By Mary O’KEEFE The 37th Annual Montrose Glendale Christmas Parade began just as the rains ended. Saturday morning was cold and wet, which may have been why the normally lawn chair-packed Honolulu Avenue seemed a little sparse come parade time. As the day grew later and the sun continued to peek out behind dark clouds […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Guests of all ages enjoyed an early morning breakfast at the La Crescenta Woman’s Club on Saturday. At first it was all about the sausage and pastries with kids moving from table to table making pine cone Christmas trees and sewing gingerbread men. A big attraction was the chance to climb onto […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Jet Propulsion Laboratory hosted its annual Invention Challenge on Friday. High school students as well as JPL employees and their families were challenged this year to create a device that could deliver a golf ball in a “hole in one.” According to the JPL rules, the device invented has to “propel and/or […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Word of a bipartisan budget deal was released yesterday by Congressional leaders which, if passed, would avert another government shutdown. In an unusual show of solidarity, Rep. Paul Ryan, (R-Wisc.) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) faced news cameras to tout a new budget proposal and assured the country that Democrats and Republicans […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Today is the first day on the job for new Glendale police chief Robert Castro. Castro has been a police officer with the city of Glendora and for the last three years has been serving as that city’s chief of police. He admits that this is not the usual path for law […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Friday, the CV Alliance, formerly known as the Crescenta Valley Drug and Alcohol Prevention Coalition, held a meeting at the USC Verdugo Hills Hospital with strategic partners in their continuing effort to reach out and educate the community on destructive drug and alcohol use. Outgoing Glendale Police Chief Ron DePompa shared […]
By Mary O’KEEFE City of Glendale has prevailed in a lawsuit brought against it by a Glendale police officer. Lt. Tigran Topadzhikyan is one of five Armenian American GPD officers who filed a lawsuit against the city in 2010. They alleged discrimination, retaliation and harassment. The jurors deliberated about an hour before finding in favor […]
By Mary O’KEEFE “If it wasn’t for these kids, we wouldn’t be here,” said Frank Gonzales, deputy director of Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation at the first of three community workshops for the purposed skate park at Crescenta Valley Park. The workshop began at 6 p.m. at Rosemont Middle School. Its purpose was for […]
By Mary O’KEEFE After 36 years with the Glendale Police Dept., the last three as chief of police, Ron DePompa is retiring from the force. DePompa actually retired in February but was hired by the City of Glendale to stay on while the search was undertaken for his replacement. In October, Robert Castro was announced […]
By Mary O’KEEFE With the recent death of a local family pet, residents of the foothills have been reminded that wildlife is all around. Seeing a bobcat, coyote, mountain lion and bear is not that uncommon but they are usually only passing through. So when it appeared that a mountain lion had killed their beloved […]