By Celia BURSTEIN In commemoration of San Francisco politician Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man elected to public office in California, Governor Schwarzenegger signed a bill last October, designating March 22 as Harvey Milk Day. The bill, signed more than 30 years after the politician’s assassination by a political rival, encourages all educational institutions […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A local Girl Scout troop continues to think of those in Haiti who have been injured and left homeless after the 7.0 earthquake left the country in ruins. In January Brownie Troop 143-1 decided to donate some of their cookie money to those in need. They donated $500 to the Hospital Sacre […]
Eric Boyd, a senior at Crescenta Valley High School, received this year’s Falcon Award. Boyd is an Eagle Scout and an accomplished student ranking 34 in a class of 729. At the inaugural Character and Ethics Project ACE awards held recently Boyd was named Male Athlete of the Year and is also varsity volleyball captain […]
Dear President Obama: The Congress of the United States, by Joint Resolution on June 9, 1966 approved H.J. Resolution 763 proclaiming the week in which the 14th occurs as National Flag Week, and the same Resolution requested that the President is to issue every year a proclamation and also to call upon citizens of the […]
Last week I wrote about being overwhelmed with too many choices while shopping for baby paraphernalia at a specialty store in Glendale. Who knew there had been so many leaps and bounds in toddler technology since my own kids were certified curtain climbers some 25 years ago – give or take a gray hair or […]
Last week I wrote about the Indian village of Wikangna, and how its assumed location was the current site of the Verdugo Hills Golf Course. That got me musing on the bad situation currently at the golf course. The developers that now own the golf course have been forced into a game of chicken with […]
In the May 20 issue we incorrectly stated that CVHS Principal Linda Evans would be continue working with the district until November 2011. She will actually continue working with the district until November 2010.
By Mary O’KEEFE On Wednesday the City of Glendale Planning Hearing Officer Meeting discussed a variance proposal concerning Trader Joe’s market that will be built at 2448 Honolulu Ave. The variance is for a new projecting sign and a permit to sell alcohol. The sign proposed would not be lit from within but with exterior […]
June 5 2100 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge, a wallet was stolen from a purse that was left unattended in a shopping cart while the owner was shopping at Ross Dress for Less between 10:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. June 4 4400 block of Oak Grove Drive in La Cañada, a student […]
Paul C. Nelson Paul C. Nelson, a Glendale resident for the last 55 years, passed away Sunday, June 6. He was 91. He was born in Rochester, NY on Sept. 12, 1918. In 1928 at age 10 he moved to Glendale with his parents, Chester and Gertrude Nelson, and his younger twin sisters. Paul was […]