Glendale, CA – On Tuesday, September 1, 2015, the City of Glendale announced the appointment of Greg Fish as its next Fire Chief and Philip Lanzafame as Director of the Community Development Department. “I am very pleased that we have the depth of expertise in our organization that we can name both Greg and Phil […]
On Thursday at about 11a.m., Glendale police officers contacted two men that appeared to be minors out of school during daytime hours at Montrose and La Crescenta avenues. Investigation revealed, a Glendale 18-year-old Glendale man and a 17-year-old Glendale boy. The two were walking to Montrose Park when contacted by officers. A consent search […]
Since arriving earlier this month, two Canadair Super Scoopers have already been put to work. By Mary O’KEEFE The Super Scoopers are here. Actually they arrived on Aug. 15 and were immediately in service helping fight the fires in Montebello, Castaic and Palos Verdes. Last Friday water-dropping aircraft were the background for a press conference […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Once again several community members from Crescenta Valley headed to the beach on Saturday to volunteer their day to Life Rolls On – They Will Surf Again. According to LRO website, “Life Rolls On is a nonprofit organization creating freedom beyond paralysis. Established in 2002, our adaptive sports programs, They Will Surf […]
By Charly SHELTON Glendale Adventist Medical Center held a 110th anniversary kickoff celebration at the Glendale Galleria on Sunday. An estimated 2,000 guests stopped by to check out the Cirque du Soleil-style performers from Way 2 Much Entertainment who had acts of balancing, ring riding, contortion and ribbon aerial performance, as well as jugglers, hula […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Montrose Shopping Park is looking more like a California-friendly garden thanks to the City of Glendale Community Services and Parks. At the July 2 meeting the Montrose Shopping Park Association, members voiced their concern about the barren look of Honolulu Avenue and Ocean View Boulevard. Community Services and Parks had taken out […]
CVCA Meeting The Crescenta Valley Community Association will meet tonight, Thursday, Aug. 27 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the La Crescenta Library Community Room, 2809 Foothill Blvd. in La Crescenta. The public is invited to join in the discussion of local land use issues. Light refreshments. For more information, contact Sharon Weisman at […]
“By forces seemingly antagonistic and destructive, Nature accomplishes her beneficent designs. Now a flood of fire, now a flood of ice, now a flood of water; and again in the fullness of time an outburst of organic life.” – John Muir The words of Muir give nature a spiritual dimension. As meaningful and descriptive as […]
August 24 4400 block of Sharon Avenue in La Crescenta, a Global Positioning System, digital tire pressure gauge and USB car charger were stolen from a vehicle between Aug. 22-24. August 20 4800 Castle Road in La Cañada, a resident reported that she drove up to her home and noticed a white hatchback vehicle parked […]
Burned but not Burned Out Saturday was an amazing day. Along with Mary O’Keefe, her daughters Molly and Jessy and my husband Steve and our sons Matthew and Danny, I was at Huntington Beach for the second of three Life Rolls On – They Will Surf Again events being held in SoCal this year (the […]