Glendale Sunrise Launches Safety Project The Glendale Sunrise Rotary Club kicked off a four-week community safety education campaign on Aug. 8. Not Even For A Minute focuses on the dangers of leaving children unattended in and around vehicles. Watch the Road targets distracted drivers, pedestrians, and cyclists to raise their level of awareness while […]
By Kevork KURDOGHLIAN The Glendale Unified School District board of education gave direction to Superintendent Sheehan and his staff to prepare possible guidelines and timelines for an appointment process to fill the seat left vacant by outgoing board president Mary Boger. Boger’s last day will be Aug. 31, from which point the board will have […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The southbound lanes of Pennsylvania Avenue from Foothill Boulevard were closed Friday due to an explosion in one unit of an apartment complex in the 4400 block of Pennsylvania Avenue. Someone in the apartment was doing some fumigation work in a unit. “What could have happened was the fumigation met with […]
By Isiah REYES Glendale Community Police Officer Abe Chung was on hand at the Montrose Shopping Park Assn. board meeting Thursday morning to discuss the possibility of greater police presence in Montrose after two robberies were reported in the past month. The board wanted more police to be present in the city to dissuade robbers […]
By Mary O’KEEFE After serving 30 years as a Glendale police officer, Sgt. Tom Lorenz has decided not to retire but to move to another area of the city as Glendale’s spokesman. Eleven years ago, Lorenz took the helm as the GPD public information officer. His duties were to deal with the media on everything […]
By Isiah REYES Alicia Harris of Crescenta Valley High School was one of 21 teachers from across the nation selected to participate in the ninth annual Summer Institute for Teachers in Washington D.C. The summer institute is co-sponsored by the American Bar Association and the Federal Judicial Center. It is designed to enhance the knowledge […]
Foothill Municipal Water District (FMWD or District) board President Richard Atwater briefed the La Cañada Flintridge City Council on current water supply conditions and opportunities to address the ongoing drought. “In light of worsening drought conditions and uncertainty with the upcoming wet season, reconvening the city’s Water Committee is a prudent action,” said Atwater. The […]
By Michael J. ARVIZU Roy Mueller, McGroarty Arts Center executive director, wants his organization to step away from being the city’s best-kept secret to being the community’s best-known place. And to do so, Mueller spoke about the recent McGroarty Arts Center $11,300 matching gift, awarded by the Los Angeles County Arts Commission. “This is a […]
Possible Home Invasion in La Crescenta An attempted home invasion robbery occurred in the 3400 block of Brookhill Street on Aug. 6 around 9:15 p.m. A female, described to be in her late 30s, early 40s, possibly Hispanic, knocked on the residents’ door asking for someone who did not live at the residence. “When […]
By Ted AYALA Glendale City Council voted Tuesday night in favor of lending its support to a state bill that would impose tighter regulations on rideshare services such as Lyft and Uber. The bill, known as AB 612 and authored by Assemblymember Adrin Nazarian, would see rideshare services fall under statewide oversight similar to taxi […]