Glendale and Montrose Railway’s Relics – Part 1 The Glendale and Montrose Railway electric trolley system was short-lived but critical to the modern growth of our valley. It ran from 1913 to 1930. It had been built specifically for the creation of Montrose and ran from La Crescenta all the way down through Glendale and […]
Broadband Expansion Must Reach Glendale’s Nursing Homes COVID-19 laid bare the fundamental importance of internet access as both a civil right and a public health issue. While many Americans shifted their lives online through Zoom and FaceTime during quarantine, older adults in nursing homes experienced unprecedented social isolation. Without access to technology or reliable internet, […]
CVTC Recommends: Save These Dates As spring hits full swing, the Crescenta Valley Town Council (CVTC) is preparing for a month of community celebration and significant discussions regarding our local landscape. From family-friendly traditions to pivotal land use developments, here is what is happening in the Crescenta Valley: Save The Date: Abode Communities Town Hall […]
Who’s Going to Pay? The Glendale Planning Officer approved the 87-unit apartment building at Foothill Boulevard and New York Avenue. It will be a huge, five-story building [similar to] the new five-story apartments built at the end of the 2 Freeway by the LA River. The owner is using AB 130 to add 29 more […]
Little High House on the America 250 The Sunland-Tujunga Bi-Centennial Trail, developed in 1976, is now the America 250 Trail … and you’re on it! Today, we arrive at location #10, the McGroarty House, located at 7570 McGroarty Terrace. Let’s begin once again with the words left to us from half a century ago about […]
Something to Talk About According to astrological forecasts, the spring of 2026 ends a 13-year cycle of trust and reliance on others and enters a new phase described as fiery, bold and one that stimulates independence and self-discovery. I feel the shift. It’s been a crazy couple of weeks for me, full of emotional highs […]
Mental Wellness Outreach Launched by Hubbard Dianetics Foundation of Foothills Many Angelinos started 2026 with resolutions for positive change. The most common ones related to exercise, diet, finance and mental health. But now, two months into the year, many resolutions have already faded. According to a Forbes Health poll, many resolutions are lost by January […]
AB 2478: Kinship Family Approval California currently has more than 37,000 children in our foster care system. These are children who are placed into our care due to abuse or neglect. They’re trauma survivors and though they’re removed from their parents for their own safety, they’re facing an unfamiliar and daunting system that hasn’t always […]
The Last Trolley Ride – Dec. 31, 1929 Private trolley lines in Los Angeles were created largely to sell land. The business plan, pre-automobile anyway, was to buy cheap land in an outlying area, develop it into lots and run a trolley line to it. The big money was made selling the lots to people […]
Wanted: Mutual Respect Last December, Glendale Community College (GCC) made a presentation to Montrose Shopping Park Association members, outlining plans for developing its Honolulu Avenue buildings, collaborating with USC Keck Medicine and Verdugo Hills Hospital. The former Citibank building will be demolished, a new GCC Montrose Campus building will be built, and the Professional Development […]