DUI Checkpoint Nets 8 Arrests

Glendale Police Department Traffic Unit conducted a DUI/Driver’s License checkpoint on August 29, 2014, at Brand Boulevard and Vassar Street between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. Checkpoints are placed in locations that have the greatest opportunity for achieving drunk and drugged driving deterrence and provide the greatest safety for officers and the […]

Hundreds Without Power, Roads Closed

Hundreds Without Power, Roads Closed

Photo by Mary O’KEEFE Hundreds Without Power, Roads Closed By Mary O’KEEFE At about 5:12 p.m. this afternoon, a driver who exited the 210 Freeway at La Crescenta Avenue was traveling northbound when a piece of equipment from a utility pole apparently fell onto the roof of her car. The driver was not injured. The […]

Lead Up to Labor Day Brings DUI Crackdown to Glendale

Labor Day weekend is coming up. For many Americans, that means an extra day off, backyard and beach barbecues, visiting friends and family, and the unofficial end of the summer season. Unfortunately, it also means a sharp increase in drunk-driving related fatalities. Now, through Labor Day weekend (September 1, 2014), the Glendale Police Department will […]

Gatto’s Hit and Run Bills Go To Governor

Advocates for street safety are celebrating as two landmark bills by Assemblyman Mike Gatto , which seek to curb the epidemic of hit-and-runs in California, have passed the legislature and are headed to the Governor’s desk.  AB 47, which would create a “Yellow Alert” system to help catch hit-and-run offenders, passed the Assembly today by […]

CALL FOR ARTISTS

  Beyond The Box: A Utility Box Mural Program The last round of utility box murals went so well the city is  going to have another round.  Glendale Arts and Culture Commission will partner with The Big Draw LA to create murals on 11 locations in Montrose. Glendale Arts & Culture Commission encourages artists and community […]

The Station Fire: Five Years Later

The Station Fire: Five Years Later

By Mary O’KEEFE It has been five years since the hills above Tujunga, far north Glendale, La Crescenta and La Cañada Flintridge were ablaze. The fire that started as a small brush fire on Aug. 26, 2009 grew into the largest wildfire in California history. At containment on Oct. 16, 2009, the fire had burned […]

Update Meeting Held on Proposed Territory Transfer

Update Meeting Held on Proposed Territory Transfer

By Kevork KURDOGHLIAN About 110 people filled the auditorium of Mountain Avenue Elementary School on Tuesday evening to listen to a presentation by Glendale Unified School District Superintendent Dr. Richard Sheehan regarding the proposed territory transfer. In attendance were Mountain Avenue parents, who represented a majority of the crowd, Mountain Avenue Principal Rebecca Witt, PTA […]