By Charly SHELTON Sunday, Sept. 25 marks an historic day for the Gamble House in Pasadena. On that day in 1966, the house was officially dedicated and welcomed its first guests to tour the manor. Over the next 50 years, the house has received thousands of visitors from around the world and is a registered […]
By Charly SHELTON Halloween season starts earlier every year and for the local theme parks, it can’t come a moment too soon. Halloweentime at the Disneyland Resort started September 9, Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood started September 16, Knott’s Scary Farm opens this Friday and Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor starts September 29. Over […]
By Charly SHELTON For months, a hot topic of debate in the bi-weekly Glendale Unified School District Board of Education meetings has been the adoption of new textbooks for Spanish levels 1-6. The textbooks ¡Qué chévere! 1-3 were adopted last June after a committee of Spanish teachers in the district voted to approve this series […]
By Charly SHELTON Butterflies are back for a limited time only at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. The new enclosure allows guests to get up close and personal with the butterflies, walking through their environment. The mesh-covered quonset hut allows more air through the enclosure and into the butterflies, which helps their health […]
By Charly SHELTON Once Upon A Time, the nation’s oldest children’s bookstore, celebrated its 50th anniversary Sunday at the Harvest Market in Montrose. To mark the occasion, store owner Maureen Palacios and the whole OUAT staff came out to take over the west end of the market near Wickham Way where they had a large […]
By Charly SHELTON At last week’s Glendale Unified School District Board of Education meeting, a hot topic of discussion once again was the adoption of new Spanish textbooks. The much debated book, ¡Qué chévere! by EMC Publishing, was adopted last June, much to the chagrin of Spanish teacher Laura Rivera of Rosemont Middle School and […]
By Charly SHELTON It’s fall everywhere else, but in L.A. summer rages on. It’s not time for jackets and pumpkin beers yet, but it’s time for sunglasses and cold gin with lemongrass. That’s why Ombra Wine Bar is perfect for right now. This new outdoor wine and cocktail bar located at the Americana at Brand […]
By Charly SHELTON The Foothill Municipal Water District held a special meeting on Aug. 22 to discuss and gather information on, among other things, a new project proposed by the L.A. County Flood Control District to help replenish the groundwater basin beneath Pasadena. A portion of the water used in homes and businesses comes from […]
By Charly SHELTON Yesterday morning, several stakeholders in the Sagebrush territory transfer option were on hand at the Los Angeles County Committee on School District Organization meeting at the Los Angeles County Office of Education. Parent group UniteLCF has backed a petition and gathered 724 verified signatures to transfer the Sagebrush territory from Glendale Unified […]
By Charly SHELTON The Foothill Municipal Water District held a special meeting on Aug. 22 to discuss and gather information on, among other things, a new project proposed by the L.A. County Flood Control District to help replenish the groundwater basin beneath Pasadena. A portion of the water used in homes and businesses comes from […]