By Mary O’KEEFE Assemblymember Mike Gatto announced on Wednesday that he has decided not to run for the State Senate in 2016. “Many factors influenced my decision, but foremost was my belief that campaigning at this time would not be in my family’s best interest,” he stated in an email to constitutes. Gatto is the […]
By Jason KUROSU Glendale’s women are better educated and those employed full-time earn more than Glendale men, according to a new study being conducted by the city in conjunction with Mount Saint Mary’s University in Los Angeles. The report, which was funded by Glendale’s Commission on the Status of Women, analyzes where women rank in […]
Holiday Hike The City Of Glendale Community Services & Parks Dept. is hosting a holiday hike at Deukmejian Wilderness Park on Saturday, Dec. from 9 a.m. to noon. The year 2015 is coming to a close and things are starting to get hectic. Leave the stress of the holiday season behind and join us on […]
By Mary O’KEEFE he fourth wall is a theatre description of separation between the actor and the audience. I have used that term when referring to journalism, keeping my emotion and opinion out of the story. I am normally pretty good at not crossing the fourth wall but in this story I have found it […]
By Charly SHELTON La Cañada Unified School District Board of Education President Andrew Blumenfeld presided over his last Board of Education meeting Tuesday night. Blumenfeld’s term of four years ended and new board member Brent Kuszyk was installed on the board. With Blumenfeld’s departure, members of the board fondly reminisced and sent him along […]
By Charly SHELTON At the top of Rosemont Avenue sit 7.75 acres of preserved wilderness, saved from development. The Rosemont Preserve was founded in 2012 by the Arroyos and Foothills Conservancy to preserve this land for future generations. But preservation is not a one-time event. It is an ongoing battle to keep the land pristine […]
By Charly SHELTON Last Friday was Black Friday at many of the stores around the country, but in the Montrose Shopping Park it was White Friday. On the biggest shopping day of the year, Montrose Shopping Park welcomed visitors with a nighttime tree lighting, snow falling along Honolulu Ave and a visit from Santa Claus. […]
Nov. 30 4500 block of La Crescenta Avenue, a gym bag, watch and other personal items were stolen from an unlocked vehicle between Nov. 28 and 30. 4400 block of Briggs Avenue in La Crescenta, an iPod was stolen and the fornt driver’s window was smashed on a vehicle overnight. Nov. 29 2900 block of […]
By Mary O’KEEFE For the past 26 years the staff, volunteers and deputies of the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station have placed donation bins throughout La Crescenta and La Cañada to collect toys and food for those in need. “We served [about] 120 families in the Montrose, Glendale, La Crescenta, Tujunga and Sunland areas,” said Sgt. […]
“Imagine being magically transported to Bedford Falls [the town in “It’s a Wonderful Life”]. The Montrose Christmas Parade would be there.” Anonymous Parade-goer The first Saturday night in December, our community comes together. Like the great animal migrations, we move. With the same ferocity of the wildebeest and caribou, our human-herd converges on Honolulu […]