CLIP: Career Blazing in Glory
Take a look back at a career blazing in glory. In Memory of Joe Viskocil, 1952-2014 Mostly Practical Effects Painting with Fire
Film and TV Job Creation Act Headed to Senate
Landmark $400 Million Film and Television Job Creation Act Passes Final Committee, Headed to Senate Floor Bill by Assemblymen Gatto and Bocanegra Takes Aim at the Flight of Film The long saga of AB 1839, the California Film and Television Job Retention and Promotion Act of 2014, continued but passed its final committee barrier today, […]
Foothill Students Return to the Classroom
GUSD schools welcomed students back with smiles, fist bumps … and Common Core. By Jason KUROSU Public schools are back in session and kids seem to be everywhere. About 8,795 kids from kindergarten to 12th grade attend the seven local elementary schools, one middle school and two high schools in the Crescenta Valley area. […]
Getting Ready for Show Time
By Mary O’KEEFE It is time once again for the annual Montrose Film Festival, sponsored by the Montrose Shopping Park Assn., and this year it will celebrate an extraterrestrial and an adventurer archeologist. It was five years ago that community leaders Steve Pierce and Tony Smith were sitting at Black Cow Café on Honolulu Avenue, […]
From the desk of the publisher
Determining Your Legacy “As you explore new opportunities and new directions, consider this: • How do I want to make a difference in the world? • How do I want to be remembered? • What kind of legacy do I want to leave behind?” ~ Julie Connor, “Dreams to Action Trailblazer’s Guide” It’s interesting how […]
Weather in the Foothills
“Life is fleeting …cast your eyes to the summer sky when the stars are strung across the velvety night. When a shooting star streaks through the blackness, turning night into day… make a wish and think of me. Make your life spectacular.” ~ Robin Williams in “Jack” (1996) Tuesday, the Perseid meteor shower peaked. A […]
Pets, Fun and Music Found at Inaugural Summerfest
By Michael J. ARVIZU he first Teranga Ranch Summerfest at Sunland Park in Sunland was held from Aug. 8 to Aug. 10 and featured amenities that catered to a variety of tastes. For the animal lover, a variety of pet adoption agencies set up shop on the grass, including Best Friends Animal Society – Los […]
IN Brief
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 […]
Board Bids Farewell to Mary Boger
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 […]
Residents Evacuated Following Explosion
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 […]