“Big fires flare up in a wind, but little ones are blown out unless they are carried in undercover.” ~ St. Frances De Sales Blame it on the weather! This past week has been a wild, wet and windy one. It began on Friday night. Clouds moved in during the day, rather unremarkable in appearance, […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Residents in the 2300 block of Janet Lee Drive thought an earthquake had rattled their homes this morning (Monday) at about 7 a.m. but soon found it was the wind to blame for the shaking. Strong winds toppled a tree on Janet Lee sending it crashing through a wooden fence that separated […]
By Charly SHELTON It started with a small red dot. That dot grew a tail as it streaked into the sky. And then … boom! Separation from a small streak of light into a steadily expanding cloud of water vapor frozen at high altitude that caught the last rays of the setting sun, and two […]
The Los Angeles County Fire Dept. has launched an updated Ready! Set! Go! Program to assist residents living in wildfire-prone areas. The program features a 16-page Personal Wildfire Action Plan as well as a step-by-step video guide to teach residents how to create defensible space and safeguard their homes to make them ore fire-resistant. The […]
By Charly SHELTON Thousands of guests swarmed the streets of Montrose Shopping Park for the 41st Annual Oktoberfest, organized by the Montrose-Verdugo City Chamber of Commerce. The event spanned nearly one-half mile from Orangedale Avenue (Trader Joe’s) to Market Street (Paradise Tan), and featured live music across three stages including the popular ’80s and ’90s […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Walktober is a time when schools focus on the health benefits, for both humans and the environment, of walking to school. Although the entire month of October is focused on walking, on Wednesday morning schools highlighted the importance of walking to school by organizing places for kids to meet and walk together. […]
The Glendale Police Dept. is seeking the public’s assistance with identifying a male involved in a robbery at the Sprint store located at 2027 Verdugo Blvd. in the City of Glendale 91208. On Wednesday, Aug. 22 at 4:46 p.m. the male suspect walked into the Sprint store and ordered employees and a customer to the […]
By Charly SHELTON It’s time for pancakes and sausages while supporting the youth of the Crescenta Valley – it’s time for the CV Pancake Breakfast. “It brings the community together, that’s the most important thing that we always like to do,” said Harry Leon, president of the Crescenta Valley Town Council. “The breakfast brings the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE At about 10:35 Friday morning, Oct. 5, Glendale police responded to the 3900 block of Los Olivos Lane concerning a suspicious circumstance report. A resident was in his front yard when he noticed a truck described as a silver Chevy Tahoe backing into his neighbor’s driveway. There was a man assisting the […]
“I am struck by the simplicity of light in the atmosphere in the autumn, as if the earth absorbed none, and out of this profusion of dazzling light came autumnal tints.”~ Henry David Thoreau, Oct. 12, 1852 Summer is truly over. It seemed to have ended more abruptly than usual this year. Although daytimes have […]