In Brief

GCC Holds Annual Performances The annual Glendale Community College Faculty/Alumni Dance production will be held over three days with four performances on the Auditorium Mainstage beginning Friday, Dec. 14. Performances are on Dec. 14 at 8 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 15 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 16 at 2 p.m. Admission is […]

CRNG Recognizes Gatto

Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Los Angeles) was presented with the Legislator of the Year Award on Monday from the Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas (CRNG), a not-for-profit group that represents renewable natural-gas producers throughout the country. Renewable natural gas is an alternative, renewable energy, derived from the natural decomposition of waste from landfills and organic sources […]

Parade Viewing Now on Charter

If you missed the 36th Annual Montrose Glendale Christmas Parade, it will be broadcast on Charter Communications AMGA channel 380 today, Dec. 13 and Saturday, Dec. 15 from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.; Friday, Dec. 21 from 10:30 a.m. to noon; and Sunday, Dec. 23 from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. For information on purchasing […]

Najarian Future on MTA Board in Question

By Robin GOLDSWORTHY Glendale City Councilman Ara Najarian received a shock on Monday when his confirmation to another term on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority was blocked. Najarian is a vocal opponent to the controversial Long Beach (710) Freeway extension project. “I was very disappointed,” Najarian said of the blocked confirmation. He added that there was […]

Glendale Reaches Out with ‘City Connections’

By Ted AYALA Where do you go to recycle your browning Christmas tree after the holidays? Or find easy-to-access information about Glendale’s current fiscal status? The answers to these pressing questions – and more than a few others – can be found just a mouse-click away via the City of Glendale’s City Connections e-newsletter. Sent […]

Forest Roads May Close Due to Snow Forecast

The Los Angeles County Public Works Department advised that based on the forecast of snow and icy road conditions, it closed public access to the following road segments in the Angeles National Forest effective Wednesday at 10 p.m.: Angeles Forest Highway from Upper Big Tujunga Canyon Road to Aliso Canyon Road and Upper Big Tujunga […]

Holiday Boutique Benefits Prom Plus

The Prom Plus Holiday Boutique was held at St. Luke’s of the Mountains on Saturday. The annual fundraiser helped support Prom Plus, an after prom party that is held at the Crescenta Cañada YMCA for Crescenta Valley High School seniors and their guests. More than 100 shoppers stopped by the boutique to check out the […]

Alcohol Impairment Demonstration and Class Tonight

Officer Joe Allen of the Glendale Police Dept. with the Crescenta Valley Drug & Alcohol Prevention Coalition, California Narcotic Officers Assn., National Education Foundation of America, and Elks are providing a class on alcohol prevention and impairment tonight, Dec. 13. As the celebrations of the holidays arrive, there are moments when bubbly champagne, festive cocktails […]

CRIME BLOTTER

Dec. 11 4800 block of Crown Avenue in La Cañada Flintridge, a jewelry box was stolen from a dresser in a home that has been under construction. The dresser had been moved from one room to another for several months before the owners realized the jewelry was missing. The incident happened between Jan 18 to […]

Marijuana Cultivation Found by Deputies

By Mary O’KEEFE Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies from the Crescenta Valley Station responded to a 911 hang up call and discovered several marijuana plants in a home. The 911 call came into the station about 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 1. Deputies were sent to the residence where the call originated to make certain there […]