From the desk of the publisher

From the desk of the publisher

An Uplifting Night For many, financially speaking the New Year arrived with a thud rather than fanfare especially for small business owners. For whatever reason, revenue seems to be elusive regardless of the type of business. This situation, coupled with any other challenges, whether health, relationship or other, can bring a person down. It sometimes […]

NOTES & NODS

What’s Happening at On Friday, Feb. 13, the Center for Spiritual Living is having its annual Italian dinner night. Starting at 6:30 p.m., this extra special dinner includes music provided by Evan Marshall providing beautiful music and a new feature – a White Elephant exchange. Bring a wrapped present for re-gifting, repurposing and find out […]

Feinstein, Schiff Announce Major New Funding for West Coast Earthquake Early Warning System in President’s Budget

Obama Included Additional $5 Million in Budget At Urging of Lawmakers   Today, Senator Dianne Feinstein  and Rep. Adam Schiff  announced that President Obama had included $5 million for the West Coast Earthquake Early Warning system in his Fiscal Year 2016 budget released this week.  This is the first time that the President has requested a […]

UPDATE 9:55 p.m.: Robbery Suspect Sought

UPDATE: 9:55p.m. The investigation continues into the reported robbery of the Valero service station in the 2600 block of Foothill Boulevard. The suspect allegedly used a handgun during the robbery and fled with an undetermined amount of cash, said Sgt. Hollis of the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station.   —————-   A robbery reportedly occurred in […]

Arson Suspect Arrested

On Monday the Glendale Police Department arrested Steven Skendzic, a 19-year-old drifter, on arson charges relating to 27 fires that occurred between January 2014 and January 2015 in the city of Glendale. In January 2014, the Glendale Police Department began investigating a series of arson fires in the South Command Area during the nighttime and […]

Effort Provides Chance to Win Part of $500,000 in Grants and Scholarships

The Kelp Huggers, a team of nine students from Clark Magnet High School, have advanced and will now compete in the Final Challenge segment of the eighth annual Lexus Eco Challenge.             The Lexus Eco Challenge, created by Lexus and Scholastic, was designed to educate young people about the environment and to inspire them to […]

Invitation to ‘Swing’ By Jazz Night

Invitation to ‘Swing’ By Jazz Night

Young and old are encouraged to put on their dancing shoes to enjoy a night of Big Band music. By Mary O’KEEFE The Big Band Era was from the 1930s to the 1940s. It was born of a time when the country was climbing out of a depression only to face a World War, but […]

A ‘Beary’ Big Surprise in the ANF

A ‘Beary’ Big Surprise in the ANF

By Mary O’KEEFE Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. Air 5 has been on hundreds of rescues and recoveries and are used to seeing just about everything in the Angeles National Forest, but on Sunday they encountered something a little different. Air 5 was responding to a vehicle over the side of the road in the […]

Advice for Dealing with Weather Affected Travel

Advice for Dealing with Weather Affected Travel

By Isiah REYES The massive storm on the east coast this week has affected flights all across the country. Greg Shirey, manager of Montrose Travel, said that there have been calls from passengers who wished to reschedule flights. To deal with the extra calls, workers at Montrose Travel had to work extra hours to deal […]

She’s Where Misty’s Heart Is

She’s Where Misty’s Heart Is

By Brandon HENSLEY At first, it was a blur. Misty Harlan’s emotions were all over the place in 2011 when doctors told her the news. Of course, being a new mother, what was she to think? Her daughter, just 6 months old, was given less than a year to live by the neurosurgeon. So Harlan […]