By Mary O’KEEFE October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Though all medical experts don’t agree as to how often a person should have a mammogram, all agree that regular mammograms are an important part of a healthy regimen. Stories are too common of women who found a lump in their breasts and delayed going to […]
A Measured Look at Measure S On the November ballot, Glendale voters will be asked to vote yes or no on raising their city’s sales tax by .75%, or ¾, of a cent. Called the Glendale Quality of Life and Essential Services Protection Measure, Measure S is written to “expand funding to protect essential […]
CV Town Council Meeting The community is invited to attend the CV Town Council meeting planned for tonight, Oct. 18, at the La Crescenta Library. On the agenda is a presentation by the LA County Public Works Dept. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. of the library in the community room. La Crescenta Library, 2809 […]
“Big fires flare up in a wind, but little ones are blown out unless they are carried in undercover.” ~ St. Frances De Sales Blame it on the weather! This past week has been a wild, wet and windy one. It began on Friday night. Clouds moved in during the day, rather unremarkable in appearance, […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Residents in the 2300 block of Janet Lee Drive thought an earthquake had rattled their homes this morning (Monday) at about 7 a.m. but soon found it was the wind to blame for the shaking. Strong winds toppled a tree on Janet Lee sending it crashing through a wooden fence that separated […]
By Charly SHELTON It started with a small red dot. That dot grew a tail as it streaked into the sky. And then … boom! Separation from a small streak of light into a steadily expanding cloud of water vapor frozen at high altitude that caught the last rays of the setting sun, and two […]
The Los Angeles County Fire Dept. has launched an updated Ready! Set! Go! Program to assist residents living in wildfire-prone areas. The program features a 16-page Personal Wildfire Action Plan as well as a step-by-step video guide to teach residents how to create defensible space and safeguard their homes to make them ore fire-resistant. The […]
By Charly SHELTON Thousands of guests swarmed the streets of Montrose Shopping Park for the 41st Annual Oktoberfest, organized by the Montrose-Verdugo City Chamber of Commerce. The event spanned nearly one-half mile from Orangedale Avenue (Trader Joe’s) to Market Street (Paradise Tan), and featured live music across three stages including the popular ’80s and ’90s […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Walktober is a time when schools focus on the health benefits, for both humans and the environment, of walking to school. Although the entire month of October is focused on walking, on Wednesday morning schools highlighted the importance of walking to school by organizing places for kids to meet and walk together. […]
The Glendale Police Dept. is seeking the public’s assistance with identifying a male involved in a robbery at the Sprint store located at 2027 Verdugo Blvd. in the City of Glendale 91208. On Wednesday, Aug. 22 at 4:46 p.m. the male suspect walked into the Sprint store and ordered employees and a customer to the […]