Cheers to the Glendale City Council Candidates

On Monday night, the Montrose-Verdugo City Chamber of Commerce held our Glendale City Council candidates forum at the Sparr Heights Community Center and it was a great success. All six city council candidates – Incumbents John Drayman and Dave Weaver, Rafi Manoukian, Mike Mohill, Garen Mailyan and Chahe Keuroghelian – were there and answered all […]

The Time for Running Is Now

By Mary O’KEEFE After miles and miles of training, 10 Rosemont Middle School students will finally realize their pay-off of months of sore feet and aching knees: the Los Angeles Marathon this Sunday. Twenty-two students began their quest for marathon gold at the beginning of the school year. They began with short runs and worked […]

“Yes on S” Takes to the Street

By Jason KUROSU On April 5 the city of Glendale will hold its municipal election to determine, among other things, whether or not Glendale citizens want to approve Measure S, a new bond resolution intended to provide continuing funds for schools in the district. Parents, students and educators have enthusiastically supported the measure, as they […]

Candidate Addresses Critics with Surprise Announcement

By Ted AYALA The full Glendale City Council convened on Tuesday evening in its first meeting since daylight savings. City Clerk Ardashes Kassakhian invoked the words of French novelist Marcel Proust – famous for his monumental, multi-volume literary epic “In Search of Lost Time” – before the council meeting commenced. “The hour of death cannot […]

Weather in the Foothills

Another winter is slowly coming to an end. The passing of seasons may be marked on a calendar, but nature and weather set their own time for change. Last year as summer turned to fall, I began to watch one certain liquid amber tree in our neighbor’s yard. As Christmas came and went, Santa Ana […]

Author – and Doctor – Shares his Fiji Vision

By Jason KUROSU Dr. Jerold Beeve, a local ophthalmologist with over 40 years of experience, is not a churchgoer. However, his work and experiences in Fiji over the past 20 years has cemented his faith in God. Beeve states as much in his book “Dear Lord, It’s Jerry Again,” a chronicling of the annual Beeve […]

Possible Predator in Area

By Mary O’Keefe The CV Sheriffs want to make the public aware of a possible predator that approached a young girl on Tuesday evening, March 8 in the Waltonia Drive area of Montrose. A 9-year-old girl ran into her home in the 2200 block of Waltonia Drive. “Someone is following me,” she reportedly told her […]

Parents Need Help in Finding Runaway Teen

By Mary O’KEEFE The smiling face of a young boy can be seen on flyers posted on lampposts along Honolulu Avenue. He is described as blonde with brown eyes and 6-feet tall with a slim build. The 16-year-old boy is not from the area but was in Montrose visiting family at the time of his […]

Meet the Candidates Part 4: GUSD Q & A

On April 5 voters who live within the Glendale Unified School District area will be asked to choose two candidates out of the eight vying for a seat on the district’s school board. The school board members are elected by voters to establish the educational policies of the district. In addition to guiding policy decisions […]

Local Reaction to Earthquake and Tsunami

By Mary O’KEEFE and Brandon HENSLEY The vibrations of the Japanese earthquake and subsequent tsunami have resonated here in the United States as local folks wait to hear how friends and family abroad are faring in the aftermath of the disaster. Erika Suzuki was a member of the executive board of the Crescenta Valley Drug […]