“The truth, I do not stretch or shove When I state the dog is full of love. I’ve also proved, by actual test, A wet dog is the lovingest.” ~ American poet Ogden Nash The predicted thundershowers eluded us. Billowing thunderheads built over the mountains, but came no closer. Not a drop of rain […]
Are You Kidding? Here We Go Again On Saturday night at 11:59 p.m., Los Angeles County declared that masks must be worn – again – inside all public places regardless of a person’s vaccination status. This is not in alignment with the State of California, by the way. The reasons outlined on the LA Public […]
Photos courtesy of Blue Origin Media By Mary O’KEEFE Blue Origin successfully completed New Shepard’s first human flight on Tuesday with four private citizens onboard. The crew included Jeff Bezos, Mark Bezos, Oliver Daemen and Wally Funk. The Blue Origin program was founded by Jeff Bezos, who also founded Amazon. The New Shepard is a […]
By Justin HAGER La Cañada High School graduate Collin Morikawa, 24, made history on Sunday by winning the Open Championship Tournament, also known as the British Open, finishing two strokes ahead of second-place finisher Jordan Spieth and third place finishers Jon Rahm and Louis Oosthuizen. By winning the tournament in his first attempt, he became […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Recently Abigail Kim, a recent Crescenta Valley High School graduate, was setting up an account and getting ready for her future school home in Annapolis, Maryland. Kim is one of the 1,200 candidates nationwide who was selected for the U.S. Naval Academy’s “plebe,” or freshman, class. Each student is required to participate […]
By Maya PORCELLI, intern Museum is a “celebration of all that can be accomplished when we work together.” ~ Shant Sahakian, executive director, Armenian American Museum. “What is the worth of human life, unless it’s woven into the lives of our ancestors by the records of history?” This quote from the Roman philosopher Marcos […]
By Mary O’KEEFE There appears to be a light at the end of the restaurant tunnel at the corner of Verdugo Boulevard and Honolulu Avenue. Gus and Andy’s Kitchen and Bar is looking to open, with the earliest date in August and the latest date in the beginning of fall. The site at 2201 Honolulu […]
By Julie BUTCHER The Glendale City Council spent a bulk of its Tuesday night meeting considering various measures to set spending limits for municipal elections and ways to increase participation in local elections by providing public funds, perhaps in the form of “matching funds.” Some jurisdictions provide funds to potential candidates who meet qualifications to […]
By Justin HAGER Despite being the final Glendale Design Review Board (DRB) agenda item and delaying by four hours the beginning of its preliminary hearing on a proposed 57,000 square foot mixed-use development on Foothill Boulevard, neighbors and nearby residents to the proposed project were not to be deterred from their chance to voice their […]
Defecate Etiquette Part 2: Pack It In, Pack It Out In my July 1 column, Defecate Etiquette Part 2, I asked for responses to the question of the propriety of depositing filled doggie poop bags into trash bins that were on the street. The responses I received gave me points to ponder. Anne wrote, “People […]