GUSD Welcomes Students to New School Year

GUSD Welcomes Students to New School Year

Staff, teachers and administrators in the Glendale Unified School District welcomed students back to school last week. Drivers are reminded that traffic will be slower when school is in session, so plan accordingly. Photos by GUSD, Robin GOLDSWORTHY and Charly SHELTON  

IN BRIEF

CVCA Meeting Tonight, Thursday The Crescenta Valley Community Association will have its monthly meeting tonight, Aug. 24, at 7 p.m. via Zoom. The meeting will include discussion on local projects including Twelve Oaks and Verdugo Hills Golf Course. To take part in the Zoom meeting, visit  https://zoom.us/j/91644895134?pwd=dE9Fem5ZVC9mcFdUMFBMRTlhd1IvUT09; meeting ID: 916 4489 5134; password: 826439. Local access […]

Vets Host 11th Annual Bingo Night

Vets Host 11th Annual Bingo Night

By Mary O’KEEFE The 11th Annual American Legion Post 288 and Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 1614 bingo was a “great success,” according to Mike Baldwin with the American Legion. There were about 200 people at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church’s Healy Hall on Friday night. Lots of pizza, sandwiches and sodas were enjoyed while […]

Crime blotter

Aug. 19 1000 block of Lavender Lane in La Cañada Flintridge, a catalytic converter was stolen from a vehicle overnight.   Aug. 18 900 block of Town Center Drive in La Cañada Flintridge, a woman reported that as she was dining at a restaurant her wallet was stolen. She reportedly sat in the corner of […]

Plans Submitted for La Crescenta Motel Property

Plans Submitted for La Crescenta Motel Property

  Plans for a project have been filed with Los Angeles County Regional Planning on the parcel where the La Crescenta Motel is located at the northwest corner of Foothill Boulevard and Briggs Avenue. The plan is for a new five-story, 81-unit multifamily development, including six units restricted to extremely low-income households earning up to […]

That’s A Wrap

That’s A Wrap

That’s A Wrap Although everyone was ready for the worst, residents in the local area – from Burbank to La Cañada Flintridge – considered themselves lucky after the first tropical storm in over 80 years made its way across Southern California. By Mary O’KEEFE Hurricane Hilary was downgraded to a tropical storm by the time […]

CADRE Mini Robot Teams Head to the Moon

CADRE Mini Robot Teams Head to the Moon

Updated on Aug. 29 in bold By Mary O’KEEFE Next year the Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration (CADRE) project, managed by Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)/NASA, will attempt to do something on the Moon that is getting increasingly difficult on Earth: it will have three entities working together as a team toward one goal. NASA will […]

Police Provide Updates on Flash Mob Burglaries to Council

By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale Police Chief Manny Cid updated the Glendale City Council on Tuesday night on the task force Glendale Police Dept. has joined in combating the type of flash mob burglaries that have been occurring throughout the area. Flash mob burglaries have occurred recently in Glendale, Beverly Hills, Arcadia, Los Angeles and other […]

From the Desk of the Publisher <<< Robin Goldsworthy

And to Top It Off – An Earthquake Like most people, Steve and I battened down the hatches in preparation for Tropical Storm (or was it Hurricane?) Hilary. We unclogged outside drains, cleaned the front and back yards and collapsed the outside umbrellas and stored them so they couldn’t blow away. I went to Vons […]

WEATHER WATCH <<< TAKING A LOOK OUTSIDE OUR WINDOW

By Mary O’KEEFE Hurricane Hilary, which was downgraded to a tropical storm as it hit California, was historic. For the most part we were very lucky; our readership areas didn’t incur much damage from the storm though many parts of the state are still digging out from debris and flooding. There have been more than […]