Another service call to a local nursing home finds residents sweating out the recent high temperatures. By Mary O’KEEFE Once again Glendale police and fire departments responded to a call to the Verdugo Valley Skilled Nursing and Wellness Centre at 2635 Honolulu Ave. On Saturday at 1:41 p.m. an anonymous caller to the Glendale police […]
The Second Annual Montrose Film Festival was a success with bobby soxers, classic cars and lots of popcorn. The two films, “American Graffiti” and “Grease,” were hits with the crowd of over 300 that attended the two day festival. Plans are in the works for next year. Photos by Mary O’KEEFE and Danny GOLDSWORTHY
By Mary O’KEEFE Labor Day is the time when people enjoy the last little bit of summer vacation. The weather, which has been sweltering recently, looks to be cooling off for the weekend with the National Weather Service/Oxnard expecting daytime temperatures in the high 80s and evenings a cool 65 degrees. For those tapping into […]
By Jason KUROSU With increasing unemployment rates statewide and increasing woes over the economy, Gov. Jerry Brown proposed a new jobs creation package on Thursday. The California Jobs First plan hinges on providing tax incentives for businesses while also closing a tax loophole for out-of-state businesses. The revenue, a projected $1 billion that closing the […]
NEWS ADVISORY GUSD API Growth and Change Summary GLENDALE, CA — Here are District highlights for the 2010-2011 Academic Performance Index (API) growth report that includes information on growth since the spring 2010 API base was set. The API is a State of California measure showing growth of achievement and came into existence as a […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. air unit and the Montrose Search and Rescue and Sierra Madre Search and Rescue teams found three missing hikers about 8:40 a.m. this morning, nearly 24 hours after the trio left on a hike in the Devil’s Canyon area of the Angeles National Forest. The three […]
Aug. 30 600 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge, a 47-year-old Tujunga woman was arrested after she exited the TJ Maxx with items and did not attempt to pay for them at 6 p.m. Aug. 26 Angeles Crest Highway, mile marker 34.14, the driver’s side window was shattered and the side of the […]
Our Crescenta Valley community is doing a moment of remembrance for September 11th at Two Strike Park this Sunday . . . 8:15 am until 8:46 am (the moment the 1st plane hit the World Trade Center tower). We will have people from all walks of community life . . . including the Armenian community, […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Fremont Elementary School was burglarized sometime between Thursday night and Friday morning with an estimated $10,000 worth of computer equipment taken. Glendale police found that 14 classrooms had their windows shattered or opened by other means. The eastern portion of the campus was closed to students and staff while the police conducted […]
Commercial truck driver Marcos, Barbosa Costa, 46, was convicted in July of losing control of his big rig in La Canada Flintridge and slamming into several cars, killing a father and his 12-year-old daughter, was sentenced today to seven years, four months in state prison. Costa was found guilty of the April 1, 2009, crash […]