Congressman Schiff Plans Telephone Town Hall Meeting on COVID-19

By Mary O’KEEFE Congressman Adam Schiff will be holding a telephone town hall meeting today at 7 p.m. The congressman will be discussing COVID-19 and will be joined by Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, with joint appointments in the departments of Epidemiology and Community Health Sciences, and Victor Parker, district director […]

The City of Glendale Takes Steps to Help Seniors and Those at Higher Risk for Serious Illness from COVID-19

The following is a list of services the City of Glendale and business establishments in the community will be providing to seniors and those at higher risk for serious illness from COVID-19: • Effective immediately, the Glendale Fire Dept. will be providing delivery services of groceries and essential goods for Glendale seniors and individuals that […]

CRIME BLOTTER

March 13 900 block of Berkshire Avenue in La Cañada, a glass window was shattered and a watch was stolen from a home between 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.     March 11 4500 block of Crown Avenue in La Cañada, a laptop was stolen from a backpack left at a gym between 1:45 p.m. […]

Levee is Leaving

Levee is Leaving

By Mary O’KEEFE The Crescenta Valley and Glendale areas are well known for their volunteer spirit. As one former elementary school principal said, “It’s a place where you ask for one volunteer and you get 10.” The boots-on-the-ground volunteer workforce is exemplified in Camille Levee. After years working as a volunteer and as a leader […]

Hungry? They’re Ready to Take Your Order

While many restaurants have shut down in response to COVID-19, several have remained open for meal pickup or delivery … and they are desperate for business. In an email sent out by popular restaurant Lemonade, where you go isn’t as important as just going and supporting these restaurants. “We are finally sick of watching the […]

NOTES & NODS

This Week at LCIF For the foreseeable future, Lutheran Church in the Foothills will be moving to an online presence following instructions by both government and religious leadership to cancel all our in-person gathering times on campus so as to minimize the possible transmission of illness, especially the COVID-19 virus. All are invited online as […]

From the Desk of the Publisher

From the Desk of the Publisher

What A Difference A Day Makes   On Thursday when Amy and I made our way to Cambria – the equivalent of Disneyland to many – I had no idea what was about to unfold. On Thursday the fears surrounding COVID-19 were just begining to take hold. On Sunday, we returned to empty store shelves […]

Council Holds Emergency COVID-19 Meeting

By Julie BUTCHER At an emergency afternoon meeting held on Monday, March 16, the Glendale City Council voted unanimously to declare a local emergency and enact urgent and immediate actions aimed at limiting the spread of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Effective 11:59 p.m. Monday night, restaurants will be limited to take-out, delivery or drive-thru […]

In Brief

LCF Farmers Market and Montrose Harvest Market Open The City of La Cañada Flintridge and the Montrose Shopping Park Assn. have announced that their Farmers Market and Harvest Market will be open this weekend. The LCF Farmers Market will be open on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and the Harvest Market will be […]

Weather in the Foothills

“At one hot, faraway world, it’s always cloudy with a chance of iron rain.” ~ Cape Canaveral, Florida These words are a real eye-catcher – hot, faraway, cloudy and rain. Taking a closer look, I realized they were not meant for our home in the universe. Before we take off to a distant location, far […]