditional first day of school. For GUSD, remote learning is how the majority of students […]
Resignation of city manager announced. By Julie BUTCHER At the start of Tuesday evening’s Glendale City Council meeting, two Glendale city employees were recognized for actions they took “above and beyond” that helped save two lives. City worker Kirk White was returning a container to a house when he was alerted by a dog that […]
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes … and Hair … and Lungs Like you, just a few days ago I woke up to blue, clear skies. Temperatures were beginning to climb but weren’t yet unbearable. Little did I know that this was about to change. A scant few days later I smelled it before I […]
“Nature paints not; In oils, but frescoes the great dome of heaven; With sunsets, and the lovely forms of clouds…” ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Mother Nature is on a rampage! The weather is out of control. There is more going on than just your “typical summer weather.” It’s the heat; on Tuesday, the temperature in […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Just as the YMCA of the Foothills in La Cañada opened its doors for people to exercise outside, record heat penetrated the Southland. Seems like a cruel trick, but it wouldn’t be 2020 without a catch, right? Nonetheless, the YMCA in La Cañada Flintridge reopened its doors Aug. 12 with safety measures […]
CVCA Meeting Planned The Crescenta Valley Community Association will have its monthly meeting on Thursday, Aug. 27 at 7 p.m. via Zoom. On the agenda is a discussion on two proposed building projects on Foothill Boulevard as well as other land use issues in the Crescenta Valley. Contact the CVCA at crescentavalleycommunityassn@gmail.com with questions and […]
By Charly SHELTON There have been 5,762 wildfire incidents this year, according to Cal Fire. These fires are responsible for burning an estimated 204,481 acres and damaging or destroying 181 structures including houses. And with fire season already underway, this number will continue to grow as temperatures linger in the 90°s, at least through the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE As a man in his 80s slept in his parked vehicle on Foothill Boulevard near Pinewood Avenue in Tujunga a black BMW driving traveling on Foothill Boulevard at a reported high rate of speed struck his vehicle killing him. The fatal accident occurred about 1:30 a.m. on Monday. The driver of the […]
An SUV-sized space rock flew past our planet over the weekend and was detected by a NASA-funded asteroid survey as it sped by. Near Earth Asteroids, or NEAs, pass by Earth planet regularly. The SUV-sized asteroid set the record for coming closer to Earth than any other known NEA: It passed 1,830 miles (2,950 kilometers) […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Election Day draws near and questions continue about how in-person voting and mail-in-ballots will be handled during this time of pandemic. There have been calls nationally for voters to request a vote-by-mail ballot as soon as possible. Voters in Los Angeles County will automatically be mailed a vote-by-mail ballot, regardless whether or […]