By Jason KUROSU One of the more common sights that Lovette Panthier encounters during her work at the Dept. of Children & Family Services is one that she deplores: children in and out of foster care in her office, carrying their things in duffel bags or garbage bags. “This child has been in your home […]
By Michael YEGHIAYAN The Crescenta Valley High School student advocacy group, the Parent Teacher Student Association – PTSA – will continue building membership as the organization begins the school year. The group’s first meeting of the year will take place tonight, Thursday, Aug. 29 at 6:30 p.m. Current and prospective members are invited to the […]
Photo by Steve HERNANDEZ updated at 3:04 p.m. By Ted AYALA Residents of Twelve Oaks Lodge Assisted Living in Verdugo City woke up to shocking news on Friday morning that they had two months to vacate the site. Up in the air are the possibilities as to how the site can be redeveloped. Dotting the […]
Photos by Mark HURTADO and Charly SHELTON By Charly SHELTON Cars drove through clouds of smoke as a brush fire burned on the south side of the Eastbound 210 freeway today. “We had a vegetation fire right there at the gore point on the freeway at the Oceanview [Boulevard] exit on the Eastbound 210 freeway,” […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A man and two women walked into the Vons market in 2000 block of Verdugo Boulevard in Montrose and stole several items from the liquor aisle. The man and two women are clearly seen on surveillance video entering the store and walking to the liquor aisle. The man selected several bottles of […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY On Thursday afternoon the 3300 block of Montrose Avenue was shut down while an investigation was conducted after a possible bomb was discovered in a vehicle. According to Sgt. Kevin Hirano of the Glendale Police Dept., officers were following up on a call when they arrived at a home in the 3300 […]
Get ready for the Fourth Annual Montrose Film Festival taking place this weekend. By Mary O’KEEFE The Fourth Annual Montrose Film Festival will be held this weekend at the former site of the Montrose Theater in the 2200 block of Honolulu Avenue. From 1924 to 1987, the Montrose Theater was a popular fixture along the […]
By Michael J. ARVIZU Just what, exactly, is the best technique when it comes to watermelon seed spitting? Sabrina Gonzalez might know. She has been working the watermelon seed spitting booth at the Lions Club Sunland-Tujunga Watermelon Festival for the past five years. The key to successful watermelon seed spitting is, she said, getting a […]
By Ted AYALA The Glendale City Council passed a resolution Tuesday expressing its opposition to the proposed shuttering by the United States Post Office (USPS) of its historic Glendale Central Post Office at 313 E. Broadway. Built during the height of the Great Depression in 1932-1934, the Neo-Renaissance style Central Post Office has become, along […]