Montrose Search and Rescue – Four Days in a Crashed Car Often the tales of survival by accident victims are as fascinating as the stories of their rescues. In 1984 a young woman miraculously survived for nearly four days after crashing her car. She was within earshot of the Angeles Crest Highway, and was only […]
The Power of Community Involvement In my 2012 State of the City speech while serving as the mayor of Glendale in a time when much of the country was still struggling to recover from the recession, I addressed a key reason as to why Glendale was able to weather the financial crisis. While many cities […]
Giving Credit Where Due I want to disagree with the statement in last week’s article “The council’s decision to fully restore the Rockhaven Sanitarium late last year marked a significant victory for the Glendale Historical Society” [May 11, Council Makes Historic Proclamation]. TGHS had absolutely nothing to do with saving Rockhaven. It was saved by […]
Montrose Search and Rescue – Rescuing the Mayor’s Dog – and Monday Night, Meet the Team! The Montrose Search and Rescue team saves hundreds of lives, but their efforts are not “species-specific.” Besides humans, the team also rescues dogs that have, like their human counterparts, been outmatched by nature. The team averages about a […]
I-210 News, In this month’s update on Interstate 210 developments, there is news of a lane shift on the westbound section. According to Caltrans, “Beginning Wednesday, May 3 … Caltrans will make temporary lane changes along the westbound Foothill Freeway (I-210) between Berkshire Place and Ocean View Boulevard. Construction crews will restripe and shift lanes […]
Votes are In – and How Did Glendale vote? Last week the CV Weekly reported the final results of Glendale’s 2017 municipal elections, telling us who won and lost. But the 2017 election also told us that Glendale has become a city that votes by mail. The number of people who vote-by-mail has been growing […]
Montrose Search and Rescue – A Water Mine Tragedy I’m next going to cover a tragedy that took place in our valley relatively recently. Because of that, I’m going to leave out the names and locations surrounding the terrible event. I write about it now, not to bring up bad memories for the families […]
Congratulations to Glendale City Council incumbents Ara Najarian and Zareh Sinanyan who retained their seats in the April 4 election and to Vrej Agajanian who will have joined them on the dais by the time this is published. I also send best wishes for a successful term to City Clerk Ardy Kassakhian, City Treasurer Rafi […]
On April 24, the world recognized the 102nd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, a campaign of murder, rape and forced displacement carried out against the Armenian people by the Ottoman Empire. There is no historical doubt that the Genocide occurred. It took the lives of 1.5 million men, women and children and obliterated the Armenian […]
Montrose Search and Rescue – Mine Rescues Besides all the amazing rescue services the Montrose Search and Rescue team performs – finding lost hikers, snow rescues, wildfire rescues, cars and motorcycles off the mountain roads, and finding crashed airplanes – they also have a mine rescue team, currently the only full team in the state. […]