By Mary O’KEEFE Students have barely put their number two pencils down from the most recent round of Standardized Testing when the scores from last spring’s testing have been released. The Academic Performance Index (API) is an annual measure of test score performance of schools and districts. The scores range from 200 to 1,000 and […]
By Misty DUPLESSIS The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) recognized women that they consider the “Jewels of Glendale” during its seventh annual lunch on Thursday, May 5 at the Oakmont Country Club. Six outstanding women who have overcome challenges, have displayed courage and made positive impacts on the community were chosen as this […]
Members of the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station Memorial Fund Committee want to thank the many organizations, businesses, and individuals for their generous donations toward the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station Memorial Project. The project will honor fallen local heroes and deputies who gave their lives in service to the foothill community. On Tuesday, May 10 Nick […]
May 6 4400 block of Oak Grove Drive in La Cañada Flintridge, a catalytic converter was stolen from a vehicle parked at the Crescenta Cañada YMCA between 7:45 a.m. and 1:40 p.m. 1200 block of Journey’s End in La Cañada, the driver’s side front window was smashed and a global positioning system was stolen overnight. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE It was a wild ride at the Americana on Tuesday when a man allegedly punched the car of another driver, drove at a high rate of speed through the parking structure and broke the parking barricade as he sped out of the structure and into heavy pedestrian traffic. At about 7:30 p.m. […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY The community received a colorful reminder that Foothills Relay for Life is fast approaching. On the morning of April 30, about 20 members of various Relay teams converged onto Honolulu Avenue armed with bright purple paint used to paint footprints onto store windows along the avenue. And the direction the footprints were […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Los Angeles County Sheriff detectives are continuing their investigation into the murder of a woman whose body was dumped on the La Crescenta Avenue exit off the Foothill (210) freeway on April 29 shortly after 5 p.m. The woman identified as Adriane Arzumanyan, 33, was pronounced dead at the scene. The suspect, […]
by Jim Chase So moms, how was your Mother’s Day? Whether you spent it being pampered by loved ones, or pampering those you love, or a combination of both – I truly hope your day was less exciting and memorable than it was for my dear wife and for both of our mothers who celebrated […]
I’ve had a taste of old age recently, having both hips replaced in the last few months. I’ve had to rely on others for the simplest needs, wasn’t able to drive, and was limited in how far or how fast I could hobble around. Just picking something up off the floor became an epic battle […]
Councilmanic Districts – Time to Dust Off a Charter Amendment? Six years ago, while discussing the platform with John Drayman’s run for city council, council districts was one of the key discussion points. He was totally for it then. Montrose and the Annex had been the stepchildren of Glendale government for as long as John […]