By Eli LOCKE On Friday, Feb. 4, Valley View Elementary School, with the help of the Korean Parents Association, held an assembly to celebrate the Korean Lunar New Year and to teach students about Korean culture. In addition to traditional Korean dancing, the sixth grade class played tug of war and displayed drawings by students […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Los Angeles County Coroner’s office has confirmed the body found by searchers today near Scholl Canyon was that of missing Rancho Palos Verdes man Yoshiya Watanabe, according to Lt. Joe Bale, LA Coroner’s office. Members of the Glendale police department and Los Angeles Search and Rescue units discovered the body of […]
By Mary O’KEEFE After years of accidents, traffic studies and neighbor talking to neighbor the residents of Waltonia Drive will finally be getting help with their long time traffic issues. The Los Angeles County of Public Works has approved all of the proposed traffic and safety solutions they brought to the Crescenta Valley Town Council […]
By Brandon HENSLEY The governor’s budget proposal for the 2011-12 fiscal year was discussed at Tuesday’s Glendale Unified School District board meeting, creating an atmosphere of uncertainty for its members. The state is in a $25 billion deficit currently, and GUSD is just one of many districts seeking more federal funding. GUSD board president Greg […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Fifty years of tradition and excellence was celebrated Friday at Rosemont Middle School. Assistant principals Ron Sowers and Ann Amrhein hosted a luncheon for past and present staff of the school. The luncheon was a time to catch up with old friends and colleagues. If anyone knows the staff well it is […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Although the economy appears to be turning the corner there are still many business owners that are feeling the pain of the last few years. Most of those cut the deepest by the economy are those mom and pop restaurants that weren’t big enough to receive any bail out funds and didn’t […]
By Jason KUROSU Budgetary issues and increasingly strict testing standards have altered the state of education, such that parents and educators alike have expressed uncertainty over what to expect. To address such concerns, the PTA hosted a Community Forum on Public Education this past Saturday at the Pacific Park Community Center in Glendale. A large […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Traffic on the Foothill (210) Freeway traveling just west of the Ocean View Boulevard exit was backed up for about two hours on Tuesday after one vehicle allegedly cut in front of a big rig causing it to jackknife, colliding with vehicles until it was stopped by running into the center median. […]
A year after La Cañada resident Pat Anderson was forced to move from her mud damaged home she is able to return thanks to the generosity of an army of volunteers. By Mary O’KEEFE Remnants of the devastation from the flood and mudslides of over a year ago in and around Ocean View Boulevard in […]