By Michael YEGHIAYAN The leaders of the Glendale Teachers Association and Glendale Unified School District met for a fact-finding hearing on July 16 as part of the ongoing efforts to settle the contract dispute between the two parties. The two argued before a state appointed fact-finding panel, but were unable to reach a suitable resolution. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Three women were transported to the hospital after the green Kia Spectra they were traveling in hit a parked car and became airborne before landing on its side on Ramsdell Avenue tonight about 11 p.m. Ed Lovato was traveling southbound on Ramsdell Avenue above Montrose Avenue just south of the bridge that […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A man in his 50s was involved in a fatal accident after losing control of his motorcycle and crashing into a wall near the Glendale skate park on Cañada Boulevard and Towne Avenue in Glendale just after midnight on July 16. Glendale police officers reportedly witnessed the man driving at a high […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On July 9, 30 Glendale city employees were dismissed from a lawsuit filed by current and former Glendale police officers against the city and police department. The lawsuit alleges harassment and discrimination. In late January Vahak Mardikian, Tigran Topadzhikyan, Robert Parseghian, John Balian and Benny Simonzad filed a discrimination suit against the […]
Right off the bat you might well ask, “So what in the world is the MSPA?” It’s an acronym for the Montrose Shopping Park Association, formed way back in 1968 for the purpose of representing the interests of the then “newly created” Montrose Shopping Park. The Shopping Park is a B.I.D. (another acronym meaning Business […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The nation’s birthday was celebrated in style on July 4 thanks to the Crescenta Valley Fireworks Association and community support. About 5,000 people came to La Crescenta Elementary school to eat cotton candy, pizza and tacos, ride carnival rides and meet up with friends and family as they waited for the fireworks […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Thursday evening, a van traveling eastbound on Montrose Avenue that witnesses said drove through a red light hit another car then went airborne skidding to a stop on its side in the opposite lane. About 7:30 p.m. a van driven by a 50-year-old Glendale man was traveling eastbound on Montrose Avenue […]
By Odalis A. SUAREZ It was all smiles and excitement for seniors at Clark Magnet High School as they received their graduation diplomas last Friday. The high school amphitheatre, structured the same as Rosemont Middle School, was filled with hundreds of family and friends who were on hand to watch the 250 graduates take their […]
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