California State Superintendent,Tony Thurmond announced this week additional honors for 22 California Distinguished middle schools and high schools selected as having an exemplary programs. https://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr19/yr19rel24.asp CV High School is the only high school in the state to be awarded two. In addition to being named a California Distinguished School, CVHS is being honored as having […]
The Glendale Police Dept. is requesting the public’s assistance with identifying two suspects involved in a commercial burglary. On Friday, Feb. 22, at 4:43 a.m., a commercial burglary occurred in the 1300 block of East Colorado Street in the City of Glendale. The suspect vehicle parked to the front of the business and a male […]
Local airways have been flooded with painted lady butterflies that are migrating north from Mexico. The small butterflies are traveling from the deserts in Mexico to the Pacific Northwest and an especially wet winter and cold February have increased the number in the migration. Photo by Charly SHELTON
By Julie BUTCHER After consecutive weeks of council meetings dealing with controversial topics that often ran late into the night, the Glendale City Council took care of business in short order at its meeting on Tuesday. The Council accepted $300K in workforce development funding from the California Workforce Development Board (CWDB). Verdugo Workforce Development Board […]
Teams are needed to raise awareness of the fight against cancer at the annual Relay for Life of the Foothills. By Julie BUTCHER “With each lap we are coming closer to a cure.” That’s how event chair Molly Shelton kicked off last year’s Relay for Life of the Foothills event. This year the Relay For […]
By Mary O’KEEFE In the wake of the announcement by the Dept. of Justice that 50 people are being charged in connection with a nationwide college admission scam, the conversation of how the system works for the haves and have-nots has become a common topic. On Tuesday, the DOJ held a press conference that laid […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Tonight, Thursday night, is Rosemont Middle School’s open house and this year the event will have a different twist. In addition to open classrooms, visitors can take part in a fundraiser with some very impressive silent auction items. “When we met with Principal Scott Anderle at the beginning of the year we […]
The Women of the Montrose Search and Rescue Team By Mary O’KEEFE In 1970 women were employed as deputies with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. but they were not yet allowed to go on patrol. That changed two years later when a pilot program began that trained women to be patrol deputies. In the […]
Scam Stopper Meeting Assemblymember Laura Friedman is hosting a town hall meeting in partnership with the Glendale Police Dept., the California Contractors State License Board and the Bureau of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse on fraud prevention. It will be held today, Thursday, March 14 at 7 p.m. at the Glendale Police Dept., 131 N. […]
By Charly SHELTON Clark Magnet High has done it again. The Lexus Eco Challenge offers high school students a chance to get environmentally involved and find practical ways of researching and improving the environment to make a better tomorrow. And, once again, the environmental geographic information system class at Clark Magnet High School entered and […]