By Jason KUROSU The state’s financial problems and its effects on education have become a recurring theme in the Glendale Unified School District’s Board of Education meetings. As with the recession, California’s budget cuts have engendered much talk of worst case scenarios in order to prepare those involved for ominous possibilities. However, these concerns were […]
By Jason KUROSU The Crescenta Valley Town Council Land Use Committee and various other members of the community convened at the La Crescenta Public Library on March 10 to discuss one issue: the felling of an oak tree which occurred over a year ago. At that time, newlyweds Paul and Mariam Barnes hired a tree […]
By Brandon HENSLEY It’s been a month-long tour of appearances across Glendale and La Crecenta for candidates in the April 5 elections, so what was another forum to speak last week? Five candidates running for the Glendale Unified District school board spoke to the audience at the CV Town Council March 17 inside the La […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The six candidates running for the two seats on the Glendale City Council once again went into the political forum fray on Monday night. All appeared to have changed a little since their first debate about four weeks ago at the Dunsmore Community Center. The tone was more restrained by some, campaign […]
On Monday night, the Montrose-Verdugo City Chamber of Commerce held our Glendale City Council candidates forum at the Sparr Heights Community Center and it was a great success. All six city council candidates – Incumbents John Drayman and Dave Weaver, Rafi Manoukian, Mike Mohill, Garen Mailyan and Chahe Keuroghelian – were there and answered all […]
By Mary O’KEEFE After miles and miles of training, 10 Rosemont Middle School students will finally realize their pay-off of months of sore feet and aching knees: the Los Angeles Marathon this Sunday. Twenty-two students began their quest for marathon gold at the beginning of the school year. They began with short runs and worked […]
By Jason KUROSU On April 5 the city of Glendale will hold its municipal election to determine, among other things, whether or not Glendale citizens want to approve Measure S, a new bond resolution intended to provide continuing funds for schools in the district. Parents, students and educators have enthusiastically supported the measure, as they […]
By Ted AYALA The full Glendale City Council convened on Tuesday evening in its first meeting since daylight savings. City Clerk Ardashes Kassakhian invoked the words of French novelist Marcel Proust – famous for his monumental, multi-volume literary epic “In Search of Lost Time” – before the council meeting commenced. “The hour of death cannot […]
Another winter is slowly coming to an end. The passing of seasons may be marked on a calendar, but nature and weather set their own time for change. Last year as summer turned to fall, I began to watch one certain liquid amber tree in our neighbor’s yard. As Christmas came and went, Santa Ana […]
By Jason KUROSU Dr. Jerold Beeve, a local ophthalmologist with over 40 years of experience, is not a churchgoer. However, his work and experiences in Fiji over the past 20 years has cemented his faith in God. Beeve states as much in his book “Dear Lord, It’s Jerry Again,” a chronicling of the annual Beeve […]