By Mary O’KEEFE On Sept. 16 at about 11:33 p.m., California Highway Patrol (CHP)–Altadena area officers were traveling eastbound on the Foothill (210) Freeway, west of Ocean View Boulevard. The officers reportedly observed a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed and braking erratically. An enforcement stop was made on the vehicle. During their […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale City Council in Your Neighborhood is having its next meeting at the Sparr Heights Community Center on Oct. 3 beginning at 6 p.m. The neighborhood visits were put on hold during the pandemic but in January the City Council was on the move once again. The request to bring the meetings […]
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion authored by Chair Janice Hahn and Supervisor Hilda Solis securing a $15.6 million grant to fund the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept.’s response to organized retail theft. “These shameless smash-and-grabs need to be stopped,” Hahn said. “These are not petty thefts – […]
The community is invited to join Dept. of Regional Planning for workshops concerning the visioning workshops on the West San Gabriel Valley Area Plan (WSGVAP). “Join us to share your ideas, priorities and community history. Resources available and other county departments will be present to answer questions at the start of the workshop. Refreshments will […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Writers Guild of America (WGA) reached a tentative agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television producers on a three-year Minimum Basic Agreement. On Sept. 26, the Negotiating Committee, the WGA West (WGAW) board and WGA East (WGAE) council all voted unanimously to recommend the agreement. It will now go […]
On September 20, the Glendale Police Department and the U.S. Marshals Apprehension Task Force, in conjunction with the Organized Retail Crime Task Force, arrested 21-year-old Brianna Jimenez of Los Angeles in the 300 block of Slauson Avenue in Los Angeles. Jimenez was arrested in the company of previously arrested YSL Flash Mob suspect, Ivan Ramirez (23), of Los Angeles. […]
September – National Suicide Awareness Month – provides the chance for local groups to highlight resources to prevent self harm. By Mary O’KEEFE September is National Suicide Awareness Month. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in 2021 more than four in 10 (42%) of students felt persistently sad or hopeless and […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The City of Glendale’s Office of Sustainability has recently launched a series of community workshops for the Climate Action & Adaptation Plan (CAAP). A CAAP is a comprehensive strategy developed to address the challenges posed by climate change, such as extreme weather events like heat waves and wildfires. It consists of a […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Azerbaijan sent troops into Armenian-controlled Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) on Tuesday. Azerbaijan is calling its military measures in Nagorno-Karabakh an “anti-terror” operation and stated it will not stop until the Karabakh’s ethnic Armenians surrender, according to BBC. On Wednesday morning, ethnic Armenian forces in Nargorno-Karakakh said they had agreed to a Russian proposal for […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Fifty-seven years ago, Disney released the first animated film of “Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree.” All my kids loved Winnie the Pooh but my middle child was obsessed. She would cuddle with her stuffed Pooh toy and bring him to her many, many tea parties that she hosted for friends […]