Grab your lederhosen and your stein! It is almost time for Oktoberfest! By Charly SHELTON Oktoberfest – the annual festival hosted by the Montrose-Verdugo City Chamber of Commerce – celebrates German heritage and is one of the biggest events of the year in the Montrose Shopping Park. This year the street fair is on Oct. […]
By Brian CHERNICK Glendale City Council and Housing Authority held a joint meeting to address updates to the implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The council did not agree to adopt the changes recommended by the staff and instead voted to move discussion to the next meeting after facing criticism from community members […]
I Dare You I remember when I was a kid that if someone (usually my sister) yelled something nasty at me, I’d respond with “I dare you to say that to my face.” Luckily for my mother and father (and probably for us girls, too) we didn’t usually go face-to-face. Seems that today we don’t […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A petition circulating on social media is continuing to garner signatures and interest from the community. The petition centers on a proposal for a 47-unit condominium and mixed-use building at 3037 and 3045 Foothill Boulevard. The petition raises concerns about parking, public safety and high-density occupancy and with the developer not complying […]
By Charly SHELTON For months, a hot topic of debate in the bi-weekly Glendale Unified School District Board of Education meetings has been the adoption of new textbooks for Spanish levels 1-6. The textbooks ¡Qué chévere! 1-3 were adopted last June after a committee of Spanish teachers in the district voted to approve this series […]
By Dana DOWSE On Saturday, Sept. 24, the Friends of Rockhaven (FoR) is hosting an Old Hollywood themed fundraiser at the La Crescenta Woman’s Club, 4004 La Crescenta Ave. While RSVPs for the dinner portion of the event have closed, there is a party from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. that is free and open […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The summary of the 2016 Community Health Needs Assessment was presented to the Glendale Hospitals Collaborative at a meeting held on Sept. 14 at Dignity Health – Glendale Memorial Hospital. The summary is prepared every three years from data collected from the areas serviced by Glendale Adventist Medical Center, Dignity Health Glendale […]
By Brian CHERNICK Former Glendale City Manager James Starbird recently filed a $1 million claim against the City of Glendale saying an uneven sidewalk was the cause of his wife’s death. According to police records, the incident occurred on March 16 while Starbird was pushing his 60-year-old wife Carolyn in a wheelchair in the 1200 […]
Crescenta Valley High School has eight National Merit Semi-Finalists for the 2016-2017 academic year. They are Brendan Caver, Sara Yoojin Choi, William Chung, Jocelyn Gould, Samantha Gould, Yeran Lee, Jason Park and John Woo. The National Merit® Scholarship Program is an academic competition for recognition and scholarships that began in 1955. High school students enter […]
Glendale Appoints New Community Services & Parks Director The City of Glendale has formally announced the appointment of Onnig Bulanikian as its new director of Community Services and Parks. Bulanikian had been serving as interim director since June 2016. Engineering Career Path Topic of Science Lecture “What is Engineering?” is a lecture planned at Glendale […]