By Steve ZALL and Sid FISH Here comes Peter Cottontail, hopping down the bunny trail … announcing it’s time for Easter once again. As you paint the eggs and corral your little ones, take a moment to check out what’s new and exciting in our local theatre scene, like: Opening “Fishers of Men” The year […]
By Charly SHELTON Though the community planning meetings to determine the new school calendar are already completed, some people are still petitioning for changes and days off. At the monthly Glendale Unified School District board of education meeting on Tuesday, one topic of much discussion from the public comments revolved around the possibility of a […]
Feb. 28 Chevy Chase Drive and Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada, a phone charger and cash were stolen from the interior of an unlocked vehicle. 4300 block of Beulah Drive in La Cañada, a 56-year-old Glendale man was arrested for violation of a restraining order between 4:55 p.m. and 5 p.m. Feb. 26 1900 block […]
Treated Like Someone Special For whatever reason, I feel special when I shop at Trader Joe’s, like I’m part of an exclusive club. Even at larger stores, like Vons and Gelsons, I feel like they care about me. I’m greeted by name, asked how the kids are (one of my sons even works at a […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Once again the Montrose Search and Rescue team spent a weekend doing something most people would not normally be doing … they climbed the face of an ice mountain. For about 10 years the MSR members have been traveling to Lee Vining Canyon near Mammoth Mountain to continue training in snow and […]
CVCA is disappointed that Glendale has decided to issue a Request for Proposals for the Rockhaven property. Although all concerned express a desire to preserve the buildings dating from the 1920s and ’30s there are different opinions regarding the nature of that preservation. Adaptive reuse may preserve the exterior of structures while completely gutting the […]
Famous Ladies of Rockhaven – The Woman Who Created Clark Gable Rockhaven Sanitarium, which was open from 1923 to 2006, has many fascinating aspects to it. It was a business created by women for women in a time when women were marginalized. It redefined the treatment of mental illness, from brutal incarceration to dignified recuperation. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Changes continue along Honolulu Avenue with the sale of Montrose Travel to Corporate Travel Management, an Australian based company. For 60 years Montrose Travel has been part of Montrose. Joe McClure Sr. and his wife Leora purchased the company in the early 1970s and together they built a business with small town […]
THEATER ARTS CALTECH PRESENTS ‘BOLDLY GO!’ Caltech Theatre presents a musical parody based upon “Star Trek.” “Boldly Go!” follows the intrepid crew of the Starship Enterprise, along with some new characters, on an exciting and hilarious adventure. Assumptions will be confronted, paradigms challenged, alliances tested, and new contacts made – whether for good or ill […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Community members have reached out to the Crescenta Valley Town Council with their concerns with what appears to be a growing and constant problem with illegal dumping. Several items, including sofas, chairs, large boxes, TVs and even small refrigerators, have been found along streets in both the far north city of Glendale […]