By Jason KUROSU Though featured for various field trips throughout the local area, the Rosemont Preserve was opened up Tuesday morning to its first visiting class from South Glendale. Two second grade classes from Horace Mann Elementary School took a bus to La Crescenta for a chance for some hands-on learning within the 7.75 acres […]
By Mary O’KEEFE State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson today announced that 106 public schools will be receiving the 2013-14 Title I Academic Achievement Award including four schools from Glendale Unified School District. Cerritos, Horace Mann, Mark Keppel and Thomas Edison elementary schools were all recognized with the award. “This is another great recognition […]
By Ted AYALA Over 1,000 people crowded into Glendale’s Alex Theatre on Thursday night to reflect on the 99th anniversary of the Metz Yeghern – the “Great Crime.” Nearly a century ago, the Ottoman Empire began its persecution of its Armenian minority — years of long institutionalized massacre that would come to be known as […]
By Michael YEGHIAYAN Although typically associated with the world of affluence and academia, chess is a game with the humblest of origins. Its complexities draw the most prolific of minds to a single focal point, serving as an equalizer in an unjust world. For Phiona Mutesi, however, chess proved to be more than a mere […]
By Ted AYALA Following a letter directed to Glendale accusing the city of gender discrimination, the council voted in favor of opening up a series of self-defense courses provided by the city to both men and women. Previously, the courses had been women-only. Council’s decision was a reluctant one, though, with Councilmember Frank Quintero calling […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Glendale police are investigating a report concerning a “child annoying” suspect. On Friday, April 18 at about 3:15 p.m. in the 3000 block of Montrose Avenue, a 17-year-old girl from Crescenta Valley High School was approached by a man described as white or Middle Eastern in his 30s with a buzzed-style […]
By Jason KUROSU Though petitioners sought to gain enough signatures to repeal the Glendale Utility Users Tax, the Los Angeles County Registrar/County Clerk announced Monday that no such ballot measure would appear on the April 2015 ballot. The California Tax Limitation Committee circulated a petition to vote on the potential repeal of the users’ tax […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Glendale Police Dept. is asking for the public’s help in finding suspects relating to four shoplifting cases at Vons grocery store at 2039 Verdugo Blvd. in Montrose. In the incidents occurring between March 26 and April 15 from 6:30 p.m. and 9:15 p.m., suspects entered the store pretending to be grocery […]
The Glendale Unified School District would like to announce that Cerritos, Edison and Muir Elementary Schools have received California Distinguished School status. These three schools are part of the 424 schools announced today by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson. We are proud of their vision of academic excellence and for narrowing the achievement […]
Given the record breaking heat wave affecting Southern California, the City of Glendale Community Services and Parks Department is opening its doors at each of Glendale’s community centers this Wednesday (4/30), Thursday (5/1) and Friday (5/2) to serve as cooling stations for seniors. The City of Glendale is highly encouraging seniors, who do not […]