With the April election next week, CV Weekly asked candidates for the Glendale Unified School District board of education their views that are of particular interest to our readers. Below are the responses in the order they were received. In your opinion do you think the GUSD has wisely spent the Measure S […]
The annual 24-hour event hopes to raise awareness of – and dollars for – the fight against cancer. By Brandon HENSLEY The saying is all too familiar: almost everyone knows someone whose life has been affected by cancer. Every day, the fight for a cure continues. Every year, the American Cancer Society holds Relay for […]
A computer glitch prevented the answers from candidate Dave Weaver to be included in last week’s issue. Below are his answers to the questions posed by CV Weekly. 1) Has the release of the 710 EIR changed or affirmed your position on the project? I have had no position and I have none yet. […]
Below are the candidate statements from glendalevotes.org. Tony Tartaglia Occupation: Glendale Community College Trustee Thank you for allowing me to serve as your Trustee. During my tenure, we instituted the first, real, fiscal reserve policy at GCC…5%; started televising the board meetings, and helped create the Verdugo Power Academy…which has graduated several […]
By Jason KUROSU Three months remain in the SR-710 EIR public comment period, during which members of the public, affected cities, transportation agencies and others can weigh in on the best solution for connecting the 710 and 210 freeways. However, of the five remaining alternatives, the freeway tunnel proposal stands out as a major topic […]
By Jason KUROSU With recent changes to Verdugo Hills Hospital following its partnership with Keck Medicine of USC, USC Verdugo Hills officials decided that a reflection on the hospital’s past was in order, prompting a year long project which culminated in the unveiling of a history wall Tuesday night. The wall consists of a series […]
2015GeneralElectionsPrecinctMapPolls “Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.” –Franklin D. Rooselvelt By Mary O’KEEFE “Get out the vote” has been a cry from citizens groups, cities, counties and, yes, even politicians. On April […]
April Fools Day prank for Crescenta Valley High School teacher/coach Derrel Furtani. Track team members Kyle D’Ambrosio, Dion Matavoosi, Jeremy Grinnell, Shawn Grinnell, Hyekwang Kim and Jessy Shelton used hundreds of Post-Its to cover the coach’s car.
By Jason KUROSU The 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide is a significant milestone, particularly for the large Armenian-American population in Glendale and its surrounding cities. Two upcoming events this April are among the many taking place during Genocide Awareness Month, which commemorates the events of 1915 while exploring the root causes of genocide and […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale police are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying a suspect who stole a tricycle from a local residence. On March 2, at 4:40 p.m. a male suspect drove into the subterranean garage in the 3900 block of Pennsylvania Avenue. He parked the vehicle, opened the rear hatch and allegedly took […]