By Mary O’KEEFE With the banging of the gavel, Glendale Unified School District board member Christine Walters ushered in a new administration. This is the first time since being elected to the school board in 2009 that Walters will take the reins as president. The educational system in California has never been simple. The governor […]
By Ted AYALA Glendalians seeking an answer as to who will be the city’s new mayor were left teetering on a cliffhanger Tuesday night. City Council was unable to reach an agreement on who would be selected for mayor in the coming term. Mayor Laura Friedman, whose vote would have been the tiebreaker, was attending […]
“Twas Easter-Sunday. The full-blossomed trees Filled all the air with fragrance and with joy.” ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow As the last days of March fell from the calendar, mild “like a lamb” they were not. Especially on the 31st, the early morning resembled a scene from a Sherlock Holmes mystery. Fog blanketed the […]
Easter, Passover Reflections In December after I had written my commentary on Christmas, a lady called me inquiring about the paper and asking if I had an agenda, citing my Christian-based column. I told her no and said I wrote the column because it was Christmas time. She pointed out that it was also Hanukkah. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Residents in Crescenta Valley understand they live in the mountains. There are deer, coyotes and the occasional mountain lion. But it is a bear that has been getting most of the attention – and press – lately. The bear began gaining a real following after an appearance in the 3700 block of […]
Easter Carnival Coming to Sunland Park Sunland-Tujunga’s Chamber of Commerce is hosting the annual Sunland-Tujunga’s Easter Carnival, an event they’ve held for over 50 years, at Sunland Park. This year’s Easter Carnival promises to be the best with newer rides, yummy food choices, vendors, Easter egg hunts on both Saturday and Sunday with the hidden […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The old stone church on the corner of Rosemont Avenue and Foothill Boulevard is a little more visible now after trees have been removed and cleared. During a recent windstorm several trees at St. Luke’s of the Mountain Episcopal Church toppled over. “They fell during the big wind and rain,” said Bryan […]
Local YMCA supporting opportunities for involvement by all. The YMCA of the Foothills has launched an international partnership with the National YMCA movement in Armenia. The focus of the partnership at the outset is to provide technical support and encouragement to the creation of a strategic development plan for Y Armenia’s national movement, which was […]
On Wednesday, Rep. Adam Schiff released the following statement after reports were released by the Davies Group and Southern California Edison (SCE) on the response to the windstorm of November 2011: “I am pleased that SCE has responded proactively to the problems identified in its response to the recent windstorm by releasing both an internal […]
Lexus and Scholastic publishers, sponsors of the Lexus Eco Challenge, announced on March 20 that the Carbonators, an eight-student team from Clark Magnet High School, won a first prize in the fifth annual Lexus Eco Challenge. Clark’s Carbonators is one of eight teams nationwide to win a $15,000 first prize with $3,000 designated for the […]