The Glendale Police Dept. would like to inform the residents of Glendale about a recent scam used to commit a residential burglary. On Oct. 7 at approximately 10 a.m., a resident in the 4600 block of Lowell Avenue in La Crescenta received a knock on the door. The suspect explained he was hired by a […]
The City of Glendale’s Public Works and Community Services & Parks Departments will begin a 2-month landscaping project of City Hall beginning Saturday, October 10, 2015. The landscaping project will remove trees which are in poor health and / or crowding native trees out of sunlight and water. New trees, native to California, will […]
Today (Friday) Governor Brown signed AB 1164, legislation that will prohibit local governments from banning water-conscious landscaping at private residences while preserving the ability of cities and counties to set aesthetic and environmental standards. As California enters its fourth consecutive drought year, Assemblyman Gatto wants to protect homeowners who install water-efficient landscaping, and encourage others […]
By Jason KUROSU Verdugo Park will host two of Glendale’s annual, charitable events in one extravaganza this Saturday, with the 11th annual Kiwanis Duck Splash and the 7th annual Glendale K-9s in the Park. Both events are free to the public on Saturday, Oct. 10 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Six teams will be […]
By Jason KUROSU The City of Glendale is seeking local artists to design a pair of monument signs that will welcome outsiders to North Glendale. The entry signs will be placed at Lowell Avenue facing west and Pennsylvania Avenue facing east, marking the boundaries of the city of Glendale along Foothill Boulevard. In coordination with […]
By Brandon HENSLEY A local woman who suffered brain trauma earlier this year appears to be progressing. Scarantino’s Italian Inn held a fundraiser on Sept. 23 for Karla Bernabel, who was involved in a motorcycle accident in January while on her way to work, leaving her in a coma for weeks. Since she woke from […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Starbucks began their “Evenings” program, which offers beer and wine starting later in the day, at some of their locations. The first one was located in Seattle, Washington in 2010. The next year they expanded their program to several locations in Chicago and in 2012 they took the program to Atlanta and […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. has job openings for those who can pass the tests: physical, academic and psychological. “Recruitment is going great. We have had lots of [applicants] and we [average] 400 to 700 applications a week,” said LASD Assistant Sheriff Todd Rogers. “We routinely get 400 online applications but […]
“There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.” ~ Charles Dickens All of a sudden it seems to be getting darker at a much faster pace! As a person mesmerized by summer’s extended-light evenings, I am not a big fan of nature’s implementation of the sun’s dimmer switch. […]
By Charly SHELTON Tuesday night’s Glendale Unified School District semi-monthly board of education meeting had a running theme – teachers. The meeting was attended by dozens of teachers, many of whom were there to show support for fellow teachers during the contract disputes with the district. During each meeting, the GUSD board sets aside time […]