By Mary O’KEEFE Dual protests, one for Black Lives Matter and the other for Blue Lives Matter, occurred across the street from each other on Friday afternoon near Lowell Avenue and Foothill Boulevard. The two organizations faced off, yelling slogans across the street at each other maintaining a peaceful, albeit loud, protest. Los Angeles Police […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Bailey Center food pantry at United Methodist Church in Tujunga is still struggling to collect enough donations to meet the growing number of people in need. COVID-19 hit people hard with some relief coming in the form of unemployment funds, small business loans and the Payroll Protection Program. But though some […]
OP ED » Mary O’KEEFE This year is the 50th anniversary of annual LGBTQ+ Pride traditions. The first Pride march in New York City was held on June 28, 1970, which was the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. The uprising was a six-day protest event that began with a raid on a place called […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The plan was to reopen businesses slowly, to take a step-by-step approach, but even with those precautions in place warnings were issued by the Los Angeles County Public Health Dept. that numbers of COVID-19 cases were expected to rise. One of the last things on the list to reopen was, and is, […]
By Mary O’KEEFE NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is just over a month from its July 20 targeted launch date. The rover’s astrobiology mission will seek signs of past microscopic life on Mars, explore the geology of the Jezero Crater landing site, and demonstrate key technologies to help prepare for future robotic and human exploration. And […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Because of the Safer-At-Home Order issued due to COVID-19 many people spent the time at home cleaning out closets and reorganizing their homes and yards. But with all the cleaning and clearing came the challenge of what to do with furniture and large items that were no longer wanted. Donation centers like […]
By Mary O’KEEFE At Tuesday’s Glendale Unified School District board of education meeting, members and staff discussed the process of reopening schools. Before the discussion began, several teachers weighed in with their concerns on how the reopening choices were made. They spoke about an upcoming district presentation, sharing their disappointment in not being included in […]
Students, teachers, parents and school staff join forces to create lifetime memories for this year’s graduates. By Mary O’KEEFE June is traditionally the time for promotion ceremonies for those moving from eighth grade to high school and commencements for students graduating from high school. The time frame is the same but this year’s events […]
By Mary O’KEEFE COVID-19 numbers, both the positive cases and deaths, are shared every day but beyond the numbers are people, loved ones and friends who are self isolating, who are hospitalized and who have lost their battle with the coronavirus. The number of deaths, as of Monday, June 8, reached 2,655 in Los Angeles […]
By Mary O’KEEFE For about nine years, Glendale Unified School District board member Nayiri Nahabedian has been working with local individuals, organizations and elected officials who support education and want to give students a leg up on their academic future. This year all the hours of work and countless emails paid off, literally, with the […]