By Mary O’KEEFE The community is preparing for National Night Out, an annual event when the public can meet and speak with emergency responders and other safety personnel. With the recent divisions between law enforcement and the public, this night gives community members the chance to get to know those who serve their area and […]
By Ruth SOWBY At a meeting of the Glendale City Council on Tuesday, Mayor Ardy Kassakhian announced that the City of Glendale Community Services & Parks was awarded $285,000 in Measure A Technical Assistance grant funds to support planning and pre-development services to create new parks and facilities in and around Glendale. Former councilmember […]
A Partisan World As most readers know who read my column, I’m not much of a politico. Whereas in my (much) younger days I subscribed to a particular party, I find that these days I don’t affiliate with one party or the other. To me, both have major flaws that I just can’t ignore – […]
Heat Waves Across the World There may be divisions in the nation and in the world but one thing all of us on Earth experience in common: climate change. We can’t run from it and we can no longer pretend that humans have nothing to do with rising temperatures. Humans have accelerated the evolutionary cyclical […]
By Ruth SOWBY The 27th Annual Glendale Cruise Night was missed by many during the last two pandemic years. On Saturday the wait was over … and it didn’t disappoint. Brand Boulevard in downtown Glendale was host to 350 classic cars on display. This year’s show, presented by the Greater Downtown Glendale Association and the Alex, attracted […]
Mask Mandate May Be Reinitiated The County of Los Angeles Public Health announced that if LA County remains in the high COVID-19 Community Level for two consecutive weeks universal indoor masking will be implemented on July 29 to help slow the rate of transmission and protect those most vulnerable. Indoor masking is already a required […]
By Julia KOHUT On July 13, residents gathered at a nearby residence for a neighborhood watch meeting. The meeting was held in La Crescenta at the home of Kim and Paul Mattersteig – the first in-person meeting held since the onset of the pandemic. In addition to nearby neighbors, representatives attended from both the fire […]
July 16 2400 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge, a woman reported that her caregiver had taken her vehicle without her permission. According to the woman the caregiver had taken her vehicle without her permission on other occasions. The vehicle theft occurred at 5:30 a.m. July 15 2100 block of Foothill Boulevard […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale Water & Power (GWP), in partnership with Sagewell, Inc. (Sagewell), announced the launch of a new residential program for electric vehicle (EV) drivers called the Off-Peak EV Charging Rebate program. This program incentivizes EV owners to charge their vehicles overnight on weekdays between 9 p.m. and noon and any time on […]
Los Angeles County Fire Chief Daryl L. Osby will ceremoniously hang his turnout coat and helmet on the Wall of Honor as he prepares to officially retire. Chief Osby boasts a 38-year firefighting career with the Los Angeles County Fire Dept.; 11 of those years were spent as the department’s first African American fire chief. […]