Celebrate Halloween: Fun – and Frights – in the Foothills Let’s face it – 2020 stinks. Among the many threats I’ve heard regarding the horrendous year is from those who notoriously head to bed prior to the ball dropping on New Year’s Eve. This year, though, they swear they’ll stay awake into 2021 – […]
I could never stay long enough on the shore; the tang of the untainted, fresh, and free sea air was like a cool, quieting thought. ~ Helen Keller A breath of fresh air … clearly a much-needed and priceless element as summer turns to autumn. Day after day the air quality has been affected […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Easterseals SoCal (ESSC) has launched “We Are the 25%,” a voter awareness campaign that highlights the importance of disabled citizens getting out to vote. There are over 61 million people across the United States who have a disability. That equals one-in-four voters, or 25% of the U.S. population, according to the Centers […]
CERT Host Zoom Meeting on Evacuating Community Emergency Response Team – CERT – is providing information via Zoom how to prepare for an evacuation order. On Saturday, Oct. 3 from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., fire department personnel as well as the CERT coordinator from Monrovia will be speaking on the recent Bobcat Fire with […]
»Elections 2020 Here is the breakdown of Proposition 15 from the Legislative Analyst’s Office, a nonpartisan government agency located in Sacramento: Prop 15 increases funding sources for public schools, community colleges and local government services by changing tax assessment of commercial and industrial property. The initiative is a Constitutional amendment. Background: Local governments tax […]
By Julie BUTCHER “On Sunday morning, Sept. 27, Azerbaijan launched an unprovoked large-scale military attack on the peaceful Artsakh community of Armenia – artillery fire, bombs, Turkish F-16s targeting civilians in the most intense hostility seen since the 1994 cease fire. Azerbaijan’s campaign of violence is even more concerning because of the belligerent support of […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Although traffic has been lighter on local streets and freeways due to the pandemic, traffic issues have not gone away. Glendale police, California Highway Patrol, Angeles National Forest Law Enforcement and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. are all patrolling areas in an attempt to crack down on people who drive faster than […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale Unified School District is reaching out to parents and students to find out how the district can best support its school families. The district’s Student Wellness Dept. has designated one school counselor to support foster youth and students experiencing homelessness, and seven therapists and 34 mental health interns to serve throughout […]
By Mary O’KEEFE October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. According to breastcancer.org, about one in eight women in the United States will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of their lifetime. In 2020 about 276,480 new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected to be diagnosed in women in the U.S., along with 48,530 […]
Residents on Olive Avenue in La Crescenta are having their trashcans rummaged through on a regular basis by a couple of bears that have discovered fine dining in the neighborhood. Olive Avenue residents John and Susan Pearson distributed a flyer to their neighbors of the hungry night prowlers sharing their belief that it is the […]